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Non-Traditional Careers | Professional Organizations | Testimonials | FAQs | Spotlights | Did you know? | Events Did you know? On average, high earners with an associate degree earned about 15 percent more than those with a high school diploma in 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A woman with a two-year associate's degree earns
28 percent more than one with only a high school education.
Nearly 15 million women in the U.S. earn too
little to cover basic living expenses for their families, despite working in
full-time, year-round jobs. Education is one proven strategy for raising
incomes.
Women in non-traditional jobs typically earn 20-30
percent more than women in traditional occupations. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up about 48 percent of the labor force; men 52 percent. The U.S. Small Business Administration Web site reports America's 9.1 million women-owned businesses employ 27.5 million people and contribute $3.6 trillion to the economy. In 2008, a majority (50.7 percent) of working women was clustered in only 25 of 504 (4.9 percent) Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational categories. The median wage in those 25 fields was $573 per week, or $29,796 annually.
The median weekly earnings of women who were
full-time wage and salary workers was $638, or 80 percent of men's $798. When
comparing the median weekly earnings of persons ages 16 to 24, young women
earned 91 percent of what young men earned ($420 and $461, respectively). Many of the same skill sets are required for
male and female dominated occupations. 55 percent of parents and 66 percent of
single parents want a male childcare worker for their nursery-aged child. The
reality is that only 2 percent of childcare workers are men. Recent research by the Training and
Development Agency for Schools found male primary school teachers were vital
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