Gender pay gap in the UK: 2019

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An extract from the latest Office for National Statistics statistical bulletin.

The gender pay gap among full-time employees stands at 8.9%, little changed from 2018, and a decline of only 0.6 percentage points since 2012.
The gender pay gap among all employees fell from 17.8% in 2018 to 17.3% in 2019, and continues to decline.
For age groups under 40 years, the gender pay gap for full-time employees is now close to zero.
Among 40- to 49-year-olds the gap (currently 11.4%) has decreased substantially over time.
Among 50- to 59-year-olds and those over 60 years, the gender pay gap is over 15% and is not declining strongly over time.
One of the reasons for differences in the gender pay gap between age groups is that women over 40 years are more likely to work in lower-paid occupations and, compared with younger women, are less likely to work as managers, directors or senior officials.

The gender pay gap reported by ONS is a long time-series, calculated from the Annual Su...