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Bad Ems (dpa / lrs) - women in Rhineland-Palatinate earned significantly less on average than men in 2020 as well - however, this income gap has narrowed.

The so-called gender pay gap fell compared to 2019 by four percentage points to 15 percent, as the State Statistical Office in Bad Ems announced on Tuesday on the occasion of the “Equal Pay Day” on March 10th.

The difference in earnings between the sexes in the state in the Corona year 2020, which is characterized by a lot of short-time work, was three percentage points below the national average and seven points below the 2010 level in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The average gross hourly earnings of women have risen faster than those of men since 2010.

According to statisticians, women in Rhineland-Palatinate achieved a gross hourly wage of EUR 18.48 in 2020.

That was 26.9 percent more than in 2010. The wages of men rose by 16.8 percent to an average of 21.74 euros in the country.

The nationwide “Equal Pay Day” on this Wednesday is, according to the State Statistical Office, the day of the year “up to which women - based on the average gross hourly earnings of men - work for free, while men get paid for their work from January 1st become".

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