Difference between earnings of male and female graduates by subject
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Description
Differences in the median earnings of female and male graduates five years after graduation broken down by subject of graduation.
Coverage
UK domiciled first degree graduates from all HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) with earnings data five years later in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Earnings are from the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation in 2016.
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Format: Comma separated values (CSV).
Conventions: Percentages are rounded to 0.1%.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Higher education
- Publication
- LEO Graduate outcomes provider level data
- Release
- Tax year 2021-22
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of providers with earnings data for male and female graduates
- Number of providers where female median earnings are higher than male median earnings
- Number of providers where female median earnings are equal to male median earnings
- Filters
- Subject area of study
- Time period
- 2021-22
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | subject_name | num_providers | num_mal_gtrearn | num_equal_earn | num_fem_gtrearn | pct_mal_gtrearn | pct_equal_earn | pct_fem_gtrearn | pct_fem_over15pctgtr | pct_fem_5to15pctgtr | pct_equal_within5pct | pct_mal_5to15pctgtr | pct_mal_over15pctgtr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Tax year | National | K03000001 | Great Britain | 1. Medicine and dentistry | 33 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 90.9 | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 69.7 |
| 202122 | Tax year | National | K03000001 | Great Britain | 2. Medical sciences | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.6 | 0 | 21.4 | 3.6 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 53.6 |
| 202122 | Tax year | National | K03000001 | Great Britain | 3. Languages and area studies | 33 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 81.8 | 6.1 | 12.1 | 3 | 0 | 30.3 | 15.2 | 51.5 |
| 202122 | Tax year | National | K03000001 | Great Britain | 4. Health and social care | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| 202122 | Tax year | National | K03000001 | Great Britain | 5. Business and management | 124 | 111 | 1 | 12 | 89.5 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 25.8 | 20.2 | 50 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| num_equal_earn | Number of providers where female median earnings are equal to male median earnings |
| num_fem_gtrearn | Number of providers where female median earnings are higher than male median earnings |
| num_mal_gtrearn | Number of providers where female median earnings are lower than male median earnings |
| num_providers | Number of providers with earnings data for male and female graduates |
| pct_equal_earn | Proportion of included providers where female median earnings are equal to male median earnings |
Footnotes
- All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
- For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
- Table 5 and Figure 5 each show proportions of providers with particular bandings of sex differences in earnings. Table 5 additionally shows the numbers of providers from which the proportions have been calculated.
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