Female executives in the public sector on average earn £5,813 a year less than their male counterparts, a study reveals. Data from the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) Gender Salary Survey shows that the average female in an executive role in the public sector earned a basic salary of £30,653 over the 12 months to August, with a man in the same type of role earning on average £36,466.
While the public sector pay gap between men and women in this role is smaller than the £10,060 national average, the study shows that female executives across all sectors received on average £3,770 less in bonuses over the year. A greater number of female executives were also made redundant, with 4.3% losing their jobs in comparison to 3.2% of male executives.
A smaller number of women made it into top roles, the study reveals, with females occupying 40% of department head roles and one in four chief executive positions.Female junior executives earned on average £363 more than males working at the same level for the second year running.
However, the data shows that the average basic salary of female directors was £14,689 less than that of male directors.