A.5 Average Monthly Wages in the Apparel Industry, by Gender, and the Gender Wage Gap in Case Countries

TABLE A.5 Average Monthly Wages in the Apparel Industry, by Gender, and the Gender Wage Gap in Case Countries

Country, gender Bangladesh, female (Tk)a

Bangladesh, male (Tk)a

Cambodia, female (CR) Cambodia, male (CR) Average monthly wages, apparel Change, first to last year First year Last year (%) Years of data

Female-male wage gap, first and last year 5,996 10,084 68 2010–16 1.1 to 1.3 apparel 6,680 13,354 100 1.1 to 1.1 overall 212,938 323,300 52 2009–14 1.2 to 1.1 apparel 248,028 340,784 37 1.2 to 1.2 overall Egypt, Arab Rep., female (lE) 1,463 1,643 12 2009–15 1.2 to 1.3 apparel Egypt, Arab Rep., male (lE) 1,701 2,208 30 1.1 to 1.1 overall pakistan, female (pRs) pakistan, male (pRs) 1,898 6,908 264 2008–15 3.9 to 1.4 apparel 7,372 9,702 32 1.4 to 1.3 overall

Sri lanka, female (Sl Rs) Sri lanka, male (Sl Rs) 8,686 16,929 95 2008–15 1.6 to 1.5 apparel 14,045 24,642 75 1.2 to 1.2 overall

Turkey, female (TRy) Turkey, male (TRy) Vietnam, female (D) Vietnam, male (D) 615 662

784 793 8 2011–13 1.3 to 1.2 apparel 1 1.1 to 1.1 overall

1,548 2,707 75 2007–15 1.4 to 1.3 apparel 2,228 3,403 53 1.4 to 1.5 overall Average monthly wages, all industries, for last data year 11,112 12,123 316,033 387,053 2,017 2,425 10,426 13,321 21,531 25,348 978

1,064 1,869 2,881

Source: labor force survey data. Note: All wages are in local currencies. All countries based on International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Rev. 4 (ISIC4) classifications except for Sri lanka, which uses ISIC Rev. 3.1 codes. a. According to the World Bank’s Bangladesh Jobs Diagnostic (World Bank 2017, 48–9), average monthly wages in the garment sector increased from Tk 6,500 to Tk 9,200 (2010 and 2016), and monthly wages in nongarment manufacturing sector increased from Tk 7,200 to Tk 9,000. The 2010 Jobs Diagnostic data for the garment sector are like ours; the 2016 data are lower (but likely represent the full year, whereas ours do not). The Jobs Diagnostic results also show that wages increased more for apparel manufacturing than for nonapparel; however apparel wages were initially lower.