Slight narrowing of pay gap

Sweden

The annual report on wage developments from the LO confederation notes that on average women's pay increased by 3.0% in 2005 compared to 2.6% for men. It said, however, there is still a long way to go before there is pay equality with blue collar women earning around SEK 2700 (€290) a month less than blue collar men. Overall blue collar workers saw pay rise by 2.5% in 2005 compared to 3.0% for white collar workers so both enjoyed real pay increases of over 2.0% as inflation was only 0.4%.
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