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Major Nikon

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5. How does that get more women into these professions?

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:55 PM

Dec 2012

Average Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 3.5

Fisherman
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 116
Median wage: $27,880

Logger
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 92
Median wage: $38,660

Airplane pilot
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 71
Median wage: $115,300

Farmer and rancher
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 41
Median wage: $65,960

Mining machine operator
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 39
Median wage: $39,950

Roofer
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 32
Median wage: $37,880

Sanitation worker
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 30
Median wage: $34,310

Truck driver and deliveryman
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 22
Median wage: $35,500

Industrial machine repairman
Fatality rate per 100,000 workers: 20
Median wage: $45,700

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Male Teachers Are a Rarity in Classrooms [View all] otohara Dec 2012 OP

Eliminate gender essentialism and let people be people, alp227 Dec 2012 #1

How does that get more women into these professions? Major Nikon Dec 2012 #5

As a practical matter, it also means lower pay for the profession as a whole. Deep13 Dec 2012 #2

Even if there were more men, the pay would NEVER increase duffyduff Dec 2012 #3

huh. after elementary school it was about 50/50 when i was growing up in my town... dionysus Dec 2012 #4

Th first school I taught at had ChazII Dec 2012 #6

There is a bit of a stigma on males in that line of work. Glassunion Dec 2012 #7

Why is this a surprise? yewberry Dec 2012 #8