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From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response  (Women's Wages)
Message-ID: <101@spar.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 15:47:51 EST
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> > OCCUPATION                WEEKLY (MEN)     WEEKLY (WOMEN)    RATIO 
> >                                                           %women to men
> > Physicists/Astronomers       $674.18           166.48         24.7%
> > Judges                        801.64           433.19         54.0
> > Dentists                      672.80           403.60         60.0
> > Social Workers                397.84           308.08         77.4
> > Computer Programmers          502.76           406.42         80.8
> > Teachers (except college)     405.52           350.16         86.3
> > Lawyers                       656.15           576.46         87.9
> > Registered Nurses             403.12           401.95         99.7
> > 
> > Beth Mazur
> > {ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!mazur
> 
> This does not prove the case, as you are comparing all men with all
> women, rather than men and women of similar experience and background...
>                                           ...Comparing within a
> particular profession is not sufficient; other adjustments must be
> made.
> 
> 					David Rubin

In fact, the results of a salary survey published last year showed this
rather strikingly.  It was confined to engineering professionals only,
and correlated age, sex, years of experience, years of education, and pay
history.  If you look at the average female engineer's salary, it is lower 
than the average male engineer's salary.  However, the average work 
experience of female engineers was proportionally even lower.  In fact,
male and female engineers of equivalent experience received essentially
the same pay.  Apparently the female engineers often started at a lower 
salary than their male counterparts, but their average annual pay increases 
were significantly larger.  I realize that this does not address the 
traditions of low pay for women in other sectors, but I for one was 
pleasantly surprised.

					Baba