Making Manufacturing Work for Women research launch event

Thursday 25 June 9.45 am – 11.50 am
Radisson Blu, 80 High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1TH

Close the Gap commissioned University of Strathclyde to undertake research into women and manufacturing. This event will present and discuss the findings of new research which maps women’s participation in the manufacturing cluster labour market in Scotland to identify patterns of occupational segregation, gendered skills pipelines, and gender difference in participation in related Modern Apprenticeship frameworks. The research also examines the impact of women’s participation on pay, and on the gender pay gap within the sector.

Speakers:

Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Youth and Women's Employment
Dr Pauline Anderson and Professor Patricia Findlay, University of Strathclyde
Anna Ritchie Allan, Close the Gap

The full agenda and details on how to book a place are here

Scotland's gender pay gap remains high at 11.5%

Scotland’s gender pay gap remains high at 11.5%

Close the Gap has calculated the difference in pay between women and men working in Scotland using the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tables released from the Office of National Statistics.

Despite a decrease of 1.8% between women and men working full-time in Scotland since 2013, the gender pay gap remains stubbornly high at 11.5%.

Women working part-time still earn 32.4% less than men working full-time, as part-time work continues to be concentrated in low-pay, low-skill jobs.

2013

2014

Pay gap in Scotland

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Comparing women and men’s full-time hourly rates of pay (excluding overtime)

13.3%

7.6%

11.5%

9%

Comparing women’s part-time and men’s full-time hourly rates of pay (excluding overtime)

33.7%

35.5%

32.4%

34.5%

Combined figure (all women/all men)

16.9%

16.9%

15.4%

17.5%

Source ONS (2014) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 3.6A http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/annual-survey-of-hours-and-earnings/2014-provisional-results/index.html Accessed Nov 2014.

The gender pay gap: at a glance

The mean average full-time gender pay gap figure is 11.5%

 

• There is still a massive pay gap for women working part-time compared to men working full-time of 32.4%.

• The mean is calculated by adding all employees’ hourly rates of pay together and dividing by the total number of employees. This includes those on the highest and lowest rates of pay. As those with the highest rates of pay tend to be men, and those who receive the lowest pay are more likely to be women, the mean captures a more complete picture of the gender pay gap.

• The median is calculated by finding the midpoint in all employees’ hourly rates of pay and discarding the lowest and highest rates of pay. The median is not skewed by very low hourly rates of pay or very high hourly rates of pay. However, this means that the median can obscure the gendered differences relating to pay.

• Jobs held by women were more likely to be paid less than the National Minimum Wage than jobs held by men (1.0% compared with 0.8%). This is consistent with the fact that a greater proportion of women work part-time than men, and part-time work predominates in low-paid jobs.

 

Gender pay gap in Scotland remains stubbornly high

Close the Gap have calculated the difference in pay between women and men working in Scotland using the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tables released from the Office of National Statistics.

Despite the slight decrease of 0.6% between women and men working full-time in Scotland, the gender pay gap remains stubbornly high.

2012

2013

Pay gap in Scotland

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Comparing women and men’s full-time hourly rates of pay (excluding overtime)

13.9%

8.4%

13.3%

7.6%

Comparing women’s part-time and men’s full-time hourly rates of pay (excluding overtime)

35.4%

35.7%

33.7%

33.5%

Combined figure (all women/all men)

17.8%

17.7%

16.9%

16.9%

Source ONS (2013) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 3 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-328216 Accessed Dec 2013.

• Slight decrease in the full-time and part-time pay gaps from 2012; from 13.9% to 13.3%.
• There is still a large pay gap for women working part-time compared to men working full-time, 33.7%.
• The median is a measurement used to calculate the average by finding the midpoint in all employees’ hourly rates of pay and discarding the lowest and highest rates of pay. The median is not skewed by very low hourly rates of pay or very high hourly rates of pay. However, as the very high paid people tend to be men, and the very low paid people tend to be women, its use can obscure some gendered differences.
• The mean is calculated by adding all employees’ rates of pay together and dividing by the total number of employees. This will include a number of low paid employees, who are more likely to be women.
• The majority of part-time workers are women (75%) and just under half of employed women are working part-time, 43% compared to 15% of men. For men this indicates an increase from 13% of the percentage of those working part-time compared to 2011-2012.
• Women working in Scotland are more likely to be concentrated in certain industries, for example 45% of working women work in Public Administration, Education and Health industries, whereas men are spread across the main industry groups. This is also true of certain occupational categories. The top five female-dominated occupations are secretarial, caring, health professionals, administration and health and social care associative occupations.

Women and men’s employment by broad industry category (2011)

Source: Women’s Employment Summit Research and Analysis Commission Evidence Paper.

Percentage gender pay gap by occupation, comparing women and men’s full-time hourly rate of pay (excluding overtime).

Occupation

Full-time Male

Full-time

Female

% Pay gap

All Scotland

£16.27

£14.11

13.3%

Managers and Senior Officials

£25.23

£19.41

23.1%

Professional Occupations

£21.87

£18.98

13.2%

Associate Professional and Technical

£18.67

£15.07

19.3%

Administrative and Secretarial

£12.83

£11.19

12.8 %

Skilled Trades

£12.49

£9.77

21.8%

Caring, Leisure and other service occupations

£10.48

£9.62

8.2%

Sales and Customer Service

£9.83

£9.04

8.0%

Process, Plant and Machine Operatives

£10.88

£8.28

23.9%

Elementary Occupations

£9.20

£7.92

13.9%

Source ONS (2013) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 3 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-328216 Accessed Dec 2013.