Could someone explain to me which specific jobs pay a higher wage to men than paid to women?

Question

I've seen a lot of general statements concerning this problem, but I can't figure out what companies or institutions or government agencies are involved, much less which specific jobs pay women less then men for the same work. Could I have some examples, please? Just one? That's all, just one.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you would consider this a "specific job" or not, but one could argue that being a female soldier or sailor in the US means less pay. Women are prohibited from combat positions, which tend to be higher paid (combat pay bonus).

Answer 2

Legally, in the US at least, none do. In reality, it's not uncommon - how much is due to gender and how much is due to time on the job, or negotiating skills over salary or being willing to push for a raise, is in question. It's illegal to have different salary schedules for men than for women, and has been for a good many years now.

It used to exist. On my first job out of college (I was teaching high school then) there was a higher salary scale at my school for men than for women (just a couple hundred dollars, but starting pay for me was $4200 so that was a lot then) - and what's weirder, back then I didn't see anything wrong with it! Newspaper want ads then were also headed as "help wanted - male" and "help wanted - female". How times have changed - and that was less than 45 years ago!