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- Elisabeth Mahase
- 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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