THE GENDER gap is yawning as wide as ever according to the latest figures, which show women earn an average of 27 per cent less than their male colleagues.
Men receive average annual salaries of £30,948, while women lag behind, earning just £23,977 on average each year, according to salary comparison website PayFinder.com.
As reported by the Daily Echo, an earlier study by the GMB union concluded that Southampton is the worst in the country for job segregation - and is only topped in the gender pay gap by London.
The average woman in full-time employment in Southampton earns £364.32 a week - while her male equivalent is paid £563.49.
In Hampshire the gap between men and women is almost £150 a week.
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