As we look ahead to International Women's Day on 8 March – a day to celebrate women's achievements and advance gender equality – it's a moment to reflect on how far we've come and how far we still need to go.
Men in full-time work continue to earn more than women across every major occupation group, with a gender pay gap of 6.9% in 2025. By their late 50s, the average man has built up a pension pot almost twice the size of the average woman's, worth around £5,000 a year more.
