A rather shocking article in Arts Professional reports that "Full-time working women earn less than men doing the same level of work at all stages in their careers, with the gap at senior levels having grown since 2006."
The report continues "Even in marketing and fundraising, where women outnumber men by three-to-one, they earned less on average: £2,000 less for fundraising roles and £3,000 less for marketing roles...This gender pay gap has arisen inversely to levels of education. Women employed in the sector were significantly more likely to have a first degree than men, and also more likely to have a higher degree."
I can well imagine that if part-time workers were included the statistics would be even starker and indeed Liz Hill goes on to say "The overall profile of respondents gives an indication of the fragmented nature of the arts workforce as a whole. Just a third (720) of the 2,183 who completed the survey earned their entire income by working in a full-time salaried position on a permanent contract for a single employer, with the rest working either part-time for one or more employers, on temporary or casual contracts, or as freelance workers."
The report continues "Even in marketing and fundraising, where women outnumber men by three-to-one, they earned less on average: £2,000 less for fundraising roles and £3,000 less for marketing roles...This gender pay gap has arisen inversely to levels of education. Women employed in the sector were significantly more likely to have a first degree than men, and also more likely to have a higher degree."
I can well imagine that if part-time workers were included the statistics would be even starker and indeed Liz Hill goes on to say "The overall profile of respondents gives an indication of the fragmented nature of the arts workforce as a whole. Just a third (720) of the 2,183 who completed the survey earned their entire income by working in a full-time salaried position on a permanent contract for a single employer, with the rest working either part-time for one or more employers, on temporary or casual contracts, or as freelance workers."
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