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Woman lawyers lag males by 30% on pay

Female City lawyers are earning 30% less on average than their male counterparts, research claimed today.

The average woman lawyer earns £86,890 while the average man gets £124,366. John Lacey, chief executive of Longbridge Search & Selection, which carried out the research, said: "The gender pay gap in the law is worse than the City average."

In contrast, a woman working in auditing and accountancy earns only 5% less than the average man. Lacey added that part of the reason female lawyers earn less may be because many women quit their jobs before their mid-thirties.

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