Men earn more than women in eight out of the ten most common jobs in Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises. The wage gap ranges from 3.7 percent for administrative employees to 14.3 percent for warehouse workers. There was no change in the average wage gap in these ten positions in 2023 compared to 2022. On average, men earn 6 percent more, the MKB Kennisplatform reported in the run-up to International Women’s Day tomorrow.
Annual earnings? Weekly wages? Hourly wages? Are they taking into account things like voluntary overtime?
The study points to a growing gap up to the 54-59 age group and attribute it to women raising children, but I wonder if there is more of a generational gap there between the salary demands (and perceived self worth) of women who grew up in the 1970’s compared to more recently.