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Likely, men get low paying jobs very often too. I would argue that this is similar to some other attributes found in studies; there is a higher standard deviati
by zaarn 8y ago
Likely, men get low paying jobs very often too. I would argue that this is similar to some other attributes found in studies; there is a higher standard deviation due to higher risk taking on part of men, since the lower limit of income is 0, there is a natural plateau but there is no maximum income to level off on, so the average/median will be skewed towards risk-taking.
At least, that seems to be a fairly rational explanation of the data.
Men get into a lot of horrible low end paying jobs too but if 1 out of 100 makes 100 million per year, it averages to 1 million per year.
- tomp 8y agoMen also get into a lot of horrible high-paying jobs, like trucker, miner and pretty much anything in the oil industry.
- zaarn 8y agoSewage cleaners, firefighters, combat pilots (which IIRC are fairly male dominated but also place hefty physical limits like body type and sizes on you), etc. These horrible jobs are all fairly high risk (injury, sickness, death), they can pay well, sometimes they don't. And basically, yeah, as I said, that'll skew you averages and medians around.