Table 16.

Annual average earnings for full-time workers, by sex and occupation.
(Canada, 1971, 1974 and 1976).

Male earnings Female earnings
Occupational group 1971____ _1974____ __1976 1971_____ ___1974__ _1976__
             
Managerial $11,566 $16,809 $18,747 $ 6,492 $ 9,015 $10,805
             
Clerical 7,139 9,661 11,045 4,801 6,253 7,157
             
Sales 8,377 12,063 13,758 4,059 5,638 5,545
             
Service 6,802 8,923 10,136 3,389 4,182 4,711
             
             
Rate of change from 1971 to 1976 for men for women
             
Managerial 62.1% 66. 4%
             
Clerical 54.7 49.1
             
Sales 64.2 37.1
             
Service 49.0 39.0



Source:

Labour Canada, Rights in Employment, Women in the labour force: Facts and figures, 1976 edition. (Ottawa: Supply & Services Canada, 1976).

Comment: .

Table 16 indicates that women are paid lower wages than men in all occupational categories. The rates of increase for men are generally higher for men than for women. This perpetuates the discrepancies in wages.

Note that these annual averages do not include the earnings of part-time workers. The fact that more women work part-time than men is often used as an explanation for why women's wages are lower. This may explain part of the difference but certainly not all of it.


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