"Figure 15: Gender pay gap for median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) by age group, UK, April 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Employees on adult rates, pay unaffected by absence. 2. Figures represent the difference between men's and women's hourly earnings as a percentage of men's earnings. 3. Full-time defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). 4. 2016 data are provisional. " "Unit","%" "","" "Age group","All employees","Full-time","Part-time" "16 to 17","0.0","12.1","2.8" "18 to 21","1.5","3.1","0.0" "22 to 29","6.8","0.8","-0.1" "30 to 39","11.9","1.5","-8.1" "40 to 49","25.0","13.4","1.6" "50 to 59","25.5","16.3","6.4" "60 and over","20.4","13.9","9.6"