A Monster Salary Index (MSI), on Tuesday, indicated there was a significant gender pay gap of 27 per cent in India where men earned a median gross hourly salary of Rs. 288.68 per hour while their female colleagues had to make do with just Rs. 207.85 per hour. It also said while 75 per cent employees were satisfied with their jobs, only 55 per cent were happy with their salaries, indicating how job satisfaction is not necessarily associated with satisfaction of salary. The latest MSI report of Monster India, a leading online career and recruitment solutions providers, covered eight different sectors: IT services; healthcare, caring services, social work; education, research; financial services, banking, insurance; transport, logistics, communication; construction and technical consultancy; manufacturing and legal and market consultancy, business activities. An analysis of the Indian job market showed the highest gender gap of 34.9 per cent in the manufacturing sector, while the lowest of 17.7 per cent was in BFSI and transport, logistics and communications.