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Gender Pay Gap and Wage Discrimination Analysis in Greater Zurich Region (2002-2010)

This report, conducted by Statistics Canton of Zurich in collaboration with the Office for Gender Equality, provides an in-depth analysis of gender-specific wage developments in the Greater Zurich Region. It examines the median wages, the gender pay gap, and wage discrimination in the private sector using data from the Swiss Earnings Structure Surveys. Key findings reveal that women in Zurich earned significantly less than men in 2008, with a pay gap of 25%. The analysis further explores factors affecting female labor market participation, part-time wage penalties, and trends in wage discrimination from 2002 to 2010.

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Gender Pay Gap and Wage Discrimination Analysis in Greater Zurich Region (2002-2010)

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  1. Background Monitoring the implementation of the gender equality policy Canton of Zurich • Statistics Canton of Zurich and the Office for Gender Equality jointly analyze • the gender-specific development of the wages (median wages), • the gender pay gap (difference between median earnings of men and women relative to median earnings of men) and • the wage discrimination (Regression model and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition) in the private sector of the Greater Zurich Region • with data from the Swiss Earnings Structure Surveys (SESS) • Additional facts & figures from various FSO data sources as the Labor Force Survey, Business Census, Population Census, etc. broken down by sex

  2. Gender Pay Gap 2002-2010 -25.0% -23.8% -23.0% -22.5% -21.5% …in Switzerland 19.4%. In 2008, women in the Greater Zurich Region earned 25.0% less than men (unadjusted)… Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Analysis & Graphic: Statistics Canton of Zurich .

  3. Part time penalty 19% … average part time wages (converted to full time) are 19% lower than full time wages. 31% of the persons employed work part time, in the group of women 52%, in the group of men 13%… Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Analysis & Graphic: Statistics Canton of Zurich

  4. Female labor market participation 2008 Self-selection effect? Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey, Swiss Labor Force Survey. Analysis: Statistics Canton of Zurich The high gender pay gap in the Greater Zurich Region (25%) is accompanied by a • high rate of female labor market participation (76% employment rate of women), • a high rate of female part time work (52%) and • a high female employment rate for women with lower education (62%) • high percentage of female low wage employees (63%), low percentage of female high wage employees (15%)

  5. Wage Discrimination 2008 Adjusted Pay Gap Unadjusted Pay Gap …women with the same human capital endowment as men earned in average 9% less (adjusted). 36% of the wage gap cannot be explained by means of the applied regression model… Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Analysis & Graphic: Statistics Canton of Zurich

  6. Development 2002-2010 …adjusted gender pay gap slightly decreased (-0.3 pp). Unadjusted gender pay gap increased over the last decade (+2.8 pp), but discrimination effect decreased (-10 pp)… Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Analysis & Table: Statistics Canton of Zurich

  7. Economic branches 2008 …Financial sector shows biggest gender pay gap (33%), but below average wage discrimination (31%). High gender pay gap does not automatically correlate with high wage discrimination… Source: Swiss Earnings Structure Survey. Analysis & Graphic: Statistics Canton of Zurich

  8. Thank you for your attention! Online: www.statistik.zh.ch Statistics Canton of Zurich www.ffg.zh.ch Office for Gender Equality Canton of Zurich Roman Page Statistics Canton of Zurich roman.page@statistik.ji.zh.ch

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