10 Jobs Where Women Out-Earn Men

By siliconindia  |   Monday, 17 February 2014, 23:13 IST
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Auditor



Women seem to have moved up the payroll in this line of work. As per the Glassdoor, women clearly have an edge when it comes to the pay packages in this profession and are earning 13.7 percent more compared to their male counterparts.



According to Allyson Willoughby, Glassdoor’s General Counsel and Senior Vice President of people, the reason behind the higher pay for women in finance jobs, is their keenness to negotiate.      



Stockbroker



Contrary to the popular perception, finance and insurance fields are not dominated by males. As per the recent PayScale report, nearly 55 percent of the workforce in this profession is women. They also seem to have the ascendancy when it comes to pay packages. Currently, female stockbrokers are bagging additional 13.2 percent than what men do.



Among stockbrokers with parallel education and experience, women out-earn men by 8.9 percent.       



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