Current theories of occupational choice are criticized for being more predictive for men than for women. In particular, they cannot explain why some young women expect to enter more traditional occupations for their own sex than they desire. This study of female adolescents investigated several factors proposed in the literature to be related to women′s occupational choice: maternal employment, gender self-concept, life roles orientation (career and family values), perception of gender discrimination in the workplace, and influence of significant others. Based on preliminary findings, cost of education necessary for desired and expected occupations was also included. Only influence of significant others and cost of education for expected occupation were found to discriminate between students who expected to enter their desired occupations and those who expected to enter more traditional occupations than desired. The implications of these findings for understanding occupational choice in young women are discussed.