Women better educated, but still earn less than men

WOMEN are more likely to have a third-level qualification but still earn less than men, latest data from the Central Statistics Office shows.

Annual income for women in Ireland is around 70% of that earned by men, even though women are less likely to leave school early and more likely to have gone to college.

The CSO’s Women and Men in Ireland 2010 points out that more than half of women aged 25-34 have a third-level qualification, compared with 39% of men in the same age group.