24.02.2025 Gender Pay Gap 2024

Press release No. 056 from 13. February 2025

Comparison of average gross salary per hour for men and women in Germany: figures and illustration — picture: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) | 2025

Gender pay gap decreases from 18% to 16% in 2024 compared to the year before

Data from the Federal Statistical Office DESTATIS in Wiesbaden

The unadjusted gender pay gap decreases stronger than ever since calculations began in 2006
The adjusted gender pay gap, however, remains unchanged at 6%

gross salaries compared according to gender and age — Graphic: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) | 2025

WIESBADEN - In 2024, women in Germany earned an average of 16% less per hour than men. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt Destatis), women received average gross salary of 22.24 €/hour - 4.10 € less than men (26.34 €/hour). Compared to the previous year, the unadjusted gender pay gap decreased by 2 percentage points. This was the strongest decline since calculations began in 2006. In both the western and eastern federal states the unadjusted gender pay gap decreased equally by 2 percentage points. This means that the unadjusted gender pay gap remains significantly smaller in the east than in the west: In 2024, it was at 5% in the east and at 17% in the west.

[read the full article in the DESTATIS pages] (in German)