Royal Society of Chemistry publishes gender pay gap data
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Emma Stoye2018-03-20T15:48:00
Society has wage gap of 15.7% as women fill more junior and admin positions
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has disclosed the extent of its gender pay gap, revealing that the median hourly rate of pay for men was 15.7% higher than it was for women in April 2017. The overall UK gender pay gap is 18.7%.
The RSC said the difference in overall pay between female and male staff members is due to an uneven distribution of women across pay scales. Women fill a larger proportion of administrative and early career publishing roles, it said, while a majority of senior technical roles are held by men.