Data on trends in occupational segregation by gender from Skills and Employment Survey series

1. Average earnings by gender and age
2013
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16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58
Medianhourlyearningsexcludingovertime(£)
Male Female
Source: ONS, ‘UK wages over the past four decades – 2014’, special analysis of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
2013.
Age 27:
Gender gap
down to 1.5%
Age 34: Female
earnings peak at
£13.19 per hour.
Gender gap 6.3%
Age 49: Gender gap
peaks at 44.6%
Age 50: Male
earnings peak
at £15.54 per
hour. Gender
gap 42.8%

2. Gender segregation 1986-2012
46%
32% 36%
26% 23%
39%
37% 33%
33%
33%
5% 7% 7% 8% 9%
15%
25% 25%
33% 37%
26%
31% 28%
34% 39%
1% 5% 6% 7% 7%
46%
44%
39%
41%
37%
22%
17%
23%
15% 14%
1986 1997 2001 2006 2012 1986 1997 2001 2006 2012
Almost exclusively men Mainly men Equal mix
Mainly women Almost exclusively women
Base: all employees.
Source: Skills and Employment Surveys.
Men Women

3. Gender segregation by managerial
responsibility 2012
21% 25%
33%
33%
11%
6%
37%
35%
36%
41%
9% 7%
40% 36%
12% 16%
Managers/supervisors Non-managerial
employees
Managers/supervisors Non-managerial
employees
Almost exclusively men Mainly men Equal mix Mainly women Almost exclusively women
Base: all employees.
Source: Skills and Employment Surveys.
Men Women