Gender pay gap in Germany 2023

In 2023, the gender pay gap in Germany was around 18 percent. This meant that wages for men were on average 18 percent higher than for women. Although figures have gradually decreased since 2009, this figure has remained unchanged for three years.

Gender pay gap: earning difference between men and women in Germany 2002 to 2023

Characteristic	Earning difference
2023	18%
2022¹	18%
2021	18%
2020	18%
2019	19%
2018	20%
2017	20%
2016	21%
2015	22%
2014	22%
2013	22%
2012	23%
2011	22%
2010	22%
2009	23%
2008	23%
2007	23%
2006	23%
2005	22%
2004	23%
2003	23%
2002	22%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2002 to 2023

Supplementary notes

¹ Due to the changes to the data source and method between 2021 and 2022, the values have limited comparability to previous years. Data up to 2001 comes from the European Household Panel, the data from 2022 to 2005 comes from the Salary and Wage Survey 2001, supplemented by the Socio-Economic Panel. According to the source, figures from 2006 to 2021 come from the structure of earnings surveys; updated with the results of the quarterly earnings survey. Since 2006, the gender pay gap has been calculated using a uniform EU-wide method. Due to this change, the value should have increased by one percentage point according to the source. The values for 2022 are based on the monthly earnings survey. In the case of the latter, according to the source, the proportion of those with the highest wages is higher than in the structure of earnings survey. Since there are more men than women among these highest earners, the absolute difference between the average gross hourly earnings of women and men in the 2022 reporting year is higher than in the previous year.

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