In 2022, Luxembourg was the only EU country where women earned more than men on an hourly basis – but women made less than men when annual salaries and bonuses are taken into consideration. According to the national statistics bureau Statec, in 2022, the gender pay gap in Luxembourg stood at -0.7%, an improvement from the previous year, in which at -0.2%, it was in favour of women for the first time. Even though there were fewer women than men among low-income workers with less than €2 5 per hour, and more among the average earners – between € 25 and € 75 – men were far more represented in the high-income category (over € 75 per hour).
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