The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men.
But there are some fields where women not only make up a high percentage of the workforce, but they earn competitive pay doing it.
PayScale recently looked at occupations with the highest median pay for women with five to eight years of experience. To highlight jobs in which women frequently work, only those where at least 40% of workers identified as female were included.
A number of well-paying healthcare occupations feature high concentrations of women. More than 90% of nurse practitioners and a little less than half of general physicians are women, Bremer tells Business Insider.
Check out the full list of jobs where women earn the most:
- Associate Attorney
Percentage of women: 47%
Median pay: $86,800
- Auditing Manager
Percentage of women: 40%
Median pay: $87,000
- Product Marketing Manager
Percentage of women: 45%
Median pay: $87,700
- Senior Marketing Manager
Percentage of women: 65%
Median pay: $88,200
- Project Management Director
Percentage of women: 41%
Median pay: $89,300
- Category Manager
Percentage of women: 43%
Median pay: $90,300
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
Percentage of women: 92%
Median pay: $92,200
- Nurse Practitioner
Percentage of women: 90%
Median pay: $92,900
- Senior Clinical Research Associate
Percentage of women: 76%
Median pay: $93,000
- Compliance Director
Percentage of women: 63%
Median pay: $93,400
- Physician Assistant
Percentage of women: 70%
Median pay: $94,600
- Internal Auditing Manager
Percentage of women: 40%
Median pay: $96,100
· 8. Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Percentage of women: 82%
Median pay: $101,000
- Vice President of Human Resources
Percentage of women: 68%
Median pay: $103,000
- Optometrist
Percentage of women: 54%
Median pay: $105,000
- Vice President of Marketing
Percentage of women: 49%
Median pay: $106,000
- Corporate Counsel
Percentage of women: 45%
Median pay: $115,000
- Pharmacist
Percentage of women: 52%
Median pay: $117,000
- Pediatrician
Percentage of women: 72%
Median pay: $154,000
- General Practice Physician
Percentage of women: 48%
Median pay: $165,000