10 jobs with the widest gender pay gaps

In the U.S., women on average earn around 21% less than men, a figure that amounts to women earning roughly 79 cents, on average, for each dollar earned by men in the labor market. Here is a look at some of the industries with the widest gender pay gaps, based on Glassdoor data.

Although the “adjusted” gender pay gap is smaller than the often-cited comparison of average male and female pay, it remains an important and statistically significant gap.