Gender pay gap in Germany: Women earn 18% less than men
There's a clear correlation between the pay gap between men and women, and the birth of the first child, say statisticians. Women in Germany on average earned €20.84 ($22.7) per hour last year, compared with €25.3 for men Women in Germany earned 18% less on average than men in 2023, the country's Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. On an adjusted basis, the gap was 6%, it added. The report showed that women, on average, earned €20.84 ($22.7) per hour last year, compared with €25.3 for men. Statisticians have been calculating the gender pay gap — which shows the difference in average gross earnings between men and women — since 2006 when it stood at 23%. The difference had steadily decreased until 2020, to 18%. It has remained unchanged since then. There are also regional differences within Germany: While the pay gap in western Germany stood at 19%, it was far lower in states that were formerly part of the communist East German...