According to internal data from an online services marketplace,
women competing for jobs in industries like plumbing,
photography, and personal training are paid at the same rate as
their male counterparts, with women earning more in some cases.
To coincide with Equal Pay Day 2017 (10th November), online
services marketplace Bidvine.com has
looked at its internal data over the last 12 months and seen a
decrease in the ‘gender wage gap’ in key industries.
Women competing for freelance or self-employed opportunities in
industries like plumbing, photography, and personal training
matched men on the site when it came to money earned and number
of jobs won.
For the full breakdown visit: https://www.bidvine.com/blog/gender-pay-gap-for-freelance-virtually-extinct/
In the top five industry categories on Bidvine.com, there was
little-to-no evidence of a gender pay gap at play across average
rates in the last 12 months up to and including 31st October
2017. Bidvine.com asked 150 men and 150 women from each of the
sectors on the site for their earnings in the last 12 months.
- 1. Personal training
– M: £36 / F: £33 per hour
- 2. Wedding
photography – M: £650 / F: £680 per wedding
- 3. Handy person – M:
£20 / F: £17 per hour
- 4. Domestic cleaning
– M: £11 / F: £12 per hour
- 5. Plumbing – £73 /
F: £70 per hour
Bidvine.com is an online local services marketplace where members
of the public can ask local service professionals to bid for
work. Professionals include dance teachers, wedding service
providers, tutors, personal trainers, and photographers, and the
site sees hundreds of thousands of job requests every year.
Equal Pay Day occurs on the day each year that women in the UK
effectively ‘stop’ earning because of the gender pay gap. Figures
for 2017 from the ONS put the average gap at 14.1% across all age
groups and industry, a figure which has remained unchanged in the
last three years, despite the Equal Pay Act being 47 years old.
Russ Morgan, co-founder of Bidvine.com said,
“It’s great to see that, at least among the skilled professionals
on our site, the gender pay gap is virtually extinct. The
explosion of freelance and self-employed workers has seen a shift
in how people value the work they do, and what their customers
see as value for money for a job well-done.
“Of course, more could always be done, but because at Bidvine.com
we connect customers with professionals that meet their exact
needs, gender has seemingly become less of an issue.
“We’re looking forward to the next 12 months, and hopefully a
significant change to the ONS figures this time next year.”
