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10.9% Average gender pay gap in Irish employer reports UK Gender Pay Gap Reports average is 11.5% PayGap.ie 81% Of reporting employers pay men more on average Down from 86% in 2022 PayGap.ie, 2025 reports 21.6% Average gender bonus gap About twice the hourly pay gap. 1 in 3 employers report a bonus gap of 40% or more PayGap.ie, 2025 reports 19.9% vs 3.7% Average pay gap in finance & insurance vs public administration Construction averages 19.0%, professional services 15.3% PayGap.ie, 2025 reports 79% Of majority-female employers still pay men more on average More women in the workforce does not mean more women at the top PayGap.ie, 2025 reports 82.2% Chairpersons are male EU average is 90% EIGE 2023/2024 data, CSO GBA01 2025 39% Female representation in top 25% earnings across all sectors Male representation is 61%. Only 30% of reporting employers have a majority-female top pay quartile (PayGap.ie, 2025) CSO, DEA02 2024 13% Fall in the gender pay gap at Danish firms after pay transparency became law About 2 percentage points, mostly through slower wage growth for men Bennedsen, Simintzi, Tsoutsoura & Wolfenzon, 2022 1.6 points Narrowing of the gender pay gap at UK firms required to report it Driven mainly by slower wage growth for men, not faster growth for women Blundell, LSE CEP, 2021 43% vs 22% Pay boost from a postgraduate degree for men vs women Irish private-sector graduates three years after graduating Russell, Smyth & O’Connell, ESRI, 2010 35% Ireland's gender pension gap EU average 24.5% ESRI, 2024 26 weeks paid Ireland's statutory maternity leave Paid at a flat state rate, unlike France and Germany (100% of salary), Sweden (80%) and Finland (90%) Citizens Information; EU comparison via employer guides