Gender wage gap persists in Andalucía for women: 26 per cent less pay
Latest report from the CCOO trade union reveals the gender pay gap is nearly 26 per cent for a region where salaries are also much lower than elsewhere in Spain ·
JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA
Seville
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 11:07
The CCOO trade union for general workers in Andalucía presented its annual report on Monday on the working situation for women across the region. With ... International Women's Day, 8 March, on the horizon, their findings reveal data that the union considers "unacceptable" in this day and age, the prime example being that the wage gap suffered by working women across the region is now at 25.9 per cent, placing Andalucía in fifth position in the ranking of those regions with the largest gender wage gaps in Spain.
The CCOO's secretary for women, Yolanda Carrasco, stated that "despite a very slight improvement, inequality persists in the work setting in Andalucía", adding that "the biggest gender gap is in pensions, where the difference compared to men rises to 31.2 per cent, so this job insecurity translates into old-age poverty for women".
According to Carrasco, "the speed at which this situation is being rectified is insufficient, as the reduction in the pay gap over the last year has only been 0.4 per cent. Were it to continue at that pace, we wouldn't achieve equal salaries between women and men for two or three decades."
She also pointed out that "Andalucía has the second lowest wages in the country and, if we also suffer from this pay gap, then women are placed in living situations that border on poverty."
This union representative reflected on the causes of this gender pay gap, stating that "It's not a decision women make individually, but rather the result of an inequal distribution of caregiving responsibilities, a lack of shared responsibility and the weak implementation of equality plans."
Finally, Yolanda Carrasco asserted that "It cannot be allowed that, in 2026, gender continues to determine whether a person has a decent job or not, nor that being a woman in Andalucía means working more for less and with greater job insecurity."
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