"Figure 1: The gender pay gap has been declining slowly over time; over the last decade it has fallen by approximately a quarter among full time employees and all employees","" "Gender pay gap for median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime), UK, April 1997 to 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Vertical lines represent discontinuities in 2006, 2011 and 2021 ASHE due to a change occupation coding. 2. Estimates for 2022 data are provisional. 3. Employees are on adult rates, pay is unaffected by absence unless furloughed. 4. Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). 5. Figures represent the difference between men's and women's hourly earnings as a percentage of men's hourly earnings. " "Unit","%" "","" "","All","Full-time","Part-time" "1997","27.5","17.4","0.6" "1998","27.3","17.4","-4.0" "1999","26.9","16.4","-2.6" "2000","26.7","16.3","-3.5" "2001","26.3","16.4","-3.7" "2002","26.9","15.5","-0.6" "2003","25.1","14.6","-1.3" "2004","24.7","14.5","-2.6" "2005","22.6","13.0","-3.0" "2006","22.2","12.8","-2.2" "2007","21.9","12.5","-2.2" "2008","22.5","12.6","-3.7" "2009","22.0","12.2","-2.5" "2010","19.8","10.1","-4.3" "2011","20.2","10.5","-5.1" "2012","19.6","9.5","-5.5" "2013","19.8","10.0","-5.9" "2014","19.2","9.6","-5.5" "2015","19.3","9.6","-6.8" "2016","18.2","9.4","-6.1" "2017","18.4","9.1","-5.3" "2018","17.8","8.6","-4.9" "2019","17.4","9.0","-3.5" "2020","14.9","7.0","-3.5" "2021","15.1","7.7","-3" "2022","14.9","8.3","-2.8"