Who are the most engaged workers in the U.S. workforce? Women working for women. Yet more men are in management positions than women and men still make more on average than women.

Perhaps, suggests a poll by Gallup, it's time to change that.

The survey reports 35 percent of women say they are engaged at work, compared to 29 percent of men. When managers were culled out of the respondent pool, Gallup says 41 percent of women managers say they are engaged in their jobs, compared to 35 percent of men.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.