London has the worst gender pay gap of any region in the UK, new research can reveal.
In London, men earn on average 20% more than women. The UK average gender pay gap is 11.9%.
For International Women’s Day, financial experts Forbes Advisor used new ONS data to explore the gender pay gap for full time employees in every local authority in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to discover which area has the worst gender pay gap of all.
RANKED: Gender pay gap by UK region
|
Area |
Rank |
Gender pay gap (%) |
| London |
1 |
20.0 |
| West Midlands |
2 |
13.8 |
| South East |
3 |
13.2 |
| East Midlands |
4 |
11.6 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber |
5 |
11.4 |
| South West |
6 |
11.1 |
| North West |
7 |
9.7 |
| Scotland |
8 |
6.5 |
| Wales |
9 |
5.4 |
| North East |
10 |
3.7 |
| Northern Ireland |
11 |
2.7 |
| UK average |
11.9 |
Within London, Richmond upon Thames has the worst gender pay gap, with men earning 31% more than women. This is followed by the City of London and Westminster, where men earned 28.1% and 22.5% more than women respectively.
Enfield also has one of London’s worst gender pay gaps, with men earning 21.6% more than women. Similarly, in Camden, men earn significantly more than women (19.6%).
