Continuing our series on women's issues in the profession, John Charlton takes a closer look at the salary findings of the recent survey reporting on women in the workplace
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But, according to a recent survey conducted jointly by Optician and CIBA Vision, the pay gap between male and female respondents was 21.37 per cent. Average earnings for males surveyed were £42,377 gross, compared to £33,320 for female respondents.
Bear in mind, though, that the pay gap found by the Women of Vision survey is based on an average (or mean) of earnings reported while that published by ONS is the median, the value of earnings below which 50 per cent of all employees fall.
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