"Figure 5: The difference in pay between the sexes is largest among higher earners","" "Difference in gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for full-time men and women at the top and bottom deciles and median, UK, 1997 to 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Estimates for 2022 data are provisional. 2. Employees are on adult rates, pay is unaffected by absence unless furloughed. 3. Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). 4. Figures represent the difference between men's and women's hourly earnings as a percentage of men's hourly earnings." "Unit","%" "","" "","10 percentile","Median","90 percentile" "1997","13.6","17.4","20.7" "1998","13.0","17.4","21.2" "1999","12.6","16.4","20.2" "2000","11.8","16.3","20.3" "2001","11.4","16.4","21.8" "2002","11.5","15.5","21.8" "2003","10.7","14.6","21.1" "2004","8.7","14.5","19.8" "2005","8.1","13.0","19.2" "2006","7.0","12.8","20.6" "2007","7.4","12.5","20.7" "2008","7.5","12.6","21.5" "2009","7.6","12.2","20.3" "2010","6.5","10.1","19.3" "2011","5.9","10.5","20.8" "2012","6.1","9.5","18.9" "2013","6.6","10.0","20.5" "2014","5.9","9.6","18.4" "2015","6.3","9.6","18.6" "2016","5.0","9.4","19.0" "2017","4.9","9.1","18.1" "2018","4.1","8.6","18.4" "2019","3.9","9.0","17.8" "2020","1.7","7.0","16.7" "2021","3.1","7.7","16.1" "2022","3.0","8.3","15.5"