{"id":104027,"date":"2022-04-21T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=104027"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:37:39","slug":"gender-pay-gap-smallest-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/gender-pay-gap-smallest-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender pay gap smallest on record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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According to the latest data from Statistics Estonia, gross earnings (earnings before tax) of female employees in 2021 was 14.9% less than their male counterparts. This is 0.7% less than in 2020 and the smallest gender pay gap on record in Estonia.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the gross hourly earnings of female employees was 8.48 euros, while for males, it was 9.97. The gap was biggest in financial and insurance activities (25.7%), followed by the wholesale and retail trade (24.2%), human health and social work activities (23.8%), and information and communications (23.5%). <\/span><\/p>\n

“As in 2020, transportation and storage was the only economic activity where women earned more than their male counterparts, where there was a pay gap of 5.2%. The wage gap was also small in accommodation and food service activities where men did earn a little more than women, but the gap was relatively small \u2013 5.8%,” said Argo Tarkiainen<\/strong>, analyst at Statistics Estonia.<\/b><\/p>\n

According to the analyst, the gender pay gap has decreased by nearly 10 percentage points in Estonia since 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n

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