October 26, 2001
Survey Shows Salary Gap Between Men and Women in the Life Sciences
Male life scientists earn almost a third more than their female counterparts, according to a new survey by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A report on the survey doesn't attribute the lower pay for women to discrimination, pointing out that men are often further along in their careers and that more men are in the high-paying field of medicine. The median salary for male life scientists is $94,000, compared with $72,000 for women.
The survey mirrors the
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