The table illustrates the average salaries of men and women earned in a week for five different occupations in 2015.
Overall, it is clear that men earned more than women in all job categories. Among these occupations, professionals stood out as the highest salaries for both genders, while manual laborers had the lowest wages.
There was a significant difference in salary between men and women in technicians, with men earning $1400, whereas women earned slightly less, at $900. Service workers and administrative/ clerical workers were roughly lower than technicians, with the earning gap stopping at $350, men received $1300 and $1350, respectively, compared to $950 and $1000 for women.
For manual laborers category, the gap was $250 with men earned $1100, which was slightly higher than the $850 earned by women. The smallest gap was seen in professionals, at just $100, where men were paid $2000, while women received $1900.