Optometry Compensation Study: Narrowing Down the Unexplained Gender Wage Gap in Optometry.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Men earn at least 6.5% more than women in their first full-time jobs as optometrists. For current salaries, the gender wage gap is more than 13%. This study details the gender wage gap that remains after controlling for practice ownership, residency training, and employer-defined full-time work.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to measure the gender wage gap by region and practice type for full-time optometrists who did not complete a residency and do not own their practice.

Methods

Participants completed an online survey, providing data for their first and current optometry positions and demographic information. Respondents who reported full-time employment in the United States, not completing a residency, and not owning their practice were selected

SUBMITTER: Simpson RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature