“He-cession”? “She-cession”?   The Gendered Impact of the Great Recession  

20 Most Common Occupations For Women (Fulltime) Women’s Median Earnings/Week Men’s   Earnings As % Men’s Share of Women Wk. in Occ. ALL fulltime workers 706 860 82% NA (total 42.1%) Elementary, middle school teachers 937 1025 91% 4.6% Secretaries, admin. ass’t 677 772 88% Registered nurses 1086 1236 4.4% Psych nurses & home health aides 450 499 90% 2.6% Customer service reps 616 639 96% 2.3% Supers of retail workers 612 778 79% 2.1% Accountants, auditors 1029 1268 81% 2.0% Cashiers 379 426 89% Managers, other 1105 1399 Supers of office workers 748 846 1.8% Receptionists 527 600 Retail sales 485 719 68% 1.6% Office clerks 596 620 Bookkeeping 670 751 1.5% Financial managers 1064 1518 70% 1.3% Maids, housekeeping 406 467 87% Waitresses 400 449 1.2% Personal care aides 445 470 95% Secondary school teachers 818 1093 1.1% Social workers 978 84%

20 Most Common Occupations For Men (Fulltime) Men’s Median Earnings/Week Women’s Earnings As % Men’s Share of Men Wk. In Occ. ALL fulltime workers 860 706 82% NA   Managers 1399 1105 79% 2.6% Supers of retail workers 778 612 2.3% Janitors, cleaners 517 418 81% 1.9% Retail sales 719 485 68% Construction laborers 592 -- 1.8% Software, apps developers 1737 1370 1.5% Sales reps, wholesale 1131 859 76% 1.4% Cooks 411 382 93% Grounds maintenance 441 1.3% CEO 2266 1811 80% Carpenters 659 1.2% Operations managers 1444 1161 Auto mechanics 714 1.1% Electricians 952 Store clerks 503 484 96% 1.0% Police, sheriffs 1032 881 85% Accountants 1268 1029 Assemblers 610 493 Supers of production wk. 682 72% .9% Customer service 639 616

Gender Earnings Ratio

Gender earnings ratios by race Race/Ethnicity Women: Median Earnings Men: Women’s Earnings as % of Men of Same Race % of White Men’s ALL races $39,157 $50.033 78.3% na   White $41.398 $53,488 77.4% African Am. $34,294 $40,792 84.1% 64.1% Asian Am. $43,124 $57,430 75.1% 80.6% Latino/a $30,209 $32,321 93.5% 56.5%

Poverty Rates for Single vs. Married Mothers

Unemployment Rates by Race (EPI, SWA)

Recovery for Public Sector Workers in Last Four Recessions EPI, State of Working America, 2012