IT Gender Pay Gap Keeps Growing

Are ladies in IT paid the identical or lower than males in IT are paid when it comes to wage? While particular person conditions could fluctuate, general males proceed to make greater than ladies in IT, based on the InformationWeek Salary Survey 2022 [available for free PDF download with site registration].

In reality, the gender wage hole on this 12 months’s survey hit $23,000 a 12 months, marking the biggest wage hole InformationWeek has seen in its wage survey since we started to trace the wage hole. The hole was at its narrowest in 2019 when it was $15,000.

It’s hardly information that the gender pay hole stays in full power. No forces nice or small have been sufficient to change the pattern but, even when the inequities have acquired extra consideration lately.

For occasion, this 12 months on International Women’s Day, as companies within the UK have been tweeting proudly concerning the accomplishments of the ladies who work for them, the @PayGapApp bot on Twitter was retweeting every tweet tagged #IWD2022, along with every specific group’s gender pay hole. (Since 2017, the UK authorities has required all corporations with greater than 250 workers to report their gender pay hole.) It made for some embarrassing moments for some organizations, and some of them ended up deleting their unique tweets.

But whereas there could also be extra transparency than there was previously about gender inequities in pay, that hasn’t translated into shrinking the pay hole but in IT.

(You Haven’t) Shown Us The Money

Median whole compensation for feminine IT execs in 2021 was $105,000, the identical because it was in 2020. That compares to the median whole compensation for male IT execs of $128,000 in 2021, up from $125,000 in 2020. While that wasn’t an enormous improve in median whole compensation for males year-over-year, it was nonetheless higher than the wage stagnancy skilled by ladies IT execs.

Indeed, over the long run the pattern is simply as bleak. Median whole compensation for feminine IT execs has risen by simply $5,000 over the 2 years from 2019 to 2021. That compares to the elevate in median whole compensation for males of $13,000 throughout the identical time interval.

Management vs. Staff?

InformationWeek additionally appeared on the distribution of ladies and men in administration versus employees roles. Could variations there — the place managers have been paid extra — probably contribute to or trigger the gender wage hole in IT? The reply to that was a powerful “no.” The InformationWeek pattern of girls IT employees have been 50% administration and 50% employees in comparison with our pattern of males IT employees who have been 47% managers and 53% employees.

Men Less Likely to Believe There is a Pay Gap

Perspectives differ on the gender wage hole. InformationWeek requested IT execs whether or not a gender pay hole exists of their organizations. This 12 months 36% mentioned there was no such pay hole. However, should you escape these numbers by the gender of the individual answering the query, the distinction is stark. Of ladies IT execs, solely 12% mentioned there is no such thing as a gender wage hole whereas 39% of males IT execs mentioned there is no such thing as a gender wage hole. Another 40% of girls mentioned they didn’t know if there was a spot, in comparison with 34% of males who mentioned they didn’t know.

Getting Equitable Pay

What can ladies in IT do to degree up their salaries? Career counsellors and recruitment professionals usually advise that if you wish to get an even bigger bump in pay, you must search for a brand new job. If you’re a girl who is just not making as a lot as the lads at your group, that’s much more incentive to search for a brand new job, maybe at an organization that has disclosed pay fairness info. The InformationWeek Salary Survey confirmed that of girls who have been on the lookout for a brand new job, 70% mentioned they have been making the change as a result of they wished greater compensation. (76% of male job seekers cited greater compensation.)

You can download the full InformationWeek Salary Survey 2022 PDF report free of charge right here while you register on the InformationWeek web site.

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