Male workers get 6% more than women in public sector – GSS report

Evans Effah 15:42 - 17 February 2023

Figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service shows that the sector recorded negative 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Data from the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that male workers earn 6% more than their female counterparts.

According to the GSS report titled ‘Ghana 2022 earnings: Inequality in the public sector’, the difference between the average net salary of men and women is GH₵165.

“This means that the gender pay gap is 6.0%. Men have a higher average monthly net salary, of GH₵2,669, while women have an average of GH₵2,504.”

“The average monthly net salary of women is lower than that of men in all 16 regions,” the GSS report added.

The report further said the government of Ghana employs about 688,000 persons, with over one-third (34.8%) of the employees in the Ashanti (18.2%) and Greater Accra (16.5%) regions.

The North East (1.4%) and Savanna regions (1.4%) hold only 2.8 per cent of the total number of public sector employees.