Press release No. 098 of 14 March 2019
WIESBADEN – In 2018, the general pay gap between women and men, that is, the unadjusted gender pay gap, remained unchanged compared with the previous year. To mark the Equal Pay Day on 18 March, and on the basis of updated results of the structure of earnings survey, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the average gross hourly earnings of women (17.09 euros) were 21% lower than those of men (21.60 euros).
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