…[BC Hydro] says that is mostly because women are underrepresented in trades jobs with high salaries and overrepresented in administrative jobs with lower salaries.
For example, 98 per cent of power line technicians — the most common job at BC Hydro — are men. Those workers have a mean hourly wage that is 33 per cent higher than that of field service administrators, 94 per cent of whom are women.
The article does claim that other jobs of similar experience and education requirement had a pay gap but didn’t offer any examples. I do think there is a gender pay gap that goes beyond taking overtime and the nature of particular jobs (field vs. office), but I need better insight on the data than what The Tyee brings to this article.
The article does claim that other jobs of similar experience and education requirement had a pay gap but didn’t offer any examples. I do think there is a gender pay gap that goes beyond taking overtime and the nature of particular jobs (field vs. office), but I need better insight on the data than what The Tyee brings to this article.