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**February 16, 2011**

Women's earnings and employment by industry, 2009




Employment and median usual weekly earnings of women and women's earnings as percent of men's, by industry, 2009
	Industry
			Total employed
			Median weekly earnings
			Women's earnings as percent of men'sTotal, 16 years and over
			44,712,000
			$657
			80.2Agriculture and related industries
			162,000
			413
			84.6Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
			87,000
			873
			79.7Construction
			568,000
			696
			92.2Manufacturing
			3,467,000
			618
			73.8Wholesale and retail trade
			5,268,000
			523
			76.0Transportation and utilities
			1,242,000
			685
			78.6Information
			1,015,000
			756
			75.8Financial activities
			4,126,000
			732
			70.5Professional and business services
			4,080,000
			744
			76.6Education and health services
			17,133,000
			717
			77.0Leisure and hospitality
			3,027,000
			421
			83.5Other services
			1,703,000
			503
			72.2Public administration
			2,834,000
			783
			78.5These data are featured in the TED article, Women's earnings and employment by industry, 2009.





 

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