Linsley, Jeann. “Social Work Salaries: Keeping Up With the Times – Social Work Jobs and Careers @ SocialWorkJobBank.Com.” Social Work Salaries: Keeping Up With The Times, www.socialworkjobbank.com/site/career-centerarticles/9-social-work-salaries-keeping-up-with-the-times.html. Accessed 6 Apr. 2021.
Social work is one of the most underpaid professions. It is no surprise that there is an income gap for women in this field. “The Hartford and the NASW surveys showed pronounced gender differences in social work wages. The Hartford survey reported a “pronounced and persistent male-female wage differential” in the analysis of wages for social workers, degreed and non-degreed. Average hourly wage for male social workers in 1999 was $17.90, about 14 percent higher than the comparable figure of $15.56 for females, the study notes. In 1980, male social workers’ average hourly wage was $16.15, compared with $13.66 for their female colleagues.” Based on the Hartford survey conducted, the wages between women and men are significantly different, regardless of their education status. In 1990, the wage for men was estimated to be $17.90. For women, it was $15.56 which indicates that men are at an advantage.
Rhetorical Analysis: This article is written Jeann Linsley, who holds a master in social work. She uses an informative approach to discuss about why social work remains as one of the underpaid professions. She also discusses about the income gap in the field as well as the non profit sector. Linsley also use statistical evidence and surveys to prove her points.
Check you citation. I’m not positive but it doesn’t look right. Is this an online article? in an online magazine? Or a website? I can’t tell.
Also, how does this help you answer your question? It tells you facts about the wage gap in a particular field. But is that the field you are focusing on? And what are you trying to find out? Here you have numbers of what the gap looks like? But what else will you look for? And how will it all work together to answer your question? These are things to consider as you move forward.