Women techies earn 7% more than men on average, but male execs top salary charts: Coding Ninjas

• The average annual salary for women on Coding Ninja platform in 2022 is 7% higher than men.
  
• The highest salary for men was ₹1 crore, while that for women was ₹48 lakh.
  
• Women have shown increased interest in coding, consuming 1.6x more coding-related content in 2022 than in 2021.
  

According to Coding Ninjas, a leading online coding education platform for young professionals, the average annual salary for women in 2022 was 7% higher than men.

"Gender diversity and equality are critical to building a robust and inclusive tech industry. While it is encouraging to see progress in the average CTCs for women, we need to work harder to close the gender pay gap at the highest levels and improve women’s participation in coding roles at par with men," said Ankush Singla, co-founder and CEO, Coding Ninjas.

However, men still receive higher compensation packages, with the highest reported salary being ₹1 crore, while the highest reported salary for women is ₹48 lakh.

The data is based on Coding Ninjas' internal survey of salaries offered to its students, including recent graduates and experienced professionals.

Coding Ninjas is an online coding education platform that offers courses in programming, data structures and algorithms, machine learning,etc and has trained over 80,000 students and working professionals across India and other countries, including women, minorities, and underrepresented groups.

At Coding Ninjas, women make up 37% of the total user base. In 2022, women have demonstrated twice as much interest in coding as they did in the previous year, and they have consumed 1.6x more coding-related information and content per user than in 2021.

The data highlights the persistent gender pay gap in India's technology industry, despite progress in bridging the gap at the average total compensation level. The average compensation has remained flat from 2021 to 2022, primarily due to the volatile market conditions.