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Press release No. 084 of 6 March 2023 New “gender overall earnings gap” indicator broadens the perspective of earnings inequality
The gender pay gap is regarded as the central indicator of earnings inequality between women and men. Earnings inequality does not only refer to gross hourly earnings, however. There will be earnings consequences in the medium to long term if people …
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Press release No. 036 of 30 January 2023 Gender pay gap 2022: hourly earnings of women 18% lower than those of men
Women in Germany earned an average of 18% less per hour than men in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the average gross hourly earnings of women (20.05 euros) were by 4.31 euros lower than those of men (24.36 euros). When …
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Press release No. 088 of 7 March 2022 Gender pay gap 2021: hourly earnings of women again 18% lower than those of men
Women in Germany earned an average of 18% less per hour than men in 2021. The pay gap between women and men, that is, the unadjusted gender pay gap, remained unchanged compared with the previous year. To coincide with the Equal Pay Day on 7 March …
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Press release No. 106 of 9 March 2021 Gender pay gap 2020: women earned 18% less than men
Women in Germany earned 18% less than men in 2020. The earnings difference between men and women, the unadjusted gender pay gap, was one percentage point lower than in 2019. It has to be noted that special effects due to short-time work in the …
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Press release No. 484 of 8 December 2020 Gender pay gap under 20% for the first time in 2019
Women in Germany earned an average 19% less than men in 2019. The earnings difference between men and women, the unadjusted gender pay gap, thus was 1 percentage point lower than in 2018, falling under 20% for the first time, according to revised …