[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fgender-gap-hits-german-starters-with-up-to-23-germany-5-oct-2009":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},5557,"gender-gap-hits-german-starters-with-up-to-23-germany-5-oct-2009","Gender gap hits German starters with up to 23% - Germany, 5 Oct. 2009",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fgender-gap-hits-german-starters-with-up-to-23-germany-5-oct-2009","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T13:41:59.122838+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F5557\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":23,"slug":24},"News","news",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2009",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fgender-gap-hits-german-starters-with-up-to-23-germany-5-oct-2009\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-29T22:00:34.340507+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">R\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">esearch by the German WageIndicator, Lohnspiegel,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> has shown that the gap in payment between men and women already exists at the start of their career. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The report, \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.rp-online.de\u002Fpublic\u002Farticle\u002Fwirtschaft\u002Fnews\u002F764859\u002FFrauen-verdienen-23-Prozent-weniger-als-Maenner.html\">quoted in many of the German mainstream media,\u003C\u002Fa> by the German academic partner WSI shows that female starters earn on average 18.7 percent less, compared to male starters. But in some of the thousands of analysed reports, the difference can grow to 23 percent. As their career develops, the so-called gender gap increases. The difference seems to be larger in western Germany, compared to the former \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca class=\"zem_slink freebase\u002Fguid\u002F9202a8c04000641f800000000001b45b\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEast_Germany\" rel=\"wikipedia\" title=\"East Germany\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">East Germany\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">. Compared to seven European countries, only \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca class=\"zem_slink freebase\u002Fguid\u002F9202a8c04000641f8000000000034e30\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmaps.google.com\u002Fmaps?ll=40.4333333333,-3.7&spn=10.0,10.0&q=40.4333333333,-3.7%20(Spain)&t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" title=\"Spain\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Spain\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca class=\"zem_slink freebase\u002Fguid\u002F9202a8c04000641f800000000002d9fb\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmaps.google.com\u002Fmaps?ll=52.2166666667,21.0333333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=52.2166666667,21.0333333333%20(Poland)&t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" title=\"Poland\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Poland\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> score worse than Germany. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftranslate.google.com\u002Ftranslate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.lohnspiegel.de\u002Fmain\u002Fzusatzinformationen\u002Fberufsanfaenger-innen\u002Fbereits-berufsanfaengerinnen-verdienen-weniger-als-ihre-maennlichen-kollegen&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">(Here is the report in an English translation).\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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