Women earn 25 per cent less than men: Monster Salary Index 2016

In finance and banking sector, this gender pay gap in the is 21.5 per cent

Indian women earn 25 per cent less than Indian men, according to the Monster Salary Index (MSI) on gender for 2016. This goes on to prove that gender is a major parameter in determining the salary of the employee, reported Livemint.

Men earned a median gross hourly salary of Rs 345.8, while women earned Rs 259.8 in 2016. This gap got narrowed by two percentage points from 27.2 per cent in 2015 and is closer to the 24.1 per cent in 2014. About 68.5 per cent women at Indian workplaces also feel that gender parity is still a