What New UK Statistics Tell Us About the Gender Pay Gap in Travel
Photo Credit: London commuters. The UK government has forced companies to reveal their gender pay gap. Flickr / SarahTz
Skift Take
Sadly, that women get paid less than men doesn't come as a surprise but it is still shocking to see such a huge disparity. With the figures now out in the open in the UK, companies have a responsibility to see that the gap is closed as quickly as possible. We'd also like to see more diversity among the leadership teams.
Ryanair pays women in its UK operation on average 72 percent less than men, putting the carrier at the bottom of Skift’s travel gender pay table.
The Irish airline might be the worst performer, but of the 21 companies we looked at, none paid men and women at the same median hourly rate.
The UK government is forcing companies with a workforce of 250 or more to disclose details of how they pay men and women. The headline figures look at the mean and median average hourly pay.
And while the figures are a useful indicator of the shape of each company’s workforce, they do not tell the full story.
The companies included in the below tables are a mix of domestic companies and international entities with a significant UK presence.
The figures do not mean, for instance, that men and women are getting paid different amounts for the same job (although this might indeed be happening). What they do show is that certain industries — or jobs within those industries — are still
