Table 6
MALE-FEMALE SALARY RELATIONSHIPS (1970 AND 1973)
AMONG FULL-TIME DOCTORATES INCLUDED IN ALL
1960-73 NSF SURVEYS
Fields
Average Annual Salary
1970
1973
NATURAL SCIENCES
Men
Women
Ratio of women/men
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Men
Women
Ratio of women/men
TOTAL
a
Men
Women
Ratio of women/men
$20,646
$17,061
.83
$24,854
$20,718
.83
$21,442
$17,171
.80
$26,537
$21,027
.80
$20,508
$17,073
.83
$24,851
$20,910
.84
a
Includes miscellaneous fields as well as the natural sciences and the social sciences.
Source:
National Academy of Sciences.