The gender pay gap for women working part-time is even greater at 35.6 per cent. For the UK’s six million female part-time workers, they effectively stop being paid on 27 August.
The TUC has marked Equal Pay Day by publishing an analysis looking at the size of the gender pay gap in occupations across the workforce. Its analysis of official figures shows that in many professions the gender pay gap is far greater than 15 per cent.
Occupations with the biggest gender pay gaps
Occupation
|
Hourly pay, men
|
Hourly pay, women
|
Gender pay gap (per cent)
|
Gender pay gap (per hour)
|
Gender pay gap (per year)
|
Health professionals
|
£26.54
|
£18.32
|
31.0%
|
£8.22
|
£16,029
|
Culture, media and sports occupations
|
£18.62
|
£13.50
|
27.5%
|
£5.12
|
£9,984
|
Process, plant and machine operatives
|
£10.79
|
£8.23
|
23.7%
|
£2.56
|
£4,992
|
Managers, directors and senior officials
|
£26.14
|
£20.21
|
22.7%
|
£5.93
|
£11,564
|
Business and public service associate professionals
|
£20.39
|
£16.05
|
21.3%
|
£4.34
|
£8,463
|
Corporate managers and directors
|
£27.51
|
£21.78
|
20.8%
|
£5.73
|
£11,174
|
Process, plant and machine operatives
|
£10.53
|
£8.56
|
18.7%
|
£1.97
|
£3,842
|
Skilled trades occupations
|
£12.03
|
£10.00
|
16.9%
|
£2.03
|
£3,959
|
Associate professional and technical occupations
|
£18.12
|
£15.20
|
16.1%
|
£2.92
|
£5,694
|
All employees
|
£16.50
|
£14.05
|
14.8%
|
£2.45
|
£4,778
|
Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2012
