Spotlight on Same-Sex Households: Employment & Earnings Data

Data on Employment and Earnings by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013

Distribution of Employed Women Across Broad Occupational Groups by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013

Percent Working Full-time, Part-time, and Unemployment by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013

Data on Employment and Earnings by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013

Median Annual Earnings for Women and Men Employed Full-Time, Year-Round

Percent of Women and Men in the Labor Force

Percent of All Women and Men Employed in Managerial or Professional Occupations

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Same Sex

$48,000

$58,000

74.8%

77.3%

50.9%

53.0%

Different Sex Married

$42,000

$56,000

60.0%

74.4%

48.0%

40.4%

Different Sex Partners

$33,000

$38,000

76.4%

85.1%

34.1%

24.2%

Single

$39,000

$46,400

57.9%

67.8%

40.0%

35.7%

Total

$40,000

$52,000

60.5%

73.6%

44.3%

38.1%

Notes: Data are restricted to heads of households and their spouses/partners (if applicable). Due to sample size limitations, data on those living with same-sex partners includes both those who are married and those who are not married.
Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).

 

Distribution of Employed Women Across Broad Occupational Groups by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013
Management, Business, and Financial
Professional and Related
Service
Sales and Related
Office and Administrative Support
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving
Armed Forces
Total Number of Women Workers
Same Sex Women
19.3%
31.7%
15.9%
9.7%
13.9%
2.7%
6.8%
0.1%
534,667
Different Sex Married
16.4%
31.6%
16.0%
8.9%
21.2%
0.8%
5.1%
0.1%
31,465,369
Different Sex Partners
13.0%
21.1%
26.0%
11.9%
20.0%
1.1%
6.8%
0.0%
4,505,924
Single Women
14.5%
25.5%
22.3%
10.2%
20.3%
0.9%
6.3%
0.1%
17,598,998
All Women
15.5%
28.8%
18.9%
9.6%
20.7%
0.8%
5.6%
0.1%
54,104,958
Notes: Data are restricted to heads of households and their spouses/partners (if applicable). Due to sample size limitations, data on those living with same-sex partners includes both those who are married and those who are not married.
Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).

 

Percent Working Full-time, Part-time, and Unemployment by Household Type, Aged 16 and Older, United States, 2013

Percent of Women and Men Working Full-Time, Year-Round

Percent of Women and Men Working Part-Time

Percent of Unemployed Women and Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Same Sex

74.3%

77.3%

17.9%

15.2%

5.3%

4.8%

Different Sex Married

65.9%

83.6%

26.2%

9.1%

4.9%

4.0%

Different Sex Partners

67.9%

77.1%

23.0%

12.1%

8.7%

8.9%

Single

69.2%

77.2%

23.0%

13.5%

7.5%

7.1%

Total

67.2%

81.6%

24.8%

10.4%

6.1%

5.2%

Notes: Data are restricted to heads of households and their spouses/partners (if applicable). Due to sample size limitations, data on those living with same-sex partners includes both those who are married and those who are not married.
Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).