Gender pay gap | Pay packet difference closes by 5%

The gender pay gap has been a hotly-contested issue for the past three years, yet despite the media attention, little progress has been made to bring about true gender equality.

New research conducted by Glassdoor has confirmed that whilst women now earn 82p for every £1 that men earn - the financial value of the improvement is just five pence in the pound - the equivalent of falling from a pay gap of 5.5% to five per cent.

The study, which concentrates on jobs markets in the United Kingdom, United States, France and Germany, revealed that although significant pay gaps still remain between men and women, the gap has narrowed slightly in the UK, US and France.

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The 2019 study is based on more than half a million salary reports shared on Glassdoor by employees over the past three years and includes pay data down to specific job title and company name.