在這個行業，女性比男性的收入更高

九月中旬發布的最新政府數據給出了一些好消息： 美國性別薪酬差距創下了10年來最大的縮小幅度。2016年，女性平均收入為男性收入的80.5%，2015年這一比例為約80%，上世紀70年代為不足60%。

但進步并非全方位的。薪酬差距現象比統計數據所傳達出的情況更加復雜。差距縮小的部分原因是男性薪酬增長陷入了停滯。而且女性的收入情況也并不如你想象的那么美好，因為拉美裔和非洲裔美國女性的薪酬增長速度低于白人女性。

不同職業之間也有差異。在傳統的男性主導（并且往往薪酬更高的）行業，女性薪酬依舊較低。女性私人理財顧問的收入，僅有男性同行的58%。但在女性主導的行業，女性收入更有可能獲得與男性相同甚至更高的薪酬。例如，據美國勞工統計局的數據顯示，女性縫紉機操作員的收入是男性同行的111%。

關于哪些行業接近同工同酬，請參閱以下圖表了解更多數據。如圖所示，有些職業的收入公平性超過其他職業。

女性工資與男性工資的百分比

New government data released in mid-September offered some good news: the largest recorded narrowing of the gender wage gap in the U.S. in a decade. Women in 2016 made 80.5% of what men did on average—up from about 80% in 2015, and from less than 60% in the 1970s.

But the progress isn’t universal. The wage gap is a far more complicated phenomenon than can be communicated in a single statistic. The gap has narrowed partly because men’s wages hit a wall. And the story for women doesn’t look nearly as rosy when you consider when you consider that Hispanic and African American women’s wages have not risen as quickly as white women’s.

Then there are the disparities between professions. Traditionally male (and traditionally higher-paid) industries still tend to pay women less. Personal finance advisors who are women tend to make only 58% of what men in the industry make. While women in female-dominated fields are more likely to make as much as men, or more. For example, women who operate sewing machine operators make 111% of what men in that profession make, according to BLS data.

See chart for more numbers on which jobs have salaries that approach parity. Some jobs, as they say, are more equal than others.

Women's wages as a percentage of men's