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It is particularly important for the many women who do not have college-level education and often work in low-wage jobs with limited prospects for advancementor may be returning to the labor market following a caregiving break. Automation is high in many traditionally female-held administrative jobs, and job training is vital for upskilling in the digital economy.  \nHowever, challenges such as limited access to quality and affordable child care, lack of transportation, and financial instability can create obstacles to enrolling in or completing job training. In addition, too  \nmany training programs do not place women into high-earning fields and replicate the occupational segregation that underlies women’s low earnings and the gender wage gap.  \nPolicymakers should invest in pathways to good jobs—including job training, technical education, and apprenticeships—and work to reduce gender and racial gaps within these programs and initiatives.  \nPolicymakers should pair this with efforts to ensure that there are good jobs available for women, including initiatives to close the pay gap, ensure safe and fair workplaces, and promote access to care and paid leave for all.  \nApprenticeships can provide pathways to industry-recognized qualifications for workers in high-paying, in-demand fields. However, women are highly underrepresented, comprising just 14.4% of all active apprentices.  \nWHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS  \n• Access to job training and education is particularly vital for women without college degrees, as it can provide pathways to better-paying jobs.  \nAccording to the Census Bureau, 40 percent of employed women and 59 percent of unemployed women ages  \n25 and older do not have an associate’sor higher-level degree. While college attainment is rising, fewer than 3 in  \n10 Black women (Census Bureau) and fewer than 4 in 10 Latinas (Pew Research Center), Native women, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women (Postsecondary National Policy Institute) have at least a bachelor’s degree.  \n• Analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that many highdemand jobs in fast-growing occupations do not require a four-year college degree but can offer familysustaining wages. These include fields such as the construction trades, the newly emerging clean energy sector, and technical maintenance.  \n• Women are underrepresented in career and technical education and training for jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and overrepresented in those that do not, whether in community colleges or apprenticeships, according to IWPR research. Analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia also found this to be true across publicly funded training programs. As a result, career and technical education and training often replicate occupational segregation by gender and gender wage gaps.  \n63%  \nIn FY 2024, the median hourly wage for women who completed registered apprenticeships was $22 compared to $34.68 for men, a gender earnings ratio of just 63% .  \n• Registered apprenticeships can provide pathways to industry-recognized qualifications for workers in highpaying, in-demand fields. However, women are highly underrepresented in apprenticeships. In 2024, women made up only 14.4 percent of all active apprentices. Apprenticeships can benefit women by providing a collegedebt-free path to qualifications and benefit employers by offering high returns on investment.  \n• While women’s numbers in apprenticeships have grown, according to IWPR research, they remain overrepresented in the lowest-paying fields. In FY 2024 , the median hourly wage for women who completed registered apprenticeships was $22.00 compared to $34.68 for men, a gender earnings ratio of just 63.4 percent. Black women who","cbCaidPh1mS173lE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidPh1mS173lE","pdf",700007,"English","# Overview\n# What the Research Says\n# Why It Matters","[{\"question\":\"Why is job training particularly important for women?\",\"answer\":\"Job training provides women with skills and supports to reach good jobs with family-sustaining wages. 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