Hot Jobs and Opportunities for Working Women and Moms
If you’re a working woman or mother, you probably think that most employers prefer to hire men. Of course, there might be some employers who think that way. But the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor tell us that American businesses and organizations are currently seeking educated women – and that their earnings increase with their level of education.
To quote from the report: “For women age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma, their unemployment rate was 14.2 percent; high school diploma, no college, 8.0 percent; some college, but no degree, 8.0 percent; associate degree, 5.9 percent; and bachelor’s degree or higher, 4.5 percent.” So the message is, education can pay you back with a better job and a higher income. Here's some data from the Department of Labor that working women ought to know:
- 66 million women are employed in the U.S.—74 percent of employed women worked on full-time jobs, while 26 percent worked on a part-time basis.
- Of the 122 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million, or 59.2 percent, were in the labor force.
- Women comprised 46.8 percent of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 46.9 percent of the labor force by 2018.
- Women are projected to account for 51.2 percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.
What are the hottest jobs for women? The Department of Labor reports that the largest percentage of employed women (40 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations; 32 percent worked in sales and office occupations; 21 percent in service occupations; 5 percent in production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and 1 percent in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. Here are The 20 occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who were full-time wage and salary workers:
1.Pharmacists
2.Lawyers
3.Computer and information systems managers
4.Computer software Chief executives
5.Engineers
6.Physicians and surgeons
7.Computer programmers
8.Management analysts
9.Computer scientists and systems analysts
10.Occupational therapists
11.Speech-language pathologists
12.General and operations managers
13.Education administrators
14.Psychologists
15.Personal financial advisors
16.Human resources managers
17.Marketing sales managers
18.Managers, all other
19.Registered nurses
20.Network systems and data communications analysts
So the message for working women is, get educated and get a better job.
