A study of the Institute of socioeconomic researches (WSI) of the Hans-Böckler Stiftung (a foundation linked to German trade unions) conducted by surveying 60 000 salaried workers, shows that the difference between female and masculine wages remains high and is declining slowly. (Ref 06869)
According to the opinion poll of the WSI, the annual medium female wage in the manufacturing industry in 2005 was 33 909 euros, compared to 42 794 euros for men, that is to say 9000 euros less. In Eastern Länder, the difference is smaller : 6000 euros per year in favour of men. According to Rheinard Bispinck, researcher at theWSI, the biography of working women, that is to say a shorter work experience, more frequent career breaks and less qualifications, is not enough to explain this wage diff
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