Women Close Gender Pay Gap in Two STEM Jobs, Lag in Others
Female managers in architectural and engineering jobs out-earn men, yet make up just 8.5 percent of the profession. Female chemical engineers are paid slightly more than males and hold 15 percent of the jobs. This list of 20 best-paid STEM occupations, ranked by pay parity, shows that women occupy an average of one-fifth the jobs and are paid an average 89 cents for every dollar a man earns in top U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions.
Total number of women working in occupation:
20K
100k
500k
1m
Women’s earnings as a % of men’s
Percent women in occupation
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Architectural managers
105%
Women earning more than men
Chemical
engineers
100%
Mechanical
engineers
Computer network
architects
95%
Environmental
engineers
Statisticians
Industrial
engineers
Aerospace
engrs.
Computer
programmers
90%
Hardware
engrs.
Computer and
information systems
managers
Civil
engrs.
Electrical
engrs.
Computer
systems analysts
Software
devs.
85%
Engineers,
all other
Environmental
scientists
Operations
research
analysts
Information
security analysts
Actuaries
80%
Total number of women working in occupation:
20K
100k
500k
1m
Women’s earnings as a % of men’s
Percent women in occupation
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Architectural and engineering managers
105%
Women earning more than men
Chemical
engineers
100%
Mechanical
engineers
Computer network
architects
95%
Environmental
engineers
Statisticians
Industrial
engineers
Computer
programmers
90%
Aerospace
engineers
Computer and
information systems
managers
Civil
engineers
Hardware
engineers
Computer
systems analysts
Electrical
engineers
Software
developers
85%
Engineers,
all other
Environmental
and geoscientists
Operations
research
analysts
Information
security analysts
Actuaries
80%
Total number of women working in occupation:
20K
100k
500k
1m
Percent women in occupation
Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings
80%
85%
90%
95%
100%
105%
50%
Women earning more than men
Statisticians
Computer systems
analysts
Operations
research
analysts
40%
Computer and
information systems
managers
Computer
programmers
Actuaries
30%
Environmental
engineers
Software
developers
Environmental
and geoscientists
20%
Information
security analysts
Industrial
engineers
Chemical
engineers
Hardware
engineers
Architectural
and engineering
managers
Engineers,
all other
Aerospace
engineers
10%
Computer network
architects
Mechanical
engineers
Civil
engineers
Electrical
engineers
0%
Total number of women working in occupation:
20K
100k
500k
1m
Percent women in occupation
Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings
80%
85%
90%
95%
100%
105%
50%
Statisticians
Operations
research
analysts
Women earning more than men
Computer systems
analysts
40%
Actuaries
Computer and
information systems
managers
30%
Environmental scientists
and geoscientists
Computer
programmers
Environmental
engineers
Software
developers
20%
Information
security analysts
Chemical
engineers
Computer hardware
engineers
Industrial
engineers
Architectural
and engineering
managers
Engineers,
all other
10%
Computer network
architects
Mechanical
engineers
Aerospace
engineers
Civil
engineers
Electrical
and electronics
engineers
0%