The gender wage gap in the UK is higher than the average European Union and OECD, and more than twice the degree of France and Spain.
A new study showed that the gender wage gap in the UK is broader than indicating official estimates – thanks to one percentage – a small but important difference.
The National Statistics Office (ONS) told EURONEWS BUSINASS that it recently provided a number of improvements.
So, how much women profit in the United Kingdom compared to men? Why does new research indicate that ONS reduces the gender wage gap for decades? How do you compare the UK gap with the rest of Europe?
How much women gain in the United Kingdom?
According to The Ons, in April 2024, the average profits per hour (except for additional work) for full -time employees reached 19.24 pounds (22.5 euros) for men and 17.88 pounds (20.9 euros) for women in the United Kingdom. This is 7.0 % of the gender wage gap, a decrease from 7.5 % in 2023. In other words, for every 1,000 pounds, men earn, women earn 930 pounds.
Among the part -time employees, men got 13.00 pounds (15.2 euros) per hour compared to 13.40 pounds (15.6 euros) for women. This is the gap in wages by -3 %, which means that women earn a little more than men.
However, the employees of all types of contracts through the gap can accommodate 18.26 pounds (21.3 euros) for 15.87 pounds (18.5 euros), a wage gap of 13.1 %, which translates into women who get 869 pounds for every 1,000 pounds earned by men.
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Search: The gap is wider by one percentage
Professor John Force, from City Saint George, London University and his colleagues, published research in late August 2025 in the British Journal of Industrial Relations. They found that the gender wage gap in the United Kingdom “has been constantly estimated over the past twenty years, with a small margin, but it is worth noting about about one percentage.”
The study argues that the data used to calculate The gender gap It fails in weight properly in jobs in small private organizations. The researchers re -estimated the size of the gender wage gap in the UK by developing and applying a more representative weighting scheme.
ONS: The total effect will be small
A spokesman for ONS told the EURONEWS BUSSS that this research raises some interesting questions about the best way to weigh their scanning data. “However, it should be noted that even if new methods are used, the total effect on the gender wage gap will be small,” the spokesman said.
“We have recently provided a number of improvements to the annual watches and profits, with more planned in the coming years.”
In the UK, the average total annual annual profits of employees reached 37,430 pounds (43,697 euros) in April 2024. In all employees, if a man gets 37,430 pounds, then the woman will get 4,903 pounds based on the official sex payment gap at 13.1 %. If the gap is taken instead by 14.1 %, then the deficiency rises to 5,278 pounds. This “small” difference in the center equals about 375 pounds at the average profit level.
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The gap is the highest in the professions of skilled professions
The gender wage gap is the highest in the professions of skilled professions, while it is lower in care, entertainment and other service professions.
Occupations with a percentage higher than women tend to get profits every hour. Most of the jobs in which women make up more than 50 % of the workforce less than 20 pounds per hour, while higher wage roles are about 30 pounds per hour have a lower percentage of women. This also indicates a gender imbalance in both acting and pushing across sectors.
The gender wage gap in the United Kingdom exceeds the averages of the European Union and OECD
According to the data of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the UK ranked eighth out of 31 European countries in 2023 with a gender wage gap at 13.3 %. This is higher than the average of the European Union of 9.4 % and the average Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is 11.3 %.
Among the five largest European economies, the gap is especially high in Germany (14.2 %) and the United Kingdom, more than twice that in France (6.2 %), Spain (6.2 %), and Italy (4.1 %).
The highest gender wage gap is located in Estonia, where women earn 24.7 % of men, while the lowest level in Luxembourg is only 0.4 %.
The British number is slightly different from the ons’ estimate due to the differences in reference and methodological periods, but the OECD data collection is used for international comparisons.
In simple phrases, the positive number shows the profit of women compared to men. The salary transparency Another major part of the case.