Dublin City Council publishes Gender Pay Gap report for 2024 

Dublin City Council has today published its Gender Pay Gap Report for 2024.

The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of men and women across a workforce.

Employers with more than 150 employees in Ireland are required to publish their gender pay gap data.   

In the local government sector all employees are paid equally for work of equal value, therefore, the Gender Pay Gap is not concerned with equal pay, but looks at the percentage difference between average earnings of males and females irrespective of their role.  

In a statement, Dublin City Council said:

“The 2024 report shows a Mean Gender Pay Gap of 4.41% and a Median Gender Pay Gap of 3.31%. 

“This represents a slight reduction in the mean gender pay gap of 4.44% in 2023.  

“When the Mean Gender Pay Gap figure is negative, the average hourly rate of pay for females is higher than that of males; when the figure is positive the average hourly rate of pay for males is higher than that of females.  

“The median figure falls in the middle of a range where the salary of all relevant employees is listed.

“This figure may be impacted by a small number of higher paid employees or a large group of low earners.  

“It is important to consider both the mean and median figures as each one tells us something different about the factors contributing to the gender pay gap.  

“Factors which impact the gender pay gap include working patterns, occupational segregation, length of service, time of year, gender breakdown of both higher and lower paid roles.

“This report is generated from a snapshot date in June and some of these will impact this snapshot view.  

“Gender equality is a part of Dublin City Council’s broader commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

“Our gender pay gap data allows us to monitor trends over time, to identify where to focus our efforts, to improve the representation of women in our workforce and address workplace barriers.”  

Richard Shakespeare, Chief Executive said “As an employer Dublin City Council is committed to providing a culture of equality of opportunity for our employees, offering education and career development opportunities, work-life balance initiatives, wellbeing strategies and flexible and family friendly working arrangements.

“We will continue to work in this area to reduce the gap and to achieve genuine equality in the workplace, for all our employees.”  

The full report is available at Gender Pay Gap Information | Dublin City Council