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Gibraltar's Gender Pay Gap Survey

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 71% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since 2018 Gibraltar has run a voluntary Gender Pay Gap Survey alongside its annual Employment Survey. 2023 data show a ~19.3% gap (£45,480 men vs £36,684 women per year) - useful baseline data, but with no mandatory reporting or enforcement mechanism.

45,480.41 GBP
Average gross annual earnings, full-time male employees (2023)
36,684.73 GBP
Average gross annual earnings, full-time female employees (2023)
19.3 %
Gender pay gap (2023)
6.3 %
Year-on-year increase in male earnings (2022-2023)
3.8 %
Year-on-year increase in female earnings (2022-2023)
19 %
Independent gender pay gap estimate (2019)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Ministry for Equality, HM Government of Gibraltar
Period
2018-present
Keywords
labour market, pay transparency, gender pay gap, employment statistics

Context

In October 2018, Gibraltar's Ministry for Equality introduced a Gender Pay Gap Survey, distributed to private-sector employers with 20 or more staff alongside the government's annual Employment Survey, described by then-Minister for Equality Samantha Sacramento as a way to establish baseline data on occupational segregation between men and women.

Objectives

Establish baseline and ongoing data on the gender pay gap and vertical/horizontal occupational segregation.

Activities

An annual, voluntary survey bundled with the Employment Survey; unlike the UK's mandatory gender pay gap reporting regime for employers with 250+ staff, Gibraltar's survey carries no penalty or enforcement mechanism for non-disclosure or for failing to close the gap.

Results

The Employment Survey Report 2023 shows average gross annual earnings of £45,480.41 for full-time male employees (up 6.3% on 2022) against £36,684.73 for female employees (up 3.8%) -- a gap of roughly 19.3%, closely matching an independent 19% estimate calculated by the opposition party Together Gibraltar in 2019 from median income data.

Conclusions

The survey functions as a monitoring tool rather than a corrective one, and the gap has persisted rather than narrowed since the survey began in 2018.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Low added cost -- the survey is administered alongside the existing annual Employment Survey infrastructure.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Running annually since October 2018 (7+ years); the pay gap has remained close to ~19% throughout, showing no measurable narrowing trend within this timeframe.
Staffing & skills
Ministry for Equality, HM Government of Gibraltar, Government statistics office (administers the annual Employment Survey)

Conditions for success

  • A mandatory reporting requirement and enforcement mechanism, as in the UK's 250+-staff regime, would likely be needed to convert monitoring into gap reduction
  • Broader employer participation beyond the voluntary basis

Common failure modes

  • Voluntary, no-penalty structure means the gap has persisted at roughly 19% rather than narrowed since 2018
  • Functions only as a monitoring tool, not a corrective one

Where it fits

Governance type
territorial government administrative survey
Scale
territory-wide
Income level
high-income

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