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Subject:Re: Gender and tech writing From:Gord Deyo <DeyoG -at- ITLS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:48:00 -0400
I'm making $140 an hour. Aren't you getting the same? Just kidding. I
only get half that. Seriously...can I be serious? Seriously, all the
female tech writers I know here in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area, for
all you U.S. geography wizards) get the same rates as their male
counterparts. Experience is still, and will continue to be, the major
factor in determining a TW's rate.
Gordo
> I just read a pretty depressing statistic.
>
> In the state of Utah (where I live) women are *still* only making
> $0.62
> for every dollar made by men. Nationally (the U.S.), those numbers
> are
> a *bit* better; women are now making $0.72 for every male dollar.
>
> Ugh.
>
> Are there any sallary survery's that look at how gender impacts tech
> writing? Am I lucky enough to be in a job where I'm pretty close to
> what my male counterparts are making, or am I just ignorant of the
> fact
> that the guys down the hall *are* making almost $0.40 more per hour
> than
> I am?
>
> Any comments?
