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Postgraduate salaries

  • There has been a significant drop in the remuneration of formal employees with postgraduate degrees (master’s and doctorates) since 20151
  • The decline occurred for both men and women between 2014 and 2021. For people with doctorates, the drop was higher among women (-24%) than among men (-22%). For people with master’s degrees, it was 21% among men and 19% among women
  • The graph below shows the difference in salaries between genders
  • In the case of master’s degrees, men earned between 36% and 38% more than women throughout the entire period. Among people with doctorates, the gap was lower (around 25%), but it increased steadily from 2017 onwards, reaching its highest value in 2021 (32%)
  • The graph below shows the salary difference between a person with a doctorate and a person with a master’s degree, for both men and women
  • For the total, the difference varied between 44% and 48% from 2011 to 2018, after which it began declining, until reaching its minimum (38%) in 2021
  • The difference was greater for women, varying between 54% and 59% until 2020 and reaching a minimum value of 47% in 2021
  • Among men, it was smaller, ranging between 31% and 37% until 2020 and then decreasing to 29% in 2021

Note (1) The data presented are derived from aggregates of all master’s and doctorate degrees. Source Masters and Doctors 2024, CGEE – (Accessed on: 07/08/2024). Prepared by the FAPESP, DPCTA, Planning, Studies, and Indicators Team – GIP

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