There are 23,983,000 African-American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic female workers employed in the work force. Out of these minority groups: African-American, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic, the total earnings gap is significantly lower than the White female, which is significantly lower on average than that of the White male. However, Asian American women are the only female minority group that makes more than White women, and in some cases, makes more than White men. Out of all the minority groups, why does the Asian American make more than her other female counterparts? It appears that there is a correlation between education and total earnings, since the female Asian American statistically gets a higher education; she
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Since, Hispanic women are both the least likely to get a high school diploma or a college degree, they often are restricted from higher paying jobs, because they don’t have the formal training required in many fields. They are in a greater disadvantage in the fields that they can work in, because even within those markets white women get paid more for the same work. African-American women have an eight percent greater chance of the getting a bachelors degree, plus they have a 9.9% greater median income than Hispanic women, and proportionally are 9.1% more likely to work in higher paying management or related professional fields. Despite all of that, African American female employyes make $8,289 less the white women and $21,937 less than white men on average, causing even greater disparity socio-economic climate. Among women, Asian American women earn more than their white counterparts, and Asain Indians, on average make significantly more than white men. The reason why appears to be that Asian American women on average are 15.8% more likely to get a bachelors degree or higher, allowing them to get into higher paying positions due to their formal training. The correlation between income and education is also verified within the Asian Americans, the Vietnamese ethnic subset have the lowest education on average and earn the lowest income on average compared to the Asian American ethnic group as a
Since, Hispanic women are both the least likely to get a high school diploma or a college degree, they often are restricted from higher paying jobs, because they don’t have the formal training required in many fields. They are in a greater disadvantage in the fields that they can work in, because even within those markets white women get paid more for the same work. African-American women have an eight percent greater chance of the getting a bachelors degree, plus they have a 9.9% greater median income than Hispanic women, and proportionally are 9.1% more likely to work in higher paying management or related professional fields. Despite all of that, African American female employyes make $8,289 less the white women and $21,937 less than white men on average, causing even greater disparity socio-economic climate. Among women, Asian American women earn more than their white counterparts, and Asain Indians, on average make significantly more than white men. The reason why appears to be that Asian American women on average are 15.8% more likely to get a bachelors degree or higher, allowing them to get into higher paying positions due to their formal training. The correlation between income and education is also verified within the Asian Americans, the Vietnamese ethnic subset have the lowest education on average and earn the lowest income on average compared to the Asian American ethnic group as a