- Women in the managerial and professional ranks are segregated within the lowest paying occupations.
- At $33,300 per year, SD County’s full-time working women’s pay falls $7,200 short of the $45,000 average annual pay of full-time working men in the County.
- This shortfall is even higher when African-American, Latina, and Native Indian women are put into the equation.
- Women of color are especially vulnerable in San Diego County and are much more likely to live in poverty (17% live in poverty) than white women (8% live in poverty).
- The majority of high paying jobs in San Diego are in industry clusters that are dominated by men.
- Women in California have less access to state funding for microenterprise than in other states.
- A greater percentage of San Diego women are employed part-time than men, and women in the US as a whole, resulting in less wage income, less access to benefits, less job security and less wealth for these women.
- The Median Income for a woman in San Diego is $38,680; the income needed for a single parent with one child to meet the basic living expenses in San Diego is $39,907.
- There are approximately 34,500 foreign born single mothers in San Diego (15% of foreign born families) with median earnings of $26,274; 33% live at or below the poverty level and 33% have less than a high school diploma
- 42% of elderly women living in San Diego (more than 130,000 individuals) do not have sufficient income to meet their basic needs.
- Since 1990, the local economy has created eight times more low-paying jobs (median age $24,547) than high-paying jobs (median $79,764). For example, a typical two-bedroom apartment in San Diego County rents for $1,205 a month. For a family to be able to afford this, they would need to make three times the minimum wage.
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