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title: International Women's Day - how's the H&S Sector performing?
description: In the 2017 Health & Safety at Work survey, 22% of the sample were women, marking a slight decrease on the 23.6% recorded in the 2016 survey. 
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# [International Women's Day - how's the H&S Sector performing?](https://blog.sgworld.com/international-womens-day-hows-the-h-s-sector-performing)

 Written by [Lisa Robinson](https://blog.sgworld.com/author/lisa-robinson) | Mar 8, 2017 12:00:00 AM

In the 2017 Health & Safety at Work survey, 22% of the sample were women, marking a slight decrease on the 23.6% recorded in the 2016 survey.  But as well as being poorly represented, there is also evidence of a gender pay gap: women earned on average £37,923 and men £46,409. The gap wasn’t a reflection of the fact that women are more likely to work part-time: when the figures were calculated for full-time employees alone, the averages were very similar, at £38,100 compared to £46,400.

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