BARELY ANY CHANGE TO GENDER EARNINGS GAP IN LAST 25 YEARS ONCE YOU ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN WOMEN’S EDUCATION

“The average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019 @TheIFS. This is because, among 20- to 55-year-olds not in education, long-term sick or retired:

-Women are 9.5 percentage points less likely to be in paid work at all (83.5% of women and 93% of men).

-Women do 8 fewer hours of paid work per week than men if they are employed (34 per week on average rather than 42).

-Women in paid work earn 19% less per hour on average (£13.20 rather than £16.30).”