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Earnings Gap Remains Wide

Top 10 Jobs With Highest Earnings for Women
Median Weekly Earnings, 1999	Earnings Gap Btwn Women & Men	% Women in Occupation	Occupation

$1,105	9.5%	46.7%	1. Pharmacists

$974	27.3%	33.1%	2. Lawyers

$933	11.8%	10.1%	3. Engineers

$907	16.0%	28.9%	4. Computer systems analysts, scientists

$859	17.3%	37.8%	5. Teachers: college, university

$852	37.6%	27.2%	6. Physicians

$819	23.8%	59.7%	7. Administrators: education

$808	no available	67.4%	8. Physical therapists

$800	35.6%	36.5%	9. Managers: marketing, advertising, public relations

$790	26.8%	48.4%	10. Management analysts

Despite some gains, a large earnings gap still exists between women and men, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

More women are working in occupations that pay well, but even within thoseoccupations they still make less than men. The pay gaps are as wide as 38percent for women physicians. In each of the top 10 occupations with thehighest earnings for women, there is at least a 9.5 percent pay gap.

Wage discrimination remains an unfortunate reality for many women. Thepay gap is not just a women's issue, it's a family issue. When women bringhome less money, it affects the family. It's about food on the table andclothing for the kids.

To find out how wide the wage gap is for you, visit the Moms Refuge wage gap feature, "How Wide is the Wage Gap?"

NCAA Reports Little Change in Diversity Hiring

The latest study of athletics personnel at NCAA member institutions reveals what advocates for diversity have warned for the last several years: that the diversity landscape in intercollegiate athletics isn't changingsignificantly.

The 1999 NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee's RaceDemographics of Member Institutions' Athletics Personnel shows fewincreases, if any, in the percentages over a four-year period of ethnicminority administrators and coaches employed by NCAA member schools.

The positions of director of athletics, associate director of athletics,assistant director of athletics and senior woman administrator all declinedslightly with regard to the percentage of ethnic minority representation.The position of associate director of athletics saw the largest decrease,from 8.2 percent in 1995 to 7.1 percent in 1999.

There were some pockets of gain in some positions. The number ofAfrican-American women in administrative assistant positions went from 65 in1995 to 113 in 1999, and the number of African-American senior womanadministrators rose from 51 to 71 over the same time frame. The number ofAfrican-American women academic counselors also went up from 45 to 83.African-American male academic counselors also increased from 95 to 126.

Data regarding head coaches indicate that overall, African-Americanrepresentation in both men's and women's teams has not increased. In fact,African-American male representation did not increase for either men's orwomen's teams, while African-American female representation increased onlyslightly for men's and women's teams.

For more information, visit the NCAA.