Netherlands: gender pay gap 2021

In 2021, female employees' average gross hourly earnings in the Netherlands were on average 13.5 percent lower than men's in the Netherlands. This is 0.7 percentage points lower than in 2020, indicating a reduction in the gender pay gap.

Gender pay gap in Netherlands from 2006 to 2021 (as percentage of men's average hourly earnings)

Characteristic	Percentage of men's average hourly earnings
2021*	13.5%
2020*	14.2%
2019*	14.6%
2018	14.7%
2017	15.1%
2016	15.6%
2015	16.1%
2014	17%
2013	17.2%
2012	18%
2011	18.8%
2010	17.8%
2009	18.5%
2008	18.9%
2007	19.3%
2006	23.6%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2006 to 2021

Special properties

In unadjusted form

Supplementary notes

*Figure is provisional.
The source adds: "The indicator measures the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees and of female paid employees as a percentage of average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees. The indicator has been defined as unadjusted, because it gives an overall picture of gender inequalities in terms of pay and measures a concept which is broader than the concept of equal pay for equal work. All employees working in firms with ten or more employees, without restrictions for age and hours worked, are included."

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