Analysts from Selecty and hh.ru recently dropped a "sensational" finding: men in IT earn more than women.

The numbers:
🔵 Salary < 100k: 44% of women and only 25% of men earn this.
🔵 Salary > 300k: 35% of men and only 11% of women earn this.
🔵 The gap at 400k+ is astronomical (13.5% vs 2.9%).

Usually, this is where the cries about oppression and glass ceilings begin. But where is the real issue?
The researchers claim the gap is not because "evil HR pays Katya less than Vasya for the same code." A Senior Python Developer gets their 350-450k regardless of what's in their passport. A range is a range.
The gap lies in role distribution.

Men statistically tend to go into:
1️⃣ High Risk / High Reward: startups, leadership positions (CTO, Team Lead), where you go gray by 30 but rake in money.
2️⃣ Hardcore Tech: ML, InfoSec, Low-level, DevOps. There's a higher talent shortage, so the paycheck is fatter.

Women statistically tend to settle in:
1️⃣ Analytics, QA, project management, design.
2️⃣ Middle positions, fearing (or not wanting) to go into leadership.

So, if you're a woman in IT and want those "male" (🙄) 300k+:
1. Forget the statistics. You are not an "average patient."
2. Stop associating yourself with some vague "women's IT" (design, HR, testing). Do what you want.
3. Level up. A senior female developer earns as much as a senior male developer. And sometimes more, because talented specialists are in high demand.

Be statistical outliers 🌷