Recent data from CBS reveals that Dutch women earn on average 12% less per hour than men, with a persistent unexplained wage gap of 6% even after accounting for job types and sectors. While this gap is gradually decreasing over the years, Bloomberg predicts that if current trends continue, equal earnings between genders in the EU won’t be achieved until 2086. Additional benefits such as company cars and profit sharing further widen the wage disparity, indicating systemic inequities in remuneration practices across sectors.