• UK gender pay gap 2020

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In 2020 the difference between average hourly earnings for men and women in the United Kingdom, for all workers was 15.5 percent, compared with 7.4 percent for full-time workers, and -2.9 percent for part-time workers. During the provided time period, the gender pay gap was at its highest in 1997, when it was 27.5 percent for all workers.

Gender pay gap for median gross hourly earnings in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2020

	All-employees	Full-time	Part-time
2020	15.5%	7.4%	-2.9%
2019	17.4%	9%	-3.5%
2018	17.8%	8.6%	-4.9%
2017	18.4%	9.1%	-5.3%
2016	18.2%	9.4%	-6.1%
2015	19.3%	9.6%	-6.8%
2014	19.2%	9.6%	-5.5%
2013	19.8%	10%	-5.9%
2012	19.6%	9.5%	-5.5%
2011	20.2%	10.5%	-5.1%
2010	19.8%	10.1%	-4.3%
2009	22%	12.2%	-2.5%
2008	22.5%	12.6%	-3.7%
2007	21.9%	12.5%	-2.2%
2006	22.2%	12.8%	-2.2%
2005	22.6%	13%	-3%
2004	24.7%	14.5%	-2.6%
2003	25.1%	14.6%	-1.3%
2002	26.9%	15.5%	-0.6%
2001	26.3%	16.4%	-3.7%
2000	26.7%	16.3%	-3.5%
1999	26.9%	16.4%	-2.6%
1998	27.3%	17.4%	-4%
1997	27.5%	17.4%	0.6%

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2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

1997 to 2020

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The source adds the following information regarding methodology: "The gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men’s earnings. It is a measure across all jobs in the UK, not of the difference in pay between men and women for doing the same job."

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