Educated women face wider pay gap

IRELAND has a significant and persistent pay gap between men and women, according to a report from the European Commission.

It reveals that while the difference in pay in Ireland appears to have decreased in recent times to 9% last year, well below the EU average pay gap of 15%, the figures hide a substantial difference between men and women’s wages in the private sector.

The report says two-thirds of Irish female workers are in four female-dominated occupations: clerical workers, nurses, teachers and personal service workers.