Law graduates have widest gender pay gap and lowest pay after six months
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Law graduates experience the highest gender pay gap and the lowest pay shortly after leaving university, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
According to new figures from the CIPD, 80 per cent of women with a law degree earn salaries of less than £30,000 within six months of leaving university, compared to 60 per cent of men.
The figures also show that two-thirds of law graduates enter the employment market in jobs paying less than £20,000 per year.
Around 93 per cent of law graduates earn less than £30,000 per year six months after leaving university, on par with language graduates.
However, The Brief reports that the figures do not take into account law graduates who go on to complete a year of postgraduate study.
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