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Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars)

Occupation	Women's earnings	Men's earnings
Total	912	1,097
Professional and technical services	1,257	1,736
Finance and insurance	1,074	1,657
Information	1,142	1,539
Utilities	1,137	1,351
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1,299	1,327
Public administration	1,058	1,311
Educational services	1,063	1,248
Health care and social assistance	900	1,201
Durable goods manufacturing	890	1,132
Nondurable goods manufacturing	856	1,089
Wholesale trade	907	1,048
Real estate and rental and leasing	990	1,011
Transportation and warehousing	807	980
Construction	947	973
Other services, except private households	783	958
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	756	892
Retail trade	673	824
Management, administrative, and waste services	707	781
Agriculture and related industries	623	702
Accommodation and food services	588	665

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April 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

The data is based on full-time workers only.
Earnings data are published only for occupations with an estimated minimum of 500,000 workers.

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In 2021, female employee earnings were outpaced by male earnings across nearly all industries, with sharp disparities in the professional and technical services industry, as well as the finance and insurance industry. In that year, there were no industries in which women earned more than men.