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Report: Pharmacy the most gender-equal profession

Money and Gender
Posted at 11:38 AM, Feb 11, 2013
and last updated 2013-02-11 06:56:37-05

(CNN) -- There is equality in Pharmacy, according to research by Harvard economists.

The study shows it's the most equal job for men and women. Pharmacy is a fast-growing profession,  offering a six-figure salary to workers -- and that pay is nearly equal between both genders.  Women make up slightly more than 50 percent of all full-time pharmacists, according to 2011 Census data. Once you factor in part-timers, women make up around 55 percent of the profession.

Full-time female pharmacists earned a median salary of $111,000 last year. That's about 92 cents to the dollar of their male counterparts.

There is a small pay gap, but the report attributes that to some men working longer hours -- not discrimination.