Hi Marybeth, I know there are nuances buried underneath these numbers, but we can’t parse the male/female results down to the specifics you’re describing. There is a clear male/female difference in pay for youth workers, and there always has been (I’ve been doing this survey for the last 30 years)… It’s an inherited disparity that seems incredible, but is also reflected in the non-ministry world…

Kyle, even though we list the respondents who are “paid, part-time”—the results you see are for paid, full-time youth pastors. I should’ve made that more clear.

This research was VERY interesting. Some of these findings have been posted on several online communities with the apparent pay disparity between men and women being front and center. Will you be releasing the research in terms of gender? For example, it would be helpful to see education level and denominations broken down by gender, as many denominations don’t ordain women, but do have females working as youth ministers (usually with a college degree instead of a masters or higher that an ordained male may have- therefore making less money than a male pastor might make). This would greatly help with the conversations about pay. Thank you!