However, many male-dominated jobs, including groundskeepers and janitors, do not pay high wages either.
People wonder what happened to manufacturing (and its generally high wages) in this country.
It entered China promising to pay sales staff the same high wages their employees in the U.S. make.
The weak rupee, supply constraints and high wages continue to drive inflation even though economic growth has slowed down.
Because the companies leading the process are so productive, they pay high wages but do not employ many people.
EU. But high wages, social-security contributions and income taxes still deter foreign investors.
He told BBC Radio Berkshire that he would not be offering high wages to attract new signings to the club.
The immigration debate is often premised on the assumption that high wages for American workers are a problem to be overcome.
High wages and property values mean it is difficult to start a business in the area, or even to maintain one.
As the Soviet economy opened up, prices soared and the rouble collapsed against the dollar - and their high wages became meaningless.
That suggests that the decline in membership has been the result of workers realising that union-negotiated high wages are risky to jobs.
Now the population is expanding fast - more than 13% are immigrants, attracted by plentiful jobs, high wages and a comprehensive care system.
"We say we want to share generously during really good times, rather than lock in really high wages all the time, " says Mr. Ayer.
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In Europe, insiders have permanent jobs with nigh-impregnable security, high wages, guaranteed pensions and a still generous welfare state that they know how to exploit.
But the French also strongly believe that the state should ensure high wages for truckers, jobs for everyone and a 35-hour working week to boot.
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In this three-way arrangement, unionized workers in key industries get high wages, guaranteed employment, rich pension systems and government protection from competition from younger and foreign workers.
However, with crowds at London Road rarely rising above 9000, Johnson has said he cannot afford to unbalance the squad by paying high wages to a star player.
Well-managed business pays high wages and sells at low prices.
This miracle could explain the very high returns on equity achieved by the banks and the very high wages given to bank employees (an international, not just a British, phenomenon).
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Yet the combination of Europe's high wages and strong currency means that some of Airbus's production will have to move into countries where the currency is linked to the dollar.
This month ForbesWoman ranked it as the best city in the country for working mothers, thanks to its affordable cost of living, great school system, high wages and short commute.
There are lots of different ways to rate cities, but this matrix is designed to capture the cities with the best combination of low unemployment, high wages, and high expected job growth.
As I outlined in my November 2011 speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, we can put more people to work in jobs funded by government contracts, where government can ensure high wages and benefits.
But the Japanese seem more than willing to continue forgoing some economic efficiency to attain key social and political objectives -- an economy with reasonable growth that provides high wages, stable jobs and a sense of community.
Naveen Jindal, Executive Vice-Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power, said high wages for jobs in the West creates problems for those individuals in Europe and Asia to pursue their entrepreneurial desires and passions in a monetarily successful way.
Although German employers like to complain about the country's high wages and taxes (which together mean that its labour costs are around 12% above the country's main international competitors), many admit privately that it is flexibility, rather than cost reductions, which they need most urgently.
That is, if you are not a strong enough economy to pay high wages, you will likewise not be a strong enough economy to ensure against dumping, occupational exposure to workers, rights of workers to redress harm, infrastructure to manage toxic residual material downstream, government monitoring and enforcement of laws etc.
As I said, we've got experts from a wide range of business sectors, and what we're going to talk about is, are there mechanisms that we can start putting in place where we see the kind of growth that used to characterize the U.S. economy -- export-driven growth, manufacturing growth, growth that pays high wages and provides high living standards for a broad-based middle class.
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Germany is the most expensive country overall because of its very high basic wages.
Other countries forbid most types of short-term contracts and set high minimum wages.
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