08/28/2019

Twenty-five Previous Men-Only Jobs Are Now Hiring Tons of Women

In the last five years, construction jobs for women increased 85 percent

It's been 99 years since women were granted the right to vote, on August 26, 1920. Ever since 1973, the anniversary has been marked as Women's Equality Day.

Women still aren't paid as much as men in America — they make $0.79 for every dollar men make in 2019. While that gap has been steadily decreasing in recent years, women are getting more jobs in traditionally male-dominated fields. According to a new study by financial services company SmartAsset, some of the fastest-growing jobs for women are in construction, engineering, and ride-hailing services. The study used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 2014-2018.

The fastest-growing job category is taxi drivers and chauffeurs, due to ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft. There have been 394,000 more drivers — both male and female — on the road from 2014-2018. The second-fastest growing industry is construction: In the last five years, there was an 85 percent increase in construction jobs for women. Many jobs on the list are in STEM fields such as engineering, computer science, and healthcare.

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