Younger women are earning more than men in the male-dominated world of
engineering and technology.
According to a study for the National Training Organisation for Engineering
Manufacture (EMTA), women reach senior positions earlier and net higher
salaries when they get there.
Women typically earn 5 per cent more than their male colleagues in their
early 20s and 8 per cent more in their early 40s.
The survey, by Remuneration Economics – covering 11,000 staff (including 649
women) – shows men earn more once they are over 45 and women have left to look
after families.
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EMTA chief executive Michael Sanderson welcomed the findings, as showing
there was no glass ceiling in the sector.
