Pay disparity | Young LGBT+ staff earning less than straight peers

The average young LGBT+ worker earns significantly less than a straight peer, new data suggests.

Just Like Us, a young persons’ LGBT+ charity, is set to release a report this summer which highlights the pay disparities based on both gender and sexual identity.

The report will shed light on findings such as that straight women are almost twice as likely to have a salary of less than £19,999 (20%), compared to 12% of straight men.

But being LGBT+ worsens the salary gap, the charity has warned. For example, a third of LGBT+ women (31%) earned less than £19,999, compared to 25% of non-binary people and 17% of LGBT+ men. Of all LGBT+ identities, asexual people and lesbians were the most likely to earn less than £19,999 (34% and 33% respectively).