Gender and Occupations Females and Males Pay Gap Assignment Pick two occupations you are interested in or occupations you have chosen to enter following your college education (or your best guess at what you want to do). Write a 1-2 page reflection answering the following questions about the occupations you selected: What is the percentage of females and males in those occupations?
Is there a gender wag gap within the occupations you selected? If so, what is the gender wage gap? In other words, what is the average difference between a man’s and a woman’s total wages or salaries in those occupations?
What do you think about the information you found? What is surprising (or not) about this information?
What do you think are two major explanations for the continuing gender wage gap in the paid labor force? (Two good sources to find this information are: Women in the Labor Force Handbook, https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2016/home.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Bureau of Labor Statistics webpage: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). [However, you can choose to use other sources]
Make sure you cite the sources where you obtain your information/data. Cite within you paper and provide a reference page.
This is a formal paper, so make sure you write in paragraph form.