The table illustrates the average weekly salaries of males and females working indifferent professions.
Overall, men earned consistently higher salaries than women across every sector listed. Professional roles commanded the highest income for both genders, whereas manual labor yielded the lowest earnings. Notably, the gender pay disparity was most pronounced among technicians and narrowest among professionals.
Looking first at the highest-paid positions, professionals recorded the highest weekly wages, with men making $2,000 and women earning $1,900 – a relatively small difference of $100. In contrast, technicians exhibited the largest pay gap; male technicians earned $1,400 per week, whereas female technicians received only $900, resulting in a $500 discrepancy.
In the remaining categories, salaries were generally lower, but the male advantage remained consistent. Administrative and clerical workers saw men earning $1,350 per week compared to $1,000 for women. Service workers followed a similar distribution, with male income at $1,300 and female income at $950. Finally, manual laborers recorded the lowest pay overall, where men earned $1,100 weekly and women earned $850.