Q. What is the average annual, weekly and hourly gender pay gap in the UK?
Q. How does the gender pay gap compare across different industries? |
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Table 5.12 Gender pay gap 2017. 2017 Annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) gender pay gap tables. zip (1.2 MB). Release date: 26 October 2017 https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables Gender pay gap by business size (87.6 kB xls) https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/adhocs/008137genderpaygapbybusinesssize 2017 Annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) gender pay gap tables. zip (1.2 MB). Release date: 26 October 2017 https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) - Gender pay gap for median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) by industry section, UK, April 2015 to 2016. Release date: 16 November 2016 https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/adhocs/006343annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygapformediangrosshourlyearningsexcludingovertimebyindustrysectionukapril2015to2016 |
Gender Pay Gap - Yearly, Weekly & Hourly
The average Gender Pay Gap for annual salaries is 38%, which is around £14K per year. Scope: Employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than a year.
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The average Gender Pay Gap for a weekly rate is 34%, which is around £222 per week. Scope: Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
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The average Gender Pay Gap for an hourly rate is 17%, which is around £3.06 per hour. Scope: Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
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Gender Pay Gap by Industry Sector
The industries with the highest Gender Pay Gap were Financial & Insurance, Utilities (e.g. electricity and gas), and Education. The only industry that reported a negative Gender Pay Gap (i.e. on average women are paid more than men) was Mining & Quarrying (-12%). |
The industries with the smallest gap were Water Supply & Waste Management, Transport & Storage, and Accommodation & Food Service activities (all were 4%). |