Gender salary divide revealed by new
research
Employment Law & HR update 11/08/2011
According to new research, male workers are still being paid
more than their female colleagues.
Job site reed.co.uk’s Great British Salary Survey revealed that
men receive an average of 18.5 per cent more in their pay packets
than women working in equivalent jobs.
The poll - which looked at the pay levels, benefits and employee
satisfaction amongst more than 6,000 UK workers - found that men
working in full or part-time jobs took home an average of
£27,241.
In contrast, female employees took home an average pay packet of
£22,988. Alongside these findings, 24 per cent of male staff
reported earning more than £30,000 each year, as opposed to just 12
per cent of female staff who did so.
The reed.co.uk research echoes recent data from the Office for
National Statistics, which revealed a 19.8 per cent gap in the
average pay of male and female workers.
Managing Director of reed.co.uk, Martin Warnes, said, “In spite
of great efforts to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, this
major piece of research confirms that female workers are still
losing out when it comes to pay.
“Whilst the signs are promising in some industry sectors,
employers still risk missing out on the full potential of female
staff by not rewarding them equally,” he added.
The sector found to have the smallest pay gap was marketing;
with men taking home just two per cent more on average than their
female counterparts.
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