Monster Salary Index survey has been prepared and released by Monster India in collaboration with Paycheck.in with IIM-Ahmedabad as a research partner.
The survey is titled ‘Women of India Inc’.
Important findings:
Women in India earn 19% less than their male counterparts and 60% working women in India feel that discrimination at work.
Sector-wise, IT/ITES services show 26 percent pay gap in favour of men, followed by manufacturing sector, where men earned 24 per cent more than women.
In healthcare, caring services, and social work men earn 21% more than women, while Banking and Insurance is the only industry where men earn just 2 % more.