Estonia - Increase in teachers’ wages will reduce gender pay gap - April 30, 2024

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications estimates that the increase in teachers' wages may improve this year's gender pay gap statistics. While the pay gap widened in 2022, with women's average gross hourly wages coming in at 17.7% lower than men's, last year the gender pay gap shrank to 13.1%, which also marked the lowest gap recorded during Estonia's period of independence. The biggest gap in wages exists in the areas of wholesale and retail trade, information and communications as well as finance and insurance, where women earn on average a quarter less than men do.

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