July 2014
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Study shows gender imbalance for post-graduate salaries: There is still a gender imbalance when it comes to post-graduate salaries, according to data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
The study, which was conducted with 2012/13 university leavers, discovered, on average, that women (£19,500) earn £2,000 less than men (£21,500) six months after qualifying from their course.
From the £25,000 salary mark upwards, male full-time first degree leavers are reportedly more likely to benefit from higher full-time incomes than women:
Salary Band–Males–Females
- £15,000 or less–15.8%–20%
- £15,000–£19,999–26.9%–28.8%
- £20,000–£24,999–27.8%–34.5%
- £25,000–£29,999–16.7%–10.7%
- £30,000–£34,999–8.2%–4.6%
- £35,000–£39,999–2.3%–0.8%
- £40,000+–2.3%–0.5%
Of those questioned, according to the survey’s findings, almost three fifths (57.7%) went into full-time work after graduating, with the remaining two fifths going into part-time work (12.8%), further study (12.2%), work and further study (6.9%) or unemployment (6.2%).
Furthermore, despite their average lower salaries, post-graduate females (70.9%) are marginally more likely to secure full-time jobs than post-graduate males (68.1%). First degree females (56%) were also slightly more likely to go into full-time employment than first degree males (55.1%).
Medicine and dentistry leavers were most likely to land full-time jobs post-graduation (92.4%), ahead of veterinary science graduates (85.1%) and respondents who studied subjects allied to science (71.9%). Law graduates (38.2%) were least likely to go into full-time work, with historical and philosophical study (43.6%) and biological science (44.4%) students not much better off either.
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