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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas the IT Salary Gender Gap Disappeared?
Its no secret that women are grossly underrepresented in information technology jobs, with some reports indicating that there's still a glass ceiling when it comes to promotions out of junior or mid-level management positions.
But a new report suggests that there is at least one area where men and women IT workers are equal -- salaries. This, however, is only true if you compare equal levels of experience and education and parallel job titles, according to Dice.coms 2012-2013 salary survey.
Overall, salaries for women ITs lagged slightly behind those for men last year, with average annual incomes at $87,527 and $95,929, respectively, the survey found. That difference is due to the fact that the two groups tend to hold different positions. For example, the top five positions held by women -- including project manager and business analyst -- pay less than the top five positions held by men, including software engineer and systems administrator.
In addition, four out of the top five occupations for men carry salaries that exceed $90,000, while for women, its only one out of five, Dices Dawn Kawamoto reports.
Both genders also report roughly the same level of satisfaction with their pay. For example, 58 percent of women said they were satisfied with their salaries, compared to 56 percent of their male counterparts.
http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/wired-workplace/2013/03/has-it-salary-gender-gap-disappeared/62178/?oref=ng-voicestop
B2G
(9,766 posts)I can say that I am very satisfied with my salary, as are my female coworkers.
Rabid_Rabbit
(131 posts)Really??
If you compare women and men with the same experience and education they make the same money? What a novel idea to compare apples to apples. These pay-gap studies usually compare apples to oranges in the hopes of stirring up some controversy.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)If women are still not getting hired into the top-paying positions as often as men are, and if 80% of the top occupations for men are receiving salaries that only 20% of the top for women are getting, then claiming the salary gap has disappeared is completely ludicrous.
dsc
(52,130 posts)for both the differential in pay between the positions and the differential in the ratio of females to males in the positions. If the reasons for both of those are gender neutral then there would be no pay gap. I don't know if they are or if they aren't and from the article you don't either.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Nor my bonus.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)wow, must be nice.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)How else would you compare salaries?
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)" ... indicating that there's still a glass ceiling when it comes to promotions out of junior or mid-level management positions."