"Gender salary gap over 12.6 per cent — SIGI", 2 August 2018

The number of Jordanians who had compulsory subscriptions at the Social Security Corporation (SSC) in 2017 totalled 1,053,251, where women constituted 27.6 per cent... the Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI) said... The institute highlighted a gap in the average salary between subscribed males and females, which stood at JD564 for men and JD493 for female, constituting a gender gap of 12.6 per cent... The average in the public sector stands at JD570 (JD601 among men and JD518 among women), while in the private sector, it stands at JD435 (JD452 for males and JD382 for females), SIGI noted. As for main job categories, the salary gap in the legislators and higher administration employees category stood at 37.7 per cent (JD1,416 for males and JD1,028 for females), in the specialist group marked 38.7 per cent (JD705 for males and JD508 for females)[.] In the services and shop vendors, the gap was in favour for females at 6.1 per cent (JD329 for females and JD309 for males). SIGI said that the salary gender gap causes millions of losses for women, which deprives them of enhancing their economic opportunities, and limits their capabilities to face economic hardships and future challenges.