Women in Missouri’s Workplaces There were more than 1.4 million women reported in Missouri’s workforce throughout 2007, or more than 46% of the state’s labor force. This report aims to look at the role of women in Missouri’s workplaces based on occupations found to be traditionally female-oriented versus those deemed more male-oriented.i  Women in Non-traditional Jobs  Women's 2007 Employment in Top Male Traditional Jobs 80,340 In male traditional Driver/sales workers and truck drivers jobs with the highest 46,590 Laborers, freight, stock, and material movers, hand total employment, 37,010 Carpenters the largest 31,910 percentage that Maintenance and repairworkers, general ■ Total Missouri Employment women will make of 23,970 Grounds maintenance workers ■ Women's Employment the workforce is 20,320 23.4%. In some Construttion laborers occupations, women 20,130 Security guards and gamingsurvemance officers only amount to 0.7% Industrial truck and tractor operators of hired employees. Automotive service technicians and mechanics Clergy  Employment Changes Net Changes in Female Traditional Employment from 2007-2009 Office clerks, general 2,235 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides Personal and home care aides For traditional female occupations, Secretaries and administrative assistants the top ten growing Bookkeeping, aa:ounting, and auditing clerks occupations will add Elementary and middle school teachers just 9,921 jobs of the 59,557 job added Child care workers total to Missouri’s Health diagnosing and treating prattitionersupporttechnicians workforce by 2009. Medical assistants and other healthcare support oa:upations Licensed prattical and licensed vocational nurses  Educational Requirements  Total Openings for Male and Female Traditional Occupations by Educational Requirement I i First professional degree Of the occupational openings that will occur Master's degree from 2007-2009 more than BA/BS or higher degree, plus work 6,970 openings for females experience 2,058 in their traditional Bachelor's degree occupations will recommend an associate’s Associate degree 2,221 degree or higher for employment, compared to Postserondary vocational award just 876 for males in their Workexperience ina relatedoa:upation ■ Traditional MaleOa:upations traditional jobs. ■ Traditonal Female Ocwpations lnng--terrn on-the-j>btraining Moderate-term on-the-job training Short-term on-the-job training  Average Salaries Top Average Salaries of Female Traditional & Male Traditional Occupations $102,600 Computer hardware engineers $99,810 Engineering managers The top 5 paying $86,260 Male Traditional Jobs Chemical engineers female traditional jobs $85,140 in Missouri on average Industrial production managers pay 38.7% less than $78,190 Electrical and electronics engineers male traditional jobs. The top paying Dental hygienists $62,070 traditional female jobs Occupational therapists $58,500 also require higher levels of education. Speech-language pathologists $55,120 FemaleTraditional Jobs Maids and housekeeping cleaners $51,920 Librarians $49,080 i Traditional and non-traditional jobs were determined through data gathered from the2007 American Community Survey with the U.S. Census Bureau. Occupations with female employment totaling less than 25.5% are declared non-traditional, while occupations with 75.5% or more are traditionally female occupied jobs. Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, MERIC Long-term Occupational Projections, MERIC Occupational Employment and Wage Survey. Education and experience ratings reflect the typical training needed to obtain employment in the occupation using national averages, and do not reflect required training; produced by the US Department of Labor (BLS, ETA). Telephone: (866) 225-8113; Email: [email protected] ERIC MOREWITHM TIMELY TARGETED INTELLIGENT