The data displays the gender wage gap for the 20 most common occupations for men in the U.S. in 2017, by median weekly earnings. In 2017, U.S. female software developers (applications and system software) earned on average 1,543 USD per week, while their male counterparts earned 1,863 USD.
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers | 807 | 589 |
Managers, all other | 1629 | 1251 |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 981 | 639 |
Construction laborers | 667 | |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 595 | 500 |
Janitors and building cleaners | 574 | 481 |
Retail salespersons | 704 | 523 |
Software developers, applications and systems software | 1863 | 1543 |
Cooks | 481 | 436 |
Grounds maintenance workers | 526 | 0 |
Chief executives | 2415 | 1920 |
Carpenters | 789 | 0 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing | 1222 | 956 |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 764 | 0 |
Customer service representatives | 712 | 637 |
Electricians | 974 | 0 |
Stock clerks and order fillers | 571 | 538 |
Production workers, all other | 716 | 570 |
Accountants and auditors | 1389 | 1065 |
Elementary and middle school teachers | 1139 | 987 |