According to new gender pay gap figures published by the Government, Salford City Council is the worst offender amongst the ten Greater Manchester authorities.
Women who work for Salford Council have a mean, or average, hourly rate 14.5% lower than men, so they earn 86p for every £1 that men earn. The median rate, or the middle figure of the data set, is even worse, with women's median hourly rate 19.3% lower than men's, or 81p for every £1 that men earn.
84% of the lowest paid workers at Salford Council are women, although 59% of the highest paid workers are also women..
The next worse council in Greater Manchester is Trafford, with a 10.7% mean gap and 17% median gap, followed by Manchester Council with a 9.1% mean gap and 8.8% median gap. Best performing was Wigan Council with a -2.1% mean gap and a -0.1% median gap, where women are on better rates than men.
Over at Salford Royal Hospital, Government figures for the Salford Royal Foundation Trust show women's mean hourly rate is 25.8% lower than men's, with women earning 74p for every £1 that men earn. The median hourly rate is 10.5% lower than men's with women earning 90p for every £1 that men earn.
The University of Salford sees women's mean hourly rate 14% lower than men's, earning 86p for every £1 that men earn; while the median hourly rate is 21% lower than men's; 79p for every £1 that men earn.
At Salford City College the women's mean hourly rate is 10.8% lower than men's, or 89p for every £1 that men earn; while the median hourly rate is a whopping 30.6% lower than men's, or 69p for every £1 that men earn.
The 'best' performing public organisation in the city is Salford Community Leisure, where women's mean hourly rate is 2.5% lower than men's; 98p for every £1 that men earn; while the median hourly rate is actually 0.4% higher than men's...
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