"The gender pay gap is widest in skilled trades occupations","" "Figure 4: Gender pay gap for median full-time hourly earnings (excluding overtime) and the year-on-year percentage point change, by major occupation group, UK, April 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Occupations as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification 2010. 2. Footnotes applicable to all charts in this bulletin can be found in [Section 5: Measuring these data] (https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2018#measuring-these-data). " "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Gender pay gap ","Change on year " "All employees","8.6","-0.6" "Skilled trades occupations","23.9","-1.0" "Process plant and machine operatives","19.1","-1.1" "Managers directors and senior officials","13.6","-1.2" "Associate professional and technical occupations","11.9","-0.2" "Professional occupations","11.7","0.5" "Elementary occupations","11.4","-1.2" "Caring leisure and other service occupations","8.0","0.9" "Administrative and secretarial occupations","6.6","0.4" "Sales and customer service occupations","4.8","1.2"