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0 pointsfmihaila9y ago0 comments

> As for sheer numbers, ask yourself: are there any industries where there are considerably fewer men than women? The answer is, of course, yes. Look at nursing.

Do the men employed as nurses make less money on average than their women colleagues?

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joeblow99999y ago

They are almost always in a union. All men and women who are in a union make equal pay.

This is not necessarily a good thing as unions basically underpay star performers and overpay bad performers. whether or not that is a good thing is your own opinion.

chongli9y ago

Do the men employed as nurses make less money on average than their women colleagues?

No. Male nurses make way more than female nurses, on average. A big contributor to this is that male nurses are far more likely to be CRNAs than female nurses and CRNAs are the highest-paid nurse specialty (and requires a graduate degree).

2muchcoffeeman9y ago

I had to look it up - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing

So male registered nurses in the US appear to be a solid single digit in terms of percentage. Wikipedia says 6.6%. The internet says CRNAs are 41-43% male.

So a very small number of male nurses, and a majority of them becoming CRNAs, and so the average pay for male nurses is higher than the female average. But really, I bet the 59% female CRNAs are being paid the same.

This is the problem with looking at averages only. If men are being prefered over women in the CRNA program, there is a problem. If female CRNAs are paid less on average than male CRNAs there is a problem. But the average alone tells you nothing. It definitely doesn't give you enough information to show you which part needs fixing.

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