Brit women in 20s narrow wage gap earning 3.6 pc more than men

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'London, Nov 24 (ANI): British women in their 20s earn 3.6 percent more than men of same age, shrinking the overall gender pay gap with men to less than 10 percent for the first time, a new study has revealed.

The Office for National Statistics figures stated that in their 20s, women earn 10.45 pounds an hour, compared with 10.08 pounds for men.

But the figures also revealed that the situation changes dramatically in their 30s as women lose the edge when they start families.

By the time women are between 40 and 49, men working full time are paid 15.14 pounds an hour and women only 12.77 pounds.ccording to Jill Kirby, a family expert and author of The Price of Parenthood, the pay gap between the sexes had 'nothing to do with discrimination'.

"It is the fact that women become less committed to the workplace at the point in their lives when they have children," the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

"They want to spend more time with their children, and regard lower pay as a trade-off for family time."'