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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pamela Duncan Data journalist

UK gender pay gap: women paid 90p for £1 earned by men

Man figurine on top of more coins than woman figurine
Senior policy adviser at the CIPD: ‘Figures show that very little has changed when it comes to addressing the gender pay gap in Great Britain.’ Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Women in the UK were paid just 90p for every £1 earned by a man, according to the latest figures released through the government’s gender pay gap reporting mechanism.

Among those high-profile companies reporting particularly large gender gaps was easyJet. According to data filed by the company’s larger arm, Easyjet Airline Company, women’s median wage stood at just 36p for every £1 that men earned last year.

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