The Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau released its list of the 20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women. The data supports stereotypes such as “nursing is a woman’s job” and “all secretaries are female.” There were some jobs, though, that I was surprised to learn are largely held by women, including customer-service representatives and accountants and auditors. Here are the other 18 jobs and the percentage of each held by women, according to the DOL:
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
96.8 |
Registered nurses |
92.0 |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
81.9 |
Cashiers |
74.4 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home-health aides |
88.5 |
Retail salespersons |
51.9 |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
44.1 |
Waiters and waitresses |
71.6 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
89.8 |
Customer service representatives |
67.9 |
Childcare workers |
95.1 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
92.3 |
Receptionists and information clerks |
91.5 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and admin support |
71.3 |
Managers, all others |
34.1 |
Accountants and auditors |
61.8 |
Teacher assistants |
91.6 |
Cooks |
41.5 |
Office clerks, general |
82.0 |
Personal and home care aides |
85.2 |
See the original:
20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women Fact Sheet at the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau website.