Eurostat News Release: 8 March 2015: International Women’s Day – Women earned on average 16% less than men in 2013 in the EU, 2 out of 3 managers are men, 2 out of 3 clerical workers are women, 05 Μαρτίου 2015.
In 2013, the gender pay gap stood at 16.4% in the European Union (EU), ranging from less than 5% in Slovenia to more than 20% in Estonia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany. The gender pay gap represents the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees and of female paid employees as a percentage of average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees.
Differences between females and males in the labour market do not only concern wage discrepancies but also and along with it, the type of occupations held. Though representing 46% of employed persons, women were under-represented amongst managers, with only a third being female in 2013 in the EU. On the contrary, women were over-represented among clerical support workers as well as among service and sales workers, accounting for around two-thirds of employed persons in these occupations.
The gap between men and women in the labour market was also significant as regards the type of employment held. In 2013, 1 employed woman out of 3 (31.8%) worked part-time, compared with fewer than 1 man out of 10 (8.1%).
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, publishes a selection of data on men and women with regard to their situation on the labour market. The tables in this News Release only show a small part of the large amount of gender based data available at Eurostat. A dedicated section as well as some infographics on the topic of gender equality is available on the Eurostat website.
