EasyJet reports gender pay gap at 52%, among UK's highest

EasyJet has revealed that men at the company earn on average 51.7% more than women, one of the highest gender pay gaps reported so far in the UK as part of government transparency requirements. Under the new rules, businesses with more than 250 employees have to report the extent of the pay gap by April 2018. So far 263 firms have responded out of an expected 9,500 eligible. In its report, EasyJet, which in Carolyn McCall has had a female CEO for the past seven years, wrote that the discrepancy is “strongly influenced” by the salaries and gender make-up of its pilot community, which accounts for more than a quarter of its UK employees. “Pilots are predominantly male and the higher salaries, relative to other employees, significantly increases the average male pay at EasyJet,” the Luton, England-based carrier said. The average salary of an EasyJet pilot is 92,400 pounds ($123,000) compared with GBP24,800 for cabin crew and almost GBP54,000 for management. The gap between men’s and women’s pay at EasyJet is higher than what’s been disclosed so far by financial-services companies including Virgin Money, Aldermore and TSB Banking Group Plc, which are all around the 30% level. <br/>