Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Monster Salary Index (MSI) data from 2016 indicates that the current gender pay gap in India stands at 25% where men earned a median gross hourly salary of Rs. 345.8, in comparison women earned only Rs. 259.8. The gap has narrowed by two percentage points from 27.2% in 2015 and is closer to the 24.1% in 2014.
According to the survey, Women of India Inc., aimed at understanding the working women of India and their workplace concerns broadly was categorised under the parameters of- workplace, growth and safety.
The survey was conducted on Monster India’s database capturing responses from over 2000 working women.
Analysing the employment-intensive sectors, the index derives that the average gender pay gap in the Manufacturing sector stood at 29.9 per cent.
