The differences between men and women are not only in regards to salaries, but also in the type of occupations. Although women represent 46% of all the employees in Europe, they are significantly underrepresented in managerial positions, while greatly outnumbering men in administrative positions. In 2013, 33% of women were working as managers across the entire EU. In the administration support sector, 67% of the workers are women and women made up 64% of workers in the field of services and sales. The fewest women in management positions were in Luxembourg (16%), Cyprus (19%), the Netherlands (25%) and Croatia (25%).
The highest number of female managers were in Hungary (41%), Latvia (44%) and Poland (38%). Regarding administrative positions, the highest number of women worked in these positions in Ireland (80%) and the Czech Republic (79%).
The gender gap in the EU labor market was also significant regarding the type of employment they held. While only 8.1% of men worked part-time, the figure was 31.8% among women. In the Czech Republic, 2.4% of men and 10% of women worked part-time.
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Article source Eurostat - the statistical office of the European Union