20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women |
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers |
2005 Annual Averages |
(employment in thousands) |
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Women’s |
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Employed |
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Median |
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Employed |
(Men and |
Percent |
Weekly |
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Women |
Women) |
Women |
Earnings |
| Total, 16 years and older |
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| wage and salary workers) |
65,757 |
141,730 |
46.4 |
$585 |
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| Secretaries and admin. assistants |
3,404 |
3,499 |
97.3 |
559 |
| Cashiers |
2,334 |
3,075 |
75.9 |
322 |
| Registered Nurses |
2,229 |
2,416 |
92.3 |
930 |
| Elementary and middle school teachers |
2,151 |
2,616 |
82.2 |
813 |
| Retail salespersons |
1,687 |
3,248 |
51.9 |
401 |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and |
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| home health aides |
1,686 |
1900 |
88.7 |
385 |
| First-line supervisors/managers |
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| of retail sales workers |
1,462 |
3,523 |
41.5 |
525 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and |
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| auditing clerks |
1,329 |
1,456 |
91.3 |
551 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
1,383 |
1,927 |
71.8 |
332 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,271 |
1,376 |
92.4 |
463 |
| Childcare workers |
1,260 |
1,329 |
94.8 |
330 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,258 |
1,833 |
68.6 |
505 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,237 |
1,382 |
89.5 |
328 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of |
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| office and administrative support |
1,115 |
1,598 |
69.8 |
656 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,042 |
1,683 |
61.9 |
784 |
| Teacher assistants |
861 |
947 |
90.9 |
398 |
| Office clerks, general |
816 |
965 |
84.6 |
509 |
| Cooks |
778 |
1,838 |
42.3 |
314 |
| Preschool and kindergarten teachers |
702 |
719 |
97.6 |
520 |
| Janitors and building cleaners |
681 |
2,074 |
32.8 |
363 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Averages 2005.
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