Gender wage gap popular men's occupations U.S. 2021

In 2021, U.S. female software developers (applications and system software) earned on average 1,840 U.S. dollars per week, while their male counterparts earned 1,992 U.S. dollars. Male chief executives took home an average of 2,721 U.S. dollars per week, while a female in the same role could expect to take home 1,904 U.S. dollars a week.

Gender wage gap for the 20 most common occupations for men in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars)

Occupation	Men's earnings	Women's earnings
Managers, all other	1,747	1,396
Software developers	1,992	1,840
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	992	733
Retail salespersons	855	635
Janitors and building cleaners	675	561
Chief executives	2,721	1,904
Cooks	572	512
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,356	1,157
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers*	629	-
Customer service representatives	867	737
Police officers	1,242	1,197
General and operations managers	1,548	1,285
Elementary and middle school teachers	1,301	1,138
Construction managers	1,548	1,165
Computer occupations, all other	1,483	1,143
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1,257	1,130
Financial managers	1,885	1,372
Accountants and auditors	1,494	1,261
Engineers, all other	1,833	1,549
Security guards and gambling surveillance officers	704	641

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Release date

March 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The data is based on full-time workers only.
Earnings data are published only for occupations with an estimated minimum of 50,000 workers.
*Women's median weekly earning data not available

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