From: Real wage growth in the U.S. health workforce and the narrowing of the gender pay gap
2001 | Annualized | Annualized | Annualized | Annualized | Cumulative | |||||
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2001–2004 | 2004 | 2004–2008 | 2008 | 2008–2013 | 2013 | 2013–2017 | 2017 | 2001–2017 | ||
% △wages | % △wages | % △wages | % △wages | % △wages | ||||||
Healthcare support occupations | ||||||||||
Female | $13.54 | 0.51 | $13.75 | −0.62 | $13.41 | −0.35 | $13.18 | −0.69 | $13.55 | 0.07 |
Male | $15.65 | −1.67 | $14.88 | −0.19 | $14.77 | −0.3 | $14.55 | −0.05 | $14.52 | −7.22 |
F/M wage | 86.50% | 92.40% | 90.70% | 90.50% | 93.30% | |||||
Nurse occupations | ||||||||||
Female | $29.61 | 2.62 | $32.00 | 0.3 | $32.39 | −0.14 | $32.17 | 0.36 | $32.64 | 10.23 |
Male | $30.93 | 3.29 | $34.08 | 0.47 | $34.72 | −0.46 | $33.93 | 0.48 | $34.58 | 11.8 |
F/M wage | 95.70% | 93.80% | 93.20% | 94.80% | 94.30% | |||||
Direct patient care occupations | ||||||||||
Female | $21.03 | 0.63 | $21.43 | −1.21 | $20.41 | −0.56 | $19.84 | 0.48 | $20.22 | −3.85 |
Male | $24.12 | 0.23 | $24.29 | −1.34 | $23.01 | −0.47 | $22.47 | 0.19 | $22.64 | −6.13 |
F/M wage | 87.10% | 88.20% | 88.70% | 88.20% | 89.30% | |||||
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | ||||||||||
Female | $21.68 | 1.45 | $22.64 | 0.15 | $22.78 | −0.04 | $22.73 | −0.12 | $22.62 | 4.33 |
Male | $25.60 | 2.88 | $27.88 | −0.65 | $27.15 | −0.24 | $26.83 | −0.47 | $26.33 | 2.85 |
F/M wage | 84.60% | 81.20% | 83.90% | 84.70% | 85.90% | |||||
Physician and surgeon occupations | ||||||||||
Female | $56.10 | 6.9 | $68.53 | −1.32 | $64.99 | 2.71 | $74.30 | 1.99 | $80.38 | 43.2 |
Male | $72.43 | 0.33 | $73.14 | 3.78 | $84.84 | 1.43 | $91.06 | 0.92 | $94.45 | 30.4 |
F/M wage | 77.40% | 93.60% | 76.60% | 81.60% | 85.10% |