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Pay gap: Women in healthcare sector earn 24% less than men, international report finds

BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1748 (Published 13 July 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o1748
  1. Elisabeth Mahase
  1. The BMJ

Women working in healthcare earn on average 24% less than their male peers and face a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, a joint report by the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization has found.1

The analysis, which looked at data from 54 countries across all geographic and income regions, found a raw gender pay gap of around 20%, which jumped to 24% when factors such as age, education, and working time were considered. Gender pay gaps also tended to be wider in higher pay categories, where men were over-represented, while women were over-represented in the lower pay categories.

The authors said the findings highlighted that women, who accounted for 67% of the global health and care workforce in 2020, were underpaid and undervalued.

Manuela Tomei, the International Labour Organization’s …

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