Table 1: The Wage Gap in the 20 Most Common Occupations for Women (Full-Time Workers Only), 2012
	Women's earnings as percent of men's	Women as Percent of Workers in Occupation	Percent of all male workers in this occupation	Percent of all female workers in this occupation			Percent of all workers in this occupation
all full-time workers	80.9%	44.2%	57,286,000	45,462,000
Secretaries and administrative assistants	82.8%	95.3%	0.2%	4.7%			2.2%
Receptionists and information	86.8%	91.2%	0.1%	1.7%			0.8%
Teacher assistants	91.7%	90.8%	0.1%	1.1%			0.5%
Registered nurses	91.3%	89.4%	0.4%	4.3%			2.1%
Nursing, psychiatric, and home aides	87.6%	88.1%	0.3%	2.8%			1.4%
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	90.8%	88.1%	0.2%	1.7%			0.9%
and housekeeping cleaners	92.9%	84.5%	0.2%	1.5%			0.8%
clerks, general	98.8%	83.6%	0.2%	1.5%			0.8%
Elementary and middle school teachers	81.6%	80.9%	0.8%	4.3%			2.3%
workers	98.7%	80.1%	0.2%	1.2%			0.6%
Cashiers	92.0%	69.8%	0.7%	2.1%			1.3%
Customer service representatives	85.5%	67.3%	0.9%	2.3%			1.5%
line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	84.9%	67.3%	0.7%	1.9%			1.2%
Waiters and waitresses	86.8%	63.9%	0.6%	1.3%			0.9%
Accountants and auditors	73.8%	60.2%	1.0%	1.9%			1.4%
Secondary school teachers	93.1%	55.4%	0.8%	1.3%			1.0%
Financial managers	70.3%	54.8%	0.9%	1.4%			1.1%
line supervisors of retail workers	75.5%	42.6%	2.3%	2.1%			2.2%
salespersons	64.3%	38.4%	2.0%	1.6%			1.8%
Managers, all other	76.5%	38.1%	2.6%	2.0%			2.3%
All women and men:
Top 20 female occupations together			15.2%	42.5%			27.4%
							83.1%