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Chart 6.4
WAGE QUOTIENT MEN/WOMEN BY SECTORS. 2022

Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Statistics.

wage ranks is production and distribution of electricity, gas and water, with wages 52% above
the average, followed by extraterritorial bodies with wages 22% above the average, and public
administration which pays 21% more. Among the branches with below-average wages, note that
commerce and hotels and catering, which employ a large percentage of employees (33.7% of total 51
employees), improved their relative positions, although their wages are still 13% and 25% below
the average, respectively.

Finally, in relation to the breakdown of wages by gender, the average wages of women, according
to CASS data, are still below the average wages of men (€2,020 vs €2,579), with the gap narrowing
in 2022 to 27.6%. This is a structural circumstance in all sectors, with the sole exception of
extraterritorial bodies, where women’s wages
The financial sector and exceed those of men, although this branch is
real estate activities present insignificant within Andorran employment.
the widest gender pay gaps. The greatest differences are still found in the

financial sector, where men’s average wages
are 72% higher than women’s; in real estate activities and business services, where they are 46%
higher, and in health and veterinary services (+34%). These figures highlight the fact that men
mostly occupy the higher-level jobs in these sectors. On the other hand, the smallest differences
are in education, household domestic staff and public administration, where men’s average wages
are 13%-9% higher than women’s.

The gender pay gap is also reflected in the Workforce Survey, which indicates that women
employees earn €1,988 gross per month on average, whereas men earn €2,463 gross. This figure Andorran economy: general developments | VI. Prices and costs
means that women earn 19.3% less, more significant than in 2021 (-18.8%), although this gap is
smaller than in the CASS data. One of the main reasons for these inequalities is that there are
more women than men working part-time and in lower-paid sectors.