Gender Pay Gap in the Czech Information and Communication Technology Professionals

Abstract

The policy to ensure an equal pay for equal work is consistently applied neither in all EU Member States nor in all sectors of the economy. This article analyzes the gap in average gross earnings between women and men in the Czech Republic working in two groups of ICT Professionals (ICT Specialists - CZ\_ISCO 25, ICT Technicians - CZ\_ISCO 35). We analyzed wage data obtained from Trexima, a.s. for the time period of 2008-2019. The resulting data are adjusted for inflation and converted to the 2008 base as well as converted to EUR, using the average exchange rate of the given year. We analyzed the data for each group by age and achieved education. Overall, we can say that the gender pay gap among ICT Professionals is decreasing, although this decrease is smaller than that in the entire Czech economy. In terms of the gender pay gap, the group under 30 has the minimal gender pay gap and so does the category of ICT Technicians during several years.