According to Eurostat, women’s gross hourly pay is on average 11.1% lower than men’s, meaning that for every €100 earned by a man in the bloc, a woman earns only €88.9, Euronews reports.

When translated into annual income, the gap becomes even more noticeable: according to estimates by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), also based on Eurostat data, the average woman in the EU earns almost €3,900 less per year than men.

This means that the 92.5 million women working in the EU collectively lose more than €358 billion a year.

Luxembourg is the only country in the EU where women earn more than men, receiving about €474 more per year.

According to 2025 data, the average working woman loses more than €5,000 per year in Finland (€7,592), Austria (€6,854), Germany (€6,049), and Sweden (€5,116).

Annual losses also exceed the European average (€3,881) in Estonia (€4,967), France (€4,536), the Czech Republic (€4,499), and Ireland (€4,129) — in all of these countries they surpass the €4,000 mark.