The 'gender pay gap' is defined as the difference between men's and women's average hourly earnings for full time workers within the information and communication sector, as a percentage of men's average hourly earnings. Within this sector in 2020, publishing activities had the highest gender pay gap in full-time employment at 24.7 percent. On the other hand, Programming and broadcasting activities had the lowest gender pay gap at 5 percent.
Gender pay gap in full-time employment within the information and communication sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2020, by industry*
*Gender pay gap defined as the difference between men's and women's average hourly earnings as a percentage of men's average hourly earnings.
The source adds the following notes:
Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence.
Industry sections based on UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007).
Activities of households as employers and extraterritorial organizations are excluded.
Full-time defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions).
2016 data are provisional.
Figures rounded to one decimal place.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 3, 2020). Gender pay gap in full-time employment within the information and communication sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2020, by industry* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/760371/sector-uk-difference-between-men-s-and-women-s-full-time-average-hourly-earnings-as-a-percentage-of-men-s-average-hourly-earnings-transportation-and-storage/
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