Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men

Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men

By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer   |   August 23, 2013 12:53pm ET

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The biggest wage gap between men and women in engineering fields occurs in mid-career, a survey showed. Credit: auremar | shutterstock View full size image

Women who work in engineering or optics earn less than men, and the wage gap peaks mid-career, a new survey finds.

Median salaries for men in these fields were 36 percent higher overall than for women. The median salary for men was $79,755, compared with $58,431 for women. Men and women had the largest salary difference in Middle Eastern countries.
The findings were detailed in the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) 2013 global salary report.