The wage gap between freelance men and women has increased in Russia. writes about this Forbes With reference to a study conducted by the Solar Staff service.
In 2023, female freelancers received an average of 41 thousand rubles per month; This is 59% less than men. For comparison: in 2022 the difference was 55%, in 2021 it was 50%.
Analysts say one of the main reasons for such a difference in wages for freelancers is that professions have traditionally been divided into men and women. For example, among female freelancers, more designers and photographers are paid less per project than programmers.
However, statistics show that men’s salaries are higher in all sectors. The gap is most noticeable in the IT sector, where men earn on average 38.6% more than women; 235,000 per month, 169,500 per month. In design, the difference is about 30% (102,700 versus 79,000 rubles), in marketing – 23% (151,000 versus 122,000 rubles).
In project management, the difference in minimum wages between men and women was noted – about 13.5% (134,000 rubles against 152,000).
Before that Russian students named the size of the “dream salary”.
Russians before in the name Do not accept to receive salaries in envelopes.
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Source: Gazeta
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