Equal Pay Day: in the EU, women are paid 13% less than men

From now on, from this November 15th, it is as if women in the European Union worked for free, without being paid. The calculation is done every year to establish theEqual Pay Day and it depends on how much women are paid in EU countries, paid less than men of course. According to the calculation made by the Commission, the average hourly wage of women is 13% less than that of men and is equivalent to a month and a half less salary and income. The country where the gap is smallest is the Luxembourg, the one that has it largest Latvia. Italy is below average, but no country has reached parity.

For every euro a man earns, a woman receives 87 cents. Over the years this difference has decreased (in 10 years there has been a reduction of 2.8%), but it has not yet disappeared to zero. Europe counts on solving this inequality by trying to fight gender differences, but also by increasing transparency in payments and payroll.

According to the European note, nine out of ten Europeans think it is unacceptable that women are paid less than men for equal jobs. Most EU citizens are in favor of publishing average wages for gender-based job types in companies. The gender pay gap is a symptom of a structural imbalance which is also shown in the limited presence of women in top roles at work and in the unequal division of domestic activities. Jobs in the fields of science, technology and engineering remain the prerogative of men. On the other hand, care jobs are 90% female and there are 7.7 million women who do not work for family management.

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