Women in the Civil Service

Figures from April 2009 show that:

• There are about 520,000 employees in the Civil Service, 490,000 of these worked full-time
• 33 per cent of Senior Civil Service staff are women

Figures from March 2008 show that:

• 52.9 per cent of permanent civil servants were women
• 31.8 per cent of Senior Civil Service staff were women
• 52.5 per cent of the women who work for the Civil Service work in the administrative grades
• The median earnings per annum for men were £24,130 compared to £20,750 for women
• The gender pay gap for full-time staff was 14.0 per cent

Sources: Martin Stanley (2009) Civil Service Statistics, Office for National Statistics (2009) Civil Service Statistics 31 March 2008: First Release.