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20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women, U.S.

(2004 annual averages)

Occupations	(in thousands)		Percent women	Women's median usual weekly earnings¹	Ratio of women's earnings to men's earnings
Occupations	Total employed (women)	Total employed (men and women)	Percent women	Women's median usual weekly earnings¹	Ratio of women's earnings to men's earnings
Total, 16 years and over	44,223	101,224	43.7%	$573	80.4%
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,570	2,657	96.7	550	92.0
Elementary and middle school teachers	1,772	2,206	80.3	776	84.6
Registered nurses	1,651	1,800	91.7	895	86.8
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	1,113	1,261	88.3	383	91.2
Cashiers	1,016	1,355	75.0	313	82.4
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support	1,001	1,441	69.5	636	80.3
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	985	2,246	43.9	505	68.5
Customer service representatives	967	1,379	70.1	504	88.3
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	916	1,004	91.2	542	96.3
Accountants and2006 auditors	842	1,385	60.8	757	74.5
Receptionists and information clerks	795	847	93.9	463	102.0
Retail salespersons	766	1,865	41.1	386	64.7
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	723	818	88.4	324	80.6
Office clerks, general	559	667	83.8	499	95.4
Secondary school teachers	555	1,013	54.8	824	86.3
Waiters and waitresses	538	799	67.3	327	82.0
Financial managers	535	961	55.7	839	60.1
Teacher assistants	500	545	91.7	373	n.a.
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	473	484	97.7	515	n.a.
Social workers	472	620	76.1	689	95.7

NOTE: n.a. = not available. Ranked by total number of women per occupation. Ratio not available where base is less than 50,000 workers of each sex.

1. Wage and salary for full-time workers.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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