The 'gender pay gap' is defined as the difference between men's and women's average hourly earnings for workers within all service industries, as a percentage of men's average hourly earnings. In 2020 there was a 7.4 percent difference between men and women in full time employment.
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*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.
Excluding overtime pay and hours
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 within the United Kingdom (UK) service industries from 2015 to 2020 by employment type* (in percentage) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Gender pay gap within the United Kingdom (UK) service industries from 2015 to 2020 by employment type* (in percentage)." Chart. November 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Gender pay gap within the United Kingdom (UK) service industries from 2015 to 2020 by employment type* (in percentage). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Gender Pay Gap within The United Kingdom (Uk) Service Industries from 2015 to 2020 by Employment Type* (in Percentage)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Gender pay gap within the United Kingdom (UK) service industries from 2015 to 2020 by employment type* (in percentage) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Gender pay gap within the United Kingdom (UK) service industries from 2015 to 2020 by employment type* (in percentage) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 3, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/760481/gender-pay-gap-in-all-service-industries-united-kingdom-uk-by-employment-type/
