WORST UK places for women’s pay gap revealed

Throughout the UK a divide has been uncovered between the difference in pay men and women receive.

Research, carried out by Income-tax.co.uk, has uncovered the UK’s best and worst places to work as a woman, compared to how much male employees are paid.

Using the latest data available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the business analysed the differences in median annual pay for male and female full-time workers in 321 districts and units across the UK.

It found that the district of Arun along the south coast, is the most gender balanced. In fact, on average men in Arun receive an annual income of £26,740, meanwhile women take home £26,694 per year – £40 more than their male co-workers.

In the north east of England, Sunderland has successfully closed its gender pay gap, where the difference between men’s and women’s average annual pay is £42.

Sheffield came in third place, where male workers take home £49 more on average every year than women.

Best places for women to work

Women working in East Hampshire are earning the highest salary compared to men, taking home on average £4,086 more, while Chorley and Conwy came in second and third, respectively. In these two areas, female employees earnt almost £3,000 more.

Worst places for women to work

There are several places in the UK that are on the opposite extremity of the gender pay gap too.

South Derbyshire is among the worst for gender pay, as women only receive about half of what men earn.

According to data from the ONS, while men’s yearly salaries average £33,967, women here earn just £17,484.

Elsewhere, Mole Valley also doesn’t offer the same pay for its female workers, as in the Surrey district they get 40.52% less than their male counterparts, who earn £49,222.

Outer Hebrides on the north west coast of Scotland paints a similar picture. Stats shared that women take home £21,518 a year, while men rake in £34,911.

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