00:00Are women overtaking men in cultural employment in the EU?
00:08Between 2015 and 2024, the EU gender gap in cultural employment dropped from 6.4 percentage points to 0.8 percentage points in 2024.
00:19This marks the lowest gender gap in cultural employment in the last decade.
00:24In 2024, the share of women in cultural employment exceeded that of men in 16 EU countries, especially in Latvia and Estonia.
00:33By contrast, in 11 EU countries, the share of cultural employment was higher for men, with the highest shares being recorded in Spain and Italy.
00:42Greece, Romania and Austria saw almost no gender gap in cultural employment.
00:46Although the gender gap in cultural employment has narrowed significantly, this balance is still not reflected in earnings.
00:52In 2022, men's gross hourly earnings in cultural employment were, on average, 13.5% above those of women in the EU.
01:03The most unbalanced sector was the printing and reproduction of recorded media, with 25.9% of women being on low wages compared with 12.4% of men.
01:14This category was followed by motion picture, video and television program production, sound recording and music publishing activities.
01:22Here, 23% of women are on low wages, while this figure was 15.1% for men.
