10 most common jobs by gender

[ygolo]

Note: This is rather dated information, but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/mcfarland/soc157/femocc.txt

The Ten Most Common Occupations, by Gender (U.S., 1980)

Title (1980 code, 1970 code)		Duncan Score	Number of Women

Secretaries (313, 372)			 	62		3.9 million
Teachers, elementary (156, 142)			71		1.7
Bookkeepers (337, 305)				51		1.7
Cashiers (276, 310)				44		1.6
Office clerks (379, 394)			44		1.4
Managers, n.e.c. (019, 245) *			62		1.4
Waitresses and waiters (435, 915)		16		1.3
Sales workers	(274, 283)			39		1.2
Registered nurses (095, 075)			44		1.2
Nursing aides (447, 925)			14		1.2


Title (1980 code, 1970 code)		Duncan Score	Number of Men

Managers, n.e.c. (019, 245) *			62		3.8 million
Truck drivers, heavy (804, 715)			15		1.9
Janitors and cleaners (453, 903)		13		1.6
Supervisors, production (633, 441)		50		1.6
Carpenters (567, 415)				19		1.3
Supervisors, sales (243, 231)			71		1.1
Laborers (889, 780)				 8		1.1
Sales representatives (259, 281)		63		1.1
Farmers (473, 801)				14		1.0
Auto mechanics (505, 473)			19		 .9

* Only one occupation, "Managers, n.e.c.", is on both lists.

Sources:
  Rytina, Nancy F., and Suzanne M. Bianchi 1984. "Occupational 
reclassification and changes in distribution by gender."  Monthly 
Labor Review 107 (No. 3, March): 11-17.  
  Hauser, Robert M., and David L. Featherman.  1977.  The Process 
of Stratification:  Trends and Analyses.  New York:  Academic 
Press.  Appendix A.

If you are wondering what the "Duncan Score" is, I believe it is a measure of "prestige" as mentioned here, here, and here. If you want to buy Duncan's original paper, you can buy it here, but I did not do so.

More current data on the jobs listed (I converted hourly rates by multiplying by 2000. I quoted the 5-9 yr experience data.):

[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Executive_Secretary_or_Administrative_Assistant/Hourly_Rate"]Secretaries[/URL]                                           $15.25/hr-->$30500/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Elementary_School_Teacher/Salary"]Teachers, elementary[/URL]                                  $40667/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Bookkeeper/Hourly_Rate"]Bookkeepers[/URL]                                           $14.82/hr-->$29640/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Cashier/Hourly_Rate"]Cashiers[/URL]                                              $8.59/hr-->$17180/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Office_Clerk,_General/Hourly_Rate"]Office clerks[/URL]                                         $12.07/hr-->$24140/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Information_Systems_(IS)_Manager/Salary"]Managers, n.e.c.[/URL] (IS Manager salary is what I found)  $63398/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Waiter%2FWaitress/Hourly_Rate"]Waitresses and waiters[/URL]                                $4.74/hr-->$9480/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Retail_Sales_Associate/Hourly_Rate"]Sales workers[/URL]                                         $10.05/hr-->$20100/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Registered_Nurse_(RN)/Hourly_Rate"]Registered nurses[/URL]                                     $26.78/hr-->$53560/yr
[url=http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Nurse_Aide,_Orderly,_or_Attendant/Hourly_Rate]Nurse Aide[/url]                                            $9.98/hr-->$19960/yr

                                                     
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Information_Systems_(IS)_Manager/Salary"]Managers, n.e.c.[/URL] (IS Manager salary is what I found)  $63398/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Truck_Driver,_Heavy_%2F_Tractor-Trailer/Hourly_Rate"]Truck drivers, heavy[/URL] (Didn't specify "heavy")         $16.87-->$33740/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Janitor_or_Cleaner_(but_not_Maid_or_Housekeeping_Cleaner)/Hourly_Rate"]Janitors and cleaners[/URL]                                 $10.15/hr-->$20300/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Production_Supervisor/Salary"]Supervisors, production[/URL]                               $46398/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Carpenter/Salary"]Carpenters[/URL]                                            $43046/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Field_Sales_Supervisor/Salary"]Supervisors, sales[/URL]                                    $39561/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Construction_Laborer/Salary"]Laborers[/URL] (construction)                               $35667/yr
[url=http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Inside_Sales_Representative/Salary]Sales Representative[/url]                                  $39222/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Farmer_Field_Crop/Salary"]Farmers[/URL] (field/crop)                                  $24193/yr
[URL="http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Automotive_Service_Technician_%2F_Mechanic/Hourly_Rate"]Auto mechanics[/URL]                                        $17.63/hr-->$35260/yr

 

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Laborers isn't a very good word for construction workers. It's sort of ambiguous.

 

[ygolo]

Laborers isn't a very good word for construction workers. It's sort of ambiguous.

Yeah, I didn't know what they meant, but when I typed in "payscale laborer" into Google, "Construction Laborer" is what I got.

Also, I found more recent (2004) data, though not split by gender. Interestingly, the jobs listed are already covered in my links to payscale.com (present salary data):

US Census Press Releases

Secretaries and administrative assistants                   3.9 million
Retail salespersons                                         3.6 million
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers                      3.3 million
Elementary and middle school teachers                       3.1 million
Cashiers                                                    3.1 million
First line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers     2.8 million
Registered nurses                                           2.3 million
Customer service representatives                            2.1 million
Janitors and building cleaners                              2.0 million
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers (by hand)  2.0 million

Oh, and I found 2008 data with a lot of information (pdf warning for both)
The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation
This was compiled from: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.pdf