TUC warning | Equality concerns as disability pay gap widens

Non-disabled workers are earning a sixth more than disabled workers, new figures show.

Analysis by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) found that the pay gap for disabled workers currently stands at £2.05 an hour – or £3,731 per year for someone working a 35-hour week.

This pay gap – which has increased from 16.5% last year – means that disabled people effectively work for free for the last 54 days of the year.

Disability pay gap by gender and age

The new TUC analysis reveals that disabled women face the biggest pay gap. Non-disabled men are paid on average 35% (£3.93 an hour, or £7,144 a year) more than disabled women.