Study: Male nurses make more than female nurses

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A new study finds that despite the fact that women outnumber men in nursing by more than 10 to 1, men still make more money.

In a study published Tuesday in JAMA, researchers looked at data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, which ended in 2008, and the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2001-2013. After controlling for age, race, marital status, and number of children at home, they found that males out-earned females by almost $7,700 per year in outpatient settings and close to $3,900 in hospitals. The biggest pay gap was for nurse anesthetists, with men making $17,290 more.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.