Press release No. 099 of 15 March 2018
WIESBADEN – In 2017, the general pay gap between women and men, that is, the unadjusted gender pay gap, remained unchanged compared with the previous year. To coincide with the Equal Pay Day on 18 March, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of updated results that the average gross hourly earnings of women (16.59 euros) were 21% lower than those of men (21.00 euros).
