C&M reveals travel's gender pay split in 2024

LONDON - May 8, 2025 - PRLog --

• Travel industry's gender pay gap grows in 2024
• Gap mainly due to wide pay difference at top of industry
• Women awarded 66 per cent of all roles in travel
• But are paid 13.8 per cent less than men on average

Gender pay split

The gender pay gap in the travel industry widened in 2024, according to new research from C&M Travel Recruitment.

The typical female working in travel took home 13.83 per cent less than their male equivalent last year, compared to gaps of 11.15 per cent in 2023, 11.50 per cent in 2022, 6.48 per cent in 2021 and 14.15 per cent in 2019.

This meant that the gender pay gap totalled £5,238 in 2024 (up from £3,678 in 2023), with women earning an average of £35,245 while men received £40,483.

However, the gap can largely be attributed to the wide difference in pay for those earning the highest salaried jobs at the top of the travel industry.

The pay gap for roles paying up to £29,999 stood at 1.06 per cent in 2024 (with men earning £280 more on average than women), while the gap stood at 1.47 per cent for roles paying between £30,000 and £39,999 (with men outearning women by an average of £500).

For those in travel jobs paying between £40,000 and £59,999, there was a slightly smaller gap of 0.71 per cent with women earning £328 less than male counterparts.

However, the pay gap widened significantly for roles paying £60,000 or more, with men outearning women by 23.81 per cent, with the average man in this pay bracket taking home £83,227 compared to £65,521 for women.

Gender role split

The stats from C&M Travel Recruitment (http://www.candm.co.uk/) also show that females continued to be awarded the majority of new jobs in the travel industry in 2024 with a total of 66.1 per cent – slightly down from 68.3 per cent in 2023, 70.7 per cent in 2022 and 68.7 per cent in 2019.