Pay inequality in PA profession....gender related.

[Davo]

Specialists tend to have more experience-and until recently most PA's were male, so it would stand that they are more likely to go into a specialty, more specifically higher paying specialties. So while today the majority are female, they are also more likely to be younger (according to the data ive seen). You state it can't explain away the difference-so what in your book is an acceptable difference? If its too big (again, on par with other careers in medicine), whats ok?

 

Agreed, it is a small study but it reflects prior studies in this field, the trend is there I think. Im also of the opinion that we as PA's have more to be concerned about in our role vs other mid-level practitioners, vs the notion that things should be "equal"-in this case in pay-as there are many more factors than simply looking at gender involved.

[whoRyou]

... (w)omen will be the ones to bear the brunt of this qualifications-earning gap, as 90% of healthcare support workers are women. Unfortunately, things don’t look much brighter on the professional side. Female nurses outnumber male ones 12 to 1, but men outearn women. And as already mentioned, female doctors earn less than male doctors for the same work but of course there is always a catch