Female travel professionals accounted for 67% of all new travel placements during the first four months of 2017 but took home less pay than male employees at a number of corporate levels across the sector.
According to research carried out by C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment, women starting new executive roles had an average pay packet of £47,571 - 7.56% less than the typical male executive who pockets £51,167.
Meanwhile women earned 1.54% less than men in senior travel roles paying between £30,000 and £39,999 and 3.21% lower than males counterparts while carrying out mid-level travel positions paying between £22,000 and £29,999.
