Press release No. 084 of 6 March 2023
- The “gender overall earnings gap” (2022: 39%) considers differences in gross hourly earnings, hours worked and the labour market participation of women and men
- Gender hours gap at 18%
- Gender employment gap at 9%
- New gender gap simulator of the Federal Statistical Office shows various causes of earnings inequality
WIESBADEN – The gender pay gap is regarded as the central indicator of earnings inequality between women and men. Earnings inequality does not only refer to gross hourly earnings, however. There will be earnings consequences in the medium to long term if people work only part-time or do not participate in economic life at all. As a new indicator of extended earnings inequality, the “gender overall earnings gap” takes account of several dimensions. In addition to the pay gap per hour worked, it makes differences visible in the number of monthly hours worked and paid (gender hours gap) and the labour market participation of women and men (gender employment gap). The gender overall earnings gap was 39% in 2022 as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) to mark Equal Pay Day.
