Sober Steve on Nostr: I want to contrast two articles about gender pay gaps: 1. ...
I want to contrast two articles about gender pay gaps:
1. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1220/1423033-department-of-public-expenditures-gender-pay-gap/, dated December 20, 2023
2. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0114/1490660-an-post-gender-pay-gap-report/, dated January 14, 2025
The first has the headline “Gender pay gap narrows to 2.57% at Dept of Public Expenditure”. It says:
“on average men were paid 2.57% more than women in 2023”, but “the median gender pay gap indicates that, on average, women are paid 1.56% higher than men”.
The second has the headline “An Post reports zero gender pay gap for fourth year in a row”. It says:
“the mean gender pay gap at An Post for 2024 was -2.8% in favour of females, while the median gender pay gap was 0.7%”.
I'd bet that if the pay gap in the second story were 2.8% in favour of men, the headline would not refer to a “zero gender pay gap”.
By the way, the headline of the second story is identical to the headline of An Post's press release:
https://www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/An-Post-reports-Zero-Gender-Pay-Gap-for-Fourth-Year-in-a-Row
1. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1220/1423033-department-of-public-expenditures-gender-pay-gap/, dated December 20, 2023
2. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0114/1490660-an-post-gender-pay-gap-report/, dated January 14, 2025
The first has the headline “Gender pay gap narrows to 2.57% at Dept of Public Expenditure”. It says:
“on average men were paid 2.57% more than women in 2023”, but “the median gender pay gap indicates that, on average, women are paid 1.56% higher than men”.
The second has the headline “An Post reports zero gender pay gap for fourth year in a row”. It says:
“the mean gender pay gap at An Post for 2024 was -2.8% in favour of females, while the median gender pay gap was 0.7%”.
I'd bet that if the pay gap in the second story were 2.8% in favour of men, the headline would not refer to a “zero gender pay gap”.
By the way, the headline of the second story is identical to the headline of An Post's press release:
https://www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/An-Post-reports-Zero-Gender-Pay-Gap-for-Fourth-Year-in-a-Row