Gender pay gap for full-time workers dips under 10 per cent

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Gender pay gap for full-time workers dips under 10 per cent

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the gender pay gap for full-time employees - the difference between men's and women's earnings as a percentage of men's earnings - fell below 10% in April 2012.

Based on median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for full-time employees, the gender pay gap decreased to 9.6% from 10.5% in 2011. Meanwhile, in April 2012 the gender pay gap based on median hourly earnings for all employees (full-time and part-time) decreased to 19.7% from 20.2% in 2011.

 

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Key figures

• Median gross annual earnings for men were £28,700, up 1.2% from 2011, and for women were £23,100, up 2.0%.
• In April 2012 median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees were £506, up 1.5% from £498 in 2011.
• For men, full-time earnings were £546, up 1.4%, compared with £449 for women, up 1.9%.
• For the year ending 5 April 2012, median gross annual earnings for full-time employees (who had been in the same job for at least 12 months, including those whose pay was affected by absence) were £26,500, an increase of 1.4% from the previous year.
• Between 2011 and 2012 gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for full-time employees in the bottom decile increased by 2.3% to £7.16 per hour.
• This compared with a fall of 0.2% in the top decile to £26.56 per hour.
• In April 2012 median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees were highest in London, at £653, and lowest in Wales, at £453.

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Title: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics, November 2012.

Availability: You can download a 32-page statistical bulletin in PDF format, free of charge, from the ONS web site.

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs. This is drawn from HM Revenue and Customs pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) records. ASHE collects information on the levels, distribution and make-up of earnings and hours paid. Results are produced for various industrial, occupational and geographic breakdowns, as well as by public and private sectors and age groups.