Keywords: US womens earnings and employment by industry 2009.png en Of the 45 million women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs 17 million were employed in education and health services and 5 million were employed in wholesale and retail trade Financial activities and professional and business services each employed about 4 million women Median weekly earnings of women employed in education and health services were 717 which was 77 percent of men's median weekly earnings in that industry In wholesale and retail trade women's median weekly earnings were 523 76 percent of men's earnings Median weekly earnings of women employed in mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction 873 and public administration 783 were substantially higher than the earnings of their counterparts employed in leisure and hospitality 421 and agriculture and related industries 413 Women's-to-men's earnings ratios were higher among women employed in construction 92 percent and agriculture and related industries 85 percent than among women employed in other services 72 percent and financial activities 71 percent These data are from the http //www bls gov/cps/ Current Population Survey To learn more see http //www bls gov/cps/wlf-databook2010 htm Women in the Labor Force A Databook 2010 Edition BLS Report 1026 December 2010 2011-02-16 http //www bls gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110216 htm U S Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information and Marketing Services PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Statistics of the United States Labour Economic charts of the United States |