Detective

This is a profession that has the second highest pay disparity on the list. Women in this field bag a wage that is nearly 21.8 percent higher than what male detectives earn, said the PayScale report. Among the professionals with parallel experience and educational background, the gap shrinks to 10 percent.       

Counselor

Counselors for mental health, substance abuse and other social & health issues earn somewhere between 1.23 lakh to 17.68 lakh, as per PayScale. But males and females are not treated equal and their earning potential is not the same in this field. There is a small pay disparity that is in favor of females associated with this line of work. The female counselors’ cash in additional 2.6 percent compared to the male in the same job.    

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