"High" wages are generally not the result of the job being dangerous or hard but the three factors below:
1. Unionisation - jobs with bigger, more "militant" and more well-resourced unions get paid better. This is why coal miners trapped due to some disaster are left to die in China whereas millions are spent on safety in Australia. They are doing the same job.
2. Regulation - needing a license or some form of registration to do the job.
3. Protectionism - external forces such as controls or restrictions on immigration, especially for work visas for particular jobs/industries, as well as other misc red tape you need to go through to be qualified.
Really? I work in what is generally considered a high wage industry. We get high pay because we generate a lot of revenue for the business. That's what matters.
Man or Woman, makes no difference.