How does that get more women into these professions? (Reply #5)

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:55 PM

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

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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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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