The jobs that the male population mainly take pay more than the job the female population would mainly take. For example as an elementary teacher a man will earn up to 2 % more then what a women would earn. Men and women mainly aim for different careers, the career that the male population tend to choose would aim to pay up to 4 % more than the choices the females population do. Comparing both male and females overall earnings the men end up earning more. Women are downgraded and others immediately think that they aren’t as hard working as the men. If a female wanted to become a builder or even a decorator, she would be judged immediately by society.
An article written by Eileen Patten states that 72 % of women and 61 % of men both said “this country needs to continue making changes to give men and women equality in the workplace,”. She implies that women earn 84 % of what men earn and it would take up to an extra 40 days in order for the female to earn the same amount as a man would in a year. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/04/08/on-equal-pay-day-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-gender-pay-gap/ Studies show that at around age 22 the median pay growth for the male population is already at £25,000 for the female population it is only at £20,000. There is a £5,000 difference between both genders. 89 % men choose to be a software developer with under 5 years’ experience they get paid on average between £30,000 and £36,000. After 20-25 years’ experience there pay goes up to between £55,000 and £61,000; however it is slightly different for the women. After 5 years’ experience as a registered nurse females would only get paid just under £30,000 and after 20-25 year experience it would rise to between £36,000 and £43,000. The most the female population