No, sorry, it doesn't, as anyone who has actually compiled statistics will tell you. And no, it's not "high school algebra." Statistics are actually more complicated, as professional statisticians (including those who compile and analyze census figures) are aware.
As for male and female dominated industries, part of the problem is that the salaries tend to be higher in male dominated fields than the salaries in female dominated fields. And even within female dominated fields, women's pay tends to be less than men who work within those fields.
"Within the 20 most common occupations for women, median full-time weekly earnings for women range from $1,086 per week for ‘registered nurses’ to $379 per week for ‘cashiers’ (Table 1). Women earn less than men in each of the most common occupations for women (these calculations include full- time workers only). The gender wage gap is largest for ‘retail salespersons,’ with a gender earnings ratio for full-time work of 67.5 percent (corresponding to $234 dollars less per week for women) and for 5 ‘financial managers,’ with a ratio of 70.1 percent (corresponding to $454 less per week for women)."
A link to the PDF showing these tables can be found here:
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No, sorry, it doesn't, as anyone who has actually compiled statistics will tell you. And no, it's not "high school algebra." Statistics are actually more complicated, as professional statisticians (including those who compile and analyze census figures) are aware.
As for male and female dominated industries, part of the problem is that the salaries tend to be higher in male dominated fields than the salaries in female dominated fields. And even within female dominated fields, women's pay tends to be less than men who work within those fields.
"Within the 20 most common occupations for women, median full-time weekly earnings for women range from $1,086 per week for ‘registered nurses’ to $379 per week for ‘cashiers’ (Table 1). Women earn less than men in each of the most common occupations for women (these calculations include full- time workers only). The gender wage gap is largest for ‘retail salespersons,’ with a gender earnings ratio for full-time work of 67.5 percent (corresponding to $234 dollars less per week for women) and for 5 ‘financial managers,’ with a ratio of 70.1 percent (corresponding to $454 less per week for women)."
A link to the PDF showing these tables can be found here:
http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/the-gender-wage-gap-by-occupation-and-by-race-and-ethnicity-2013/