Gender composition and wage gaps in the Canadian health policy research workforce in comparative perspective

Table 2 Gender distribution and wage conditions among health and non-health policy researchers aged 25–54

Policy domain	Workforce population		Percent women	Mean annual wage (CAD $)		Gender earnings ratio
Policy domain	Number	Share (%)	Percent women	Female	Male	Gender earnings ratio
Natural and applied science	15 575	12.7	53.2	71 206	86 771	0.82
Economics	12 140	9.9	43.7	82 714	109 818	0.75
Business development	30 335	24.8	53.5	66 047	92 189	0.72
Social	19 210	15.7	67.2	63 343	71 759	0.88
Health	19 955	16.3	74.1	65 895	75 271	0.88
Education	13 115	10.7	74.9	61 279	69 926	0.88
Recreation, sports, and fitness	4525	3.7	66.0	47 922	52 532	0.91
Government programmes	7655	6.2	57.4	70 694	82 253	0.86
Total	122 510	100.0	61.0	66 229	85 869	0.77

The gender earnings ratio refers to women’s mean annual wage as a percentage of men’s. Policy domains categorized by the 2016 National Occupational Classification
Source: 2016 Canadian Population Census (authors’ calculations; data weighted for population representation)

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