By Christopher Van Mossevelde

Compared to men, women around the world anticipate less in annual earnings. In the 16 countries where Universum conducted its research, and based on the answers of 224,542 university students, female graduates’ salary expectations are generally below that of men’s. In Austria, female graduates’ salary indications were on average 21 per cent less than their male counterparts. In Italy, it was 20 per cent less, and in Poland and Germany, it was respectively16 per cent less. Austria is the country where the ‘gender pay gap’ can be considered the highest, followed by the other above mentioned countries. Where the differences were smallest, however, were in the Netherlands and Sweden (seven per cent), Norway (five per cent) and the UK (four per cent). The results do not represent current salary levels, yet are an indication of what graduates expect to earn in their first job after graduation. More importantly, the results emphasise that the ‘gender pay gap’ begins with female graduates looking forward to earning less. Read the rest of this entry »

Student salary expectations from around the world

By Christopher Van Mossevelde

In a survey on career expectations, Universum asked 224,542 students in 16 countries what they expected to earn in their first job after their studies. The results show that Swiss students expect to earn the most (£48,092 per year), followed by the Danish (£43,134), Norwegians (£38,686) and Germans (£34,171). Read the rest of this entry »