Career Watch: Where the gender pay gap is narrowest

Two IT-related careers make the list of 25 occupations where the pay gap between men and women is narrowest

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Only 8% of computer network architects are women, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That's the bad news. But those women come very close, on average, to making the same amount of money as the 92% of computer network architects who are men.

Network architect is one of two IT-related occupations to show up on Money's list of the 25 careers with the smallest wage gap between men and women, which the magazine compiled in observation of Equal Pay Day on April 14.

The other IT-related job category was "Computer occupations, all other." It's worth noting that for nine of the careers on the list, women on average earn more than men.

Here's the breakdown for those two IT-related career paths.

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