- Women dominate jobs in healthcare, education, administration, and other industries. Nursing and teaching are especially popular.
- These 43 jobs are held by more women than men.
- The best-paid career is nurse midwife, which has a median income among women of $101,552.
Some jobs are dominated by women.
According to data from theUS Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey, women comprise at least 80% of the workforce in these 43 jobs. Business Insider pulled the salary information from ACS and descriptions of each of these jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Many of these jobs are in healthcare, education, and administration. Nursing and teaching are especially popular for women, and the best-paid job on the list is nurse midwife.
Read on for the full list:
Eligibility interviewer, government programs
Median pay for women: $41,024
Percent women employed: 80.3%
What they do: Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.
Library technician
Median pay for women: $28,397
Percent women employed: 80.4%
What they do: Assist librarians by helping readers in the use of library catalogs, databases, and indexes to locate books and other materials; and by answering questions that require only brief consultation of standard reference.
Audiologist
Median pay for women: $72,123
Percent women employed: 80.5%
What they do: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders.
Insurance claims and policy processing clerk
Median pay for women: $36,812
Percent women employed: 80.5%
What they do: Process new insurance policies, modifications to existing policies, and claims forms. Obtain information from policyholders to verify the accuracy and completeness of information on claims forms, applications and related documents, and company records.
Personal care aide
Median pay for women: $22,159
Percent women employed: 80.9%
What they do: Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person's home or in a care facility.
Social worker
Median pay for women: $44,603
Percent women employed: 81.0%
What they do: Help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives.
Loan interviewer and clerk
Median pay for women: $41,065
Percent women employed: 81.1%
What they do: Interview loan applicants to elicit information, investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references, prepare loan request papers, and forward findings, reports, and documents to appraisal department.
Fabric and apparel patternmaker
Median pay for women: $61,097
Percent women employed: 82.6%
What they do: Draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts. May also mark and cut fabrics and apparel.
Office clerk, general
Median pay for women: $33,492
Percent women employed: 82.8%
What they do: Perform duties including answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, stenography, office machine operation, and filing.
Library assistant, clerical
Median pay for women: $30,768
Percent women employed: 83.1%
What they do: Compile records, sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title.
Interviewer, except eligibility and loan
Median pay for women: $31,371
Percent women employed: 83.2%
What they do: Interview persons by telephone, mail, in person, or by other means for the purpose of completing forms, applications, or questionnaires.
Maid and housekeeping cleaner
Median pay for women: $21,000
Percent women employed: 83.8%
What they do: Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
Word processors and typists
Median pay for women: $33,909
Percent women employed: 84.1%
What they do: Use word processor, computer or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording.
Host and hostess, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
Median pay for women: $19,022
Percent women employed: 84.1%
What they do: Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.
Occupational therapy assistant and aide
Median pay for women: $49,665
Percent women employed: 84.2%
What they do: Help patients develop, recover, improve, as well as maintain the skills needed for daily living and working.
Human resources assistant, except payroll and timekeeping
Median pay for women: $38,544
Percent women employed: 84.3%
What they do: Compile and keep personnel records. Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports, and date of and reason for termination.
Phlebotomist
Median pay for women: $31,160
Percent women employed: 84.8%
What they do: Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research.
Special education teacher
Median pay for women: $48,703
Percent women employed: 85.6%
What they do: Teach educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aide
Median pay for women: $25,706
Percent women employed: 86.1%
What they do: Help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment by assisting in their daily living activities.
Occupational therapist
Median pay for women: $70,044
Percent women employed: 86.4%
What they do: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.
Paralegal and legal assistant
Median pay for women: $47,073
Percent women employed: 86.4%
What they do: Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent.
Teller
Median pay for women: $26,361
Percent women employed: 86.5%
What they do: Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse
Median pay for women: $38,523
Percent women employed: 87.1%
What they do: Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions.
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerk
Median pay for women: $38,665
Percent women employed: 87.2%
What they do: Produce financial records for organizations. Record financial transactions, update statements, and check financial records for accuracy.
Social science research assistant
Median pay for women: $41,419
Percent women employed: 87.3%
What they do: Assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.
Payroll and timekeeping clerk
Median pay for women: $40,922
Percent women employed: 87.3%
What they do: Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission.
Teacher assistant
Median pay for women: $22,095
Percent women employed: 87.3%
What they do: Perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
Nurse practitioner
Median pay for women: $100,030
Percent women employed: 87.8%
What they do: Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
Registered nurse
Median pay for women: $64,413
Percent women employed: 87.9%
What they do: Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.
Hairdresser, hairstylist, and cosmetologist
Median pay for women: $25,636
Percent women employed: 88.3%
What they do: Provide beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services.
Billing and posting clerk
Median pay for women: $34,424
Percent women employed: 88.4%
What they do: Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes.
Dietitian and nutritionist
Median pay for women: $49,886
Percent women employed: 88.6%
What they do: Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease.
Medical records and health information technician
Median pay for women: $38,404
Percent women employed: 89.9%
What they do: Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the heath care system.
Receptionist and information clerk
Median pay for women: $28,444
Percent women employed: 90.4%
What they do: Answer inquiries and provide information to the general public, customers, visitors, and other interested parties regarding activities conducted at establishment and location of departments, offices, and employees within the organization.
Medical assistant
Median pay for women: $30,418
Percent women employed: 90.8%
What they do: Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.
Medical transcriptionist
Median pay for women: $33,161
Percent women employed: 92.1%
What they do: Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries.
Dental assistant
Median pay for women: $31,161
Percent women employed: 92.2%
What they do: Assist dentist, set up equipment, prepare patient for treatment, and keep records.
Dental hygienist
Median pay for women: $55,946
Percent women employed: 93.2%
What they do: Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. May educate patients on oral hygiene, take and develop x rays, or apply fluoride or sealants.
Childcare worker
Median pay for women: $21,212
Percent women employed: 93.8%
What they do: Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Secretary and administrative assistant
Median pay for women: $36,929
Percent women employed: 94.7%
What they do: Perform routine clerical and administrative duties. Organize files, prepare documents, schedule appointments, and support other staff.
Speech-language pathologist
Median pay for women: $62,734
Percent women employed: 94.7%
What they do: Assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
Preschool and kindergarten teacher
Median pay for women: $25,021
Percent women employed: 98.0%
What they do: Instruct young students in basic subjects, such as math and reading, in order to prepare them for future schooling.
Nurse midwife
Median pay for women: $101,552
Percent women employed: 100.0%
What they do: Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team.