Gender pay gap by occupation

We look at the gender pay gap by occupations, using the latest data available via official government big data sources.

545.46%

A pay gap of £93,857

Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.

246.77%

A pay gap of £79,778

Charitable organisation managers and directors

244.84%

A pay gap of £37,022

IT network professionals

191.84%

A pay gap of £49,014

IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2022

#	Occupation	Average female annual earnings 2022	Average male annual earnings 2022	Difference	Percent
1	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	£17,207	£111,064	£93,857	545.46%
2	Charitable organisation managers and directors	£32,329	£112,107	£79,778	246.77%
3	IT network professionals	£15,121	£52,143	£37,022	244.84%
4	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£25,550	£74,564	£49,014	191.84%
5	Managers in transport and distribution	£27,114	£73,521	£46,407	171.16%
6	Electronics engineers	£25,550	£47,450	£21,900	85.71%
7	Financial managers and directors	£45,364	£78,736	£33,372	73.56%
8	Biological scientists	£29,200	£49,536	£20,336	69.64%
9	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£41,193	£65,700	£24,507	59.49%
10	Programmers and software development professionals	£35,979	£55,793	£19,814	55.07%
11	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£41,714	£61,007	£19,293	46.25%
12	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£34,936	£49,014	£14,078	40.3%
13	Electrical engineers	£39,629	£55,271	£15,642	39.47%
14	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	£24,507	£33,893	£9,386	38.3%
15	Engineering project managers and project engineers	£38,586	£52,143	£13,557	35.13%
16	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	£26,593	£34,414	£7,821	29.41%
17	Managers and directors in the creative industries	£35,979	£44,843	£8,864	24.64%
18	Chemical scientists	£33,893	£41,714	£7,821	23.08%
19	Information technology professionals n.e.c.	£50,057	£61,529	£11,472	22.92%
20	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£52,143	£63,614	£11,471	22%
21	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£43,279	£52,664	£9,385	21.68%
22	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£35,979	£43,279	£7,300	20.29%
23	Production managers and directors in construction	£41,193	£49,536	£8,343	20.25%
24	Property, housing and estate managers	£42,757	£49,536	£6,779	15.85%
25	Specialist medical practitioners	£62,571	£71,957	£9,386	15%
26	Managers in storage and warehousing	£32,329	£36,500	£4,171	12.9%
27	Human resource managers and directors	£50,579	£56,836	£6,257	12.37%
28	Physical scientists	£47,971	£52,664	£4,693	9.78%
29	Leisure and sports managers and proprietors	£36,500	£39,629	£3,129	8.57%
30	Aerospace engineers	£45,886	£48,493	£2,607	5.68%
31	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£40,671	£42,757	£2,086	5.13%
32	Garage managers and proprietors	£40,150	£41,714	£1,564	3.9%
33	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£43,279	£44,843	£1,564	3.61%
34	Graphic and multimedia designers	£35,979	£37,021	£1,042	2.9%
35	Generalist medical practitioners	£59,964	£61,529	£1,565	2.61%
36	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£51,100	£52,143	£1,043	2.04%
37	Purchasing managers and directors	£56,836	£55,793	£-1,043	-1.84%
38	Mechanical engineers	£51,100	£49,014	£-2,086	-4.08%
39	Cyber security professionals	£55,793	£52,143	£-3,650	-6.54%
40	Web design professionals	£46,407	£42,236	£-4,171	-8.99%
41	Civil engineers	£58,921	£47,450	£-11,471	-19.47%
42	Travel agency managers and proprietors	£34,936	£22,943	£-11,993	-34.33%
43	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	£25,029	£15,643	£-9,386	-37.5%
44	Public relations and communications directors	£65,179	£27,636	£-37,543	-57.6%
45	IT quality and testing professionals	£111,586	£28,679	£-82,907	-74.3%

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