German Government data, on Friday, showed that women in Germany earn very differently depending on where they live, but always significantly less than men.
According to the German Statistical Office, the discrepancy comes in spite of the fact that increasingly more women are working. In 2018, three out of four 20 to 64-year-old women 76 per cent in Germany were employed.
Meanwhile, a decade earlier, it was 68 per cent.
The statistical agency noted that Germany had the third-highest employment rate for women in the EU, after Sweden, 80 per cent, and Lithuania 77 per cent.
According to Family Minister Franziska Giffey, it should not blind us to the fact that almost half of the employed women work part-time, among men, it is less than every 10th.
Labour Minister Hubertus Heil, also noted that women on the average still earn 21 per cent less than men.
The government response said the average salary of women working full-time was highest in the car hub Wolfsburg, at 4,250 euros (or 4,820 dollars) a month, while men earned 5,115 euros on average.
However, on the other end of the spectrum, the women with the lowest average income were in the state of Thuringia, with 2,070 euros per month. The lowest average salary for men in Germany was 2,273 euros.
The data stems from the end of 2018.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said, “It continues to be difficult for many women to reconcile work and family. They also continue to be passed over for management positions.