Socio-cultural factors behind gender pay gap Hence, it has become imperative to make the salaries of teachers and researchers (mostly women) competitive, if not lucrative.” Speaking about the poor pay structure in the education system of India, which is ironically one of the key factors determining salaries, Modi added, “If the government wants to work with a vision of ‘jobs for all’ and a skilled India, then it should plan a sound education ecosystem with high quality teaching staff. “The situation is far from desired in India, especially when the country is gearing towards inclusive development,” said Sanjay Modi, the Managing Director of Monster India. It is observed that men earn a gross hourly wage of INR 311.78, while a female is compensated INR 256.51 per hour in India. Findings such as male supervisors out-earn female supervisors, and males are compensated higher for more experience than female with similar experience are still debatable on the merits of ethical work space. The figures differ in various sectors such as the financial services in India depict the lowest gender pay gap of 17.7% while the manufacturing sector stands at a massive inequality of payment of 34.9%.Įxploring the reasons behind the high pay gap between male and female employers in India, the Monster report points out factors like career breaks due to parenthood duties and age-old practice of paying the male workers higher wages.
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