Education 1970 : – Women earned 40% of all Masters degrees – Women earned 6% of all Professional degrees 14% of Doctoral degrees 8% of Medical degrees 5% of Law degrees 1% of dental degrees 1991: – Women earned 39% of all Professional degrees – Women earned 53% of all Masters degrees – 39% of all Doctoral degrees, 32% of all dental degrees, 36% of medical degrees

U.S. Civilian non-institutional population Racial Group % increase Total population200,591,000228,815, White women86,828,00095,242, White men81,489,00091,021, Black women13,029,00014,877, Black men10,575,00012,130, Hispanic women9,610,00014,630, Hispanic men9,604,00015,473, Asian women---5,328, Asian men---4,827, Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment and Earnings January 1997 and 2007/

U.S. Civilian labor force Racial Group % increase Total labor force133,943,000151,428, White women51,325,00056,221, White men61,783,00067,613, Black women7,869,0009,186, Black men7,264,0008,128, Hispanic women5,128,0008,206, Hispanic men7,646,00012,488, Asian women---3,106, Asian men---3,621, Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment and Earnings January 1997 and 2007 Note: women made up 46.3% of the civilian labor force

Labor Force Participation Rate In 2006, 6 of every 10 women aged 16 and older were labor force participants compared with 7 out of 10 for men. – 59.4% of all women were in the labor force – 73.5% of all men were in the labor force – 63% women aged 16 and older with children under age 6 were in the labor force in 2005 (39% increase from 1975)

Labor force Participation Between 1990 and 2006 total US employment grew 22%, 18 million jobs were created and women secured nearly half of these jobs (47.5%) Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings, 1/2006 and Annual Socio Economic tables, March 1996 & Labor Force Participation rates by sex and race, 2006 White women59%Black women61.7% White men74.3%Black men67.0% Hispanic women56.1%Asian women58.3% Hispanic men80.7%Asian men75.0%

Unemployment Unemployment rates by sex and race, 2006 White women4.0%Black women8.4% White men4.0%Black men9.5% Hispanic women5.9%Asian women3.1% Hispanic men4.8%Asian men3.0%

Ten most prevalent occupations for full time working women OccupationNumbers Secretaries/Administrative assistants3,348,000 Registered nurses2,309,000 Cashiers2,291,000 Elementary and middle school teachers2,220,000 Retail sales persons1,740,000 Nursing, psychiatric and home health aides 1,694,000 First line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,436,000 Waiters and waitresses1,401,000 Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks 1,364,000 Customer service representative1349,000

Ten highest earning occupations for women/median salary OccupationWeekly median salary Pharmacist$1,564 Chief Executive$1,422 Lawyer$1,333 CIS managers$1,330 Physicians and surgeons$1,329 Computer software engineers$1,372 Physical therapists$1,086 Management analysts$1,069 Medical and health services managers$1,064 Computer scientist and systems analysts$1,039

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