The gender pay gap among larger Irish firms narrowed slightly last year, according to analysis from PwC Ireland.
Companies with 250 or more employees are obligated to report their gender pay gap each year, with 550 firms submitting details for 2023.
There was an average pay gap of 11.2% last year, compared to an average gap of 12.6% in 2022.
Despite the improvement the figure compares unfavourably to the national pay gap of 9.6%, as reported by the Central Statistics Office for 2022.
However it is better than the most recent figure for firms across the European Union, which stood at 12.7% in 2021 according to Eurostat.
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