Women are more likely to select jobs that fit their schedule, have benefits other than pay. shorter commute times and the like.
In general, women will trade higher pay for these types of perks and men will trade these type of perks for higher pay.
My daughter has a college degree and could drive an hour or so each way to get higher pay than she currently makes at a grocery chain picking orders where she can drive 10 minutes, work hours of her choice and not have to hire a baby sitter.
Is the job ideal? Of course not. But it is a calculated choice that she makes.
Women are far less likely to relocate for a job, then men. Maybe, immediately after they graduate college. Men may not locate if they have children in high school, but in general are much more likely to be open to relocation. But if they can’t relocate, they can be open to 80% - 100% travel. Fewer women are open to that much travel, and more women are open to no travel, than men.