> But then why do those careers earn less money?
and the follow up was
> If, by being a man, you are 10x more likely to die from your job, and you are 10x more likely to die younger, should society compensate for your fewer hours lived?
which I tried to answer with looking at which jobs killed more people. It doesn't look to me like the big money is in jobs which kill more people
https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ceseeb3a.htm
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Transportation: $25.71/hr ~= $51k/yr
Construction: $32.24/hr ~= $64k/yr
Repair and Maintenance: $25.26/hr ~= $51k/yr
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Professional and Business: $35.82/hr ~= $71k/yr
Financial: $39.67/hr ~= $79k/yr
Computer systems design and related services: $50.60/hr ~= $101k/yr
Legal services: $46.34/hr ~= $93k/yr
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That said, I think the commenter I was responding to was trying to change the subject
> If no, why would society decide to undervalue males?
Regardless of the answer to their question, the topic would then be on-the-job deaths instead of the gender wage gap. I chose to answer the part of the question relevant to the gender wage gap.