NEWS
NEW DATA REVEALS PLUMBING PROFESSION HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST GENDER PAY GAP
Ranking
Trade
Male hourly rates
Female hourly rates
Hourly gender pay gap
1
Electrician
£26.51
£18.54
£7.97
2
Plumbing
£25.88
£18.10
£7.78
3
Joinery
£25.73
£17.99
£7.74
4
Insulation
£24.12
£16.86
£7.25
5
General construction
£23.65
£16.54
£7.11
6
Bricklaying
£23.37
£16.34
£7.03
7
Painter and decorator
£23.31
£16.30
£7.01
8
Steel and timber frame erection
£22.19
£15.52
£6.67
9
Surfacing contractors
£21.85
£15.28
£6.57
10
Specialist trades
£21.60
£15.10
£6.49
Magnet Trade’s data found that, with women earning 43% less than men in self-employed jobs, estimates show that, for trade jobs, men charge £7 more an hour on average than women. In terms of the hourly rate, on average, this is £23 for self-employed men compared to £16 for women.
Across all industry trades, men earn an average of £700,000 more across a working lifetime compared to women.
When looking at just one year, men earn £14,000 more compared to women in the self-employed trade industry. Therefore, self-employed tradeswomen would have to work five extra months per year to match a man’s salary across trade roles.
Gender pay gap for tradespeople
www.hvpmag.co.uk
https://www.hvpmag.co.uk/New-data-reveals-plumbing-profession-has-the-second-highest-gender-pay-gap/17058
