Female graduates in nearly every academic subject earn less than men five years after finishing their studies, even though they are more likely to be employed, government figures reveal.
The Longitudinal Education Outcomes data released yesterday show that 87.7 per cent of women were employed or in further study five years after graduating, compared with 85.6 per cent of men from the same cohort. However, the vast majority of men earned more than their female classmates.
In computing, women earned 12.4 per cent less than men and in veterinary science it was 12.9 per cent. Even in teaching, where women form most of the workforce, they earned 16.5 per cent less than men.
