This is slightly better than the 32% difference reported for 2007.
At the largest firms, the pay gap was 45% for 2008. Associates and assistants have the lowest pay gap, around 10%.
There was an 18% pay gap reported between Anglo-Saxon and ethnic minority solicitors.
The survey of 1,200 solicitors found that the genders work the same number of billable hours, but the men are paid more per hour.
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