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What’s the highest paying career for women?

15 July 2009 | 1:46 PM

Forbes.com has a prescription for women who want a high-paying career.

The website recently reviewed data from the U.S. Department of Labor to identify jobs that offer top salaries for women.

“An unlikely No. 1 emerged. Much to our surprise, pharmacy topped the list, where women pharmacists earn a median wage of $1,647 per week or about $86,000 a year.”

Closing the Gender Gap

The researchers discovered a persistent “gender gap” in pay across all careers. On average, women earn just 80% as much as men, partly because women choose jobs that tend to pay less, such as teaching and child care.

But even when they have the same training and experience, women are often paid less than men for similar jobs. Pharmacy is one career where women are closing the gap.

Forbes.com’s “Top 10 list” of high-paying jobs for women includes two other health careers: physician and speech-language pathologist.

Comments

21 Oct 09

Website is great! Are Respriatory Therapist in high demand?

EHC says...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job outlook for Respiratory Therapists is expected to grow faster than average over the next few years. Employment in respiratory therapy is expected to grow 16 percent between 2000 and 2016. The demand will be due in large part to a growing and aging population in the U.S. Employment will be very good for those who specialize in cardiopulmonary care and working with infants. Expanded roles for respiratory therapists will include case management, disease prevention, early detection of pulmonary diseases and emergency care. As the number of cases increase in the elderly who suffer from heart disease, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, the demand will become greater.

27 Jul 09

Right now i am an 2nd year undergrad. I came across this website and was drawn to public health/environmental health science. I am thinking of doing a double major in BS geology and history with a minor in anthopology. In grad school i would like to do environmental science/engineering, and possibly continue with history.

Would environmental science/engineering put me on the right track towards public health/environmental health science? Or does this seem like a round about way into the profession? And lastly would it be wise to reconsider biology in place of geology in light of my aspirations in the healthcare field?

27 Jul 09

EHC says...

Thank you, Cathy! We hope you'll share ExploreHealthCareers.org with your students. It is our mission to provide young people (and educators like you) with reliable, objective, free information about health careers.

27 Jul 09

This is the first time I've looked at this website however I think this is just what I've been looking for. I'm a RN at a large Hospital part time and I teach at a local high School. The program I teach is Health Science and it covers a variety of Health Career's, that being said, this seems to be a helpful website. I apprepriate your offering it and especially for free! Cathy

27 Jul 09

EHC says...

You're right! Cytotechnology is a fascinating and fast-growing career -- for women and men.

21 Jul 09

Another health care field that you might want to look into is Cytotechnology.