Top 10 Jobs That Are Largely Dominated By Women

Apparently, it is said that jobs such as Nursing, teaching and waitress are among the occupations that economists call “pink-collared jobs,” or professions long dominated by women. Other occupations where women are highly concentrated include human resources manager, social worker, and counselor.

1. Nursing despite- the growing trend of an increasing demand for nurses, it’s still a profession that is largely dominated by women. Though men are in no way barred from entering this line of work, there are various obstacles they face when pursuing this predominantly female field.

2. School Teachers– Teaching is an overwhelmingly female profession, and in fact has become more so over time. More than three-quarters of all teachers in Grade R through high school are women, according to Education Department data, up from about two-thirds three decades ago. The disparity is most pronounced in elementary and middle schools, where more than 80 percent of teachers are women.

3. Social Worker ( and Counselors/ Psychologists)- Women outnumber men in traditionally caring professions such as social work, nursing, and education. Consequently, men’s entry into these professions has been challenging. Like women who enter historically masculine professions, these men experience social and cultural sanctions, which lead to tension, resulting in a questioning of their masculinity.

4. Event Planners– The media and advertising industry is dominated by men, particularly at agencies. Yet when it comes to planning and buying media, it’s a different story. In media departments across South Africa and beyond, women often outnumber their male counterparts, and nobody in the industry seems quite sure why.

5. Insurance-Women outnumbered men in such occupations as insurance writers (80.3 percent).

6. Tax Preparers- The growing numbers of women accountants and their ever growing influence is perhaps most keenly evident among ACCA students and members in Singapore, where a staggering 75% are estimated to be female.

7. Human Resource- It’s not a secret that women HR professionals are outnumbering men. According to the Washington-based Office of Personnel Management, women held just 30 percent of federal government HR jobs in 1969. By 1988, that number had more than doubled, soaring to 71 percent.

8. Financial specialists- The finance sector contains the most percentage of women and offers an average salary that is 10 percent below the national average. It’s a trend that’s been four decades in the making and is visible in both the private and public sectors.

9. Advertising and promotions

10. Public Relations- Women have entered public relations at a much faster rate than men over the last two decades. Studies of the field show some gender segregation in PR, so it may not be accurate to generalize about the profession as a whole.