Female PhD Holders Earn Less Than Male Ones

An average scientist or engineer with a PhD earns about $70,000, which is nearly twice the average of $36,000 for full-time Canadian workers in 2000. The private sector paid much more than its public counterpart for the talents of young Canadian scientists and engineers with PhDs. For older PhD holders, the public-private wage gap narrowed, with some public sector types out-earning their private sector counterparts. Employed PhD holders in 2001 were older than the average Canadian worker. There were about 100,000 employed PhD holders, with an average age of 48. Science and engineering PhD holders -- who number about 57,000 -- were slightly younger, with an average of 46. The average age of the 15 million employed Canadian workers was under 39 in 2001. About 80 per cent of science and engineering PhD holders in the 2001 Census were men. Women accounted for 47 per cent of the workforce and 57 per cent of those in the workforce with university degrees. .... http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071024/women_doctorates_071024/20071024?hub=TopStories&s_name= [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 25, 2007]

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