Women's participation in the labor market has increased, but wage inequality persists. The 3rd Salary Transparency and Remuneration Criteria Report, released this Monday (7), indicates that women earn 20.9% less than men in 53,014 establishments with 100 or more employees. The figures are part of the 2024 Annual Social Information Report (RAIS). A total of 19 million employment relationships were analyzed, 1 million more than in the 2023 RAIS. In the first report, inequality was 19.4%, and in the second, 20.7%. 

In terms of average pay, men earn R$4,745.53, while women  earn R$3,755.01. For Black women, the average salary is  R$2,864.39, an even greater difference compared to non-Black men—  whose average is R$6,033.15—when compared to previous reports. In  2024, they earned 47.5% of what non-Black men earned—in  2023, they earned 50.3%.

The figures are part of the 2024 Annual Social Information Report (RAIS). In the first report, released in March of last year, inequality was 19.4% . In the second, released in September, the figure rose to 20.7% . 

The survey, which considers 19 million workers in 53,014 companies with 100 or more employees, indicates that if women earned the same as men in the same role, R$95 billion would have entered the economy in 2024. 

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On the other hand, the research indicated that education is a potential path for women to achieve better salaries. In the highest salary bracket, 2.4% of workers with doctorates are women, while 2% are men. According to Luisa, although small, the difference should be analyzed in context, which shows that there are almost twice as many men in the highest salary bracket compared to women. This indicates that, to achieve high salaries, women need a higher level of qualifications than men. 

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Kátia believes that the historical context explains so many of the differences revealed by the research. "The fact that women entered the market later, had access to education later, and had primary responsibility for motherhood—all of this contributes to the slower career progression and the existence of these differences," she explains. 

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