Women are responsible for some of the greatest achievements in history, consistently changing the world for the better. However, women are still underrepresented in the STEM fields and are systematically pushed away from STEM careers. Most of the highest-paying careers are in STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The best way to fully understand the severity of this gender gap is by looking at the numbers. Women account for less than a third, around 28%, of workers in the STEM field. The STEM career field with the most women is biological scientists, where women make up a little less than half the workers. This percentage is much lower for chemists, material scientists, computer occupations, and mathematical occupations. The field with the lowest percentage of women is engineers and architects, where only 15% of workers are women. Men in these fields make an average of $15,000 more than females with the same career. This gap is even bigger for minority women, who make an average of $33,000 less than men with the same career. The small amount of women in STEM correlates to the fact that there are less women than men pursuing secondary education for STEM. There are only 15 STEM majors where the percentage of women is higher than the percentage of males. Most of these 15 majors tend to lead to lower paying jobs than majors that are male dominated. Understanding this problem is the first step to making a change.