Men take this with a pinch of salt! Initial salary of women higher than men in IT sector

Although IT sector in India is being dominated by men, but when it comes to initial salaries, women earn more than their male counterparts. However, the same is not applicable to other industry sectors.
According to 'Salary Survey 2015' by iimjobs, women (Rs 9.8 lakh per annum) earn more than males (Rs 9.5 LPA) in Delhi with experience between 0-3 years. However, as the experience increases, say more than 4 years, men start earning more than women.

Both men and women begin with equal salary in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. However, when the experience increases men more or less overtake women, it said.

Further, Hyderabad is another city where women earn more (Rs 9.7 LPA) than their male counterparts (Rs 9.4 LPA) with experience between 0-3 years, which becomes equal at Rs 17.7 LPA when the experience increases to 7-10 years, as per the survey by the online recruitment platform for management positions in India.

"The survey gives an in-depth insight into salaries of working professionals across various job sectors in all Indian metropolitan cities, a vital information for both employees and employers. It gives a macro view of the salary trends across different cities and is valuable to those who would like to benchmark their salaries vis-a-vis their peers in the industry," iimjobs founder Tarun Matta said.

The survey was administered on about one lakh registered users on the online portal.

Interestingly, the rule is not the same when it comes to Accounting and Taxation sectors. The pay gap between both genders is huge with men earning almost double than women in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

While there is more than 50% increase in salary of men with experience between 7 and 10 years compared to that of women in Delhi. In Mumbai, men earn Rs 54.7 LPA (11-15 years experience) opposed to Rs 22.5 LPA earned by their female counterparts.

Similarly, in the ITES-BPO and Customer Service, the pay gap is huge with men earning 45.5% more than women with over 15 years of experience in Bangalore.

In Delhi too, there is disparity as women earn Rs 17.6 LPA with experience of 11-15 years, while men get Rs 38.6 LPA with similar work experience.

Both the genders earn almost in similar range in starting salary, in the banking and finance sector, in Hyderabad. However, in Chennai the initial salary of women is more than men in the sector.

In Human Resource sector, men with over 15 years of experience earn almost 1.5 times more than women.

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