Leadership 5 Things You Need To Know About The Gender Pay Gap The latest stats to help you brush up on your gender pay gap knowledge. By Laura Chung Published 31 August, 2018 Leadership 5 Things You Need To Know About The Gender Pay Gap The latest stats to help you brush up on your gender pay gap knowledge. By Laura Chung Published 31 August, 2018 Previous article 5 Ways To Improve Your Sleep Hygiene Next article 8 Things FW Is Loving Right Now It’s Equal Pay Day today, which marks the date the average Australian woman must work to make what the average man did the previous financial year. While this is the earliest date in 20 years, it still represents a 62 day pay gap. Progress is being made, but Equal Pay Day should be falling on June 30 every single year. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released new statistics on Australia’s gender pay gap. Arm yourself with five simple facts, and put them in your back pocket for the next encounter with a Gender Pay Gap Denier. 1 Below 15% Matters Australia’s full-time gender pay gap is 14.6 per cent. This is the first time it has dropped below 15 per cent in the last 20 years. 2 Each Week, It Matters Women earn, on average, $244.80 less than men per week. (That’s roughly $12,729.60 a year.) 3 Industries Matter The public administration and safety industry has the smallest pay gap of 5.8 per cent, while the highest is in the financial and insurance services at 26.6 per cent. 4 States And Territories Matter The state you live in could have a higher pay gap (or a lower one). So far, Tasmania and South Australia are superior. WA: 22.4 per cent Northern Territory: 20.5 per cent QLD: 17.3 per cent NSW: 13.7 per cent ACT: 13.1 per cent VIC: 12.2 per cent SA: 9.8 per cent TAS: 9.7 per cent. 5 Age Matters The average gender pay gap is smallest for those 20 and under, increases while employees are between 21-34 year old (remaining at those levels until employees reach 44 years old). The gap peaks at 20 per cent for women aged between 44 and 55. Best of Future Women Leadership Four ways to engage ethically with AI By Aubrey Blanche Leadership They “hunt, stalk and draw in” vulnerable girls By Odessa Blain Wellbeing Behind the mask: How to master anxiety in the workplace By Georgie Collinson Leadership How to outsmart your brain By Bethan Winn Wellbeing How Krystal Barter is changing healthcare By Melanie Dimmitt Wellbeing Domestic violence systems are failing children and young people: a message this National Child Protection Week By Conor Pall Leadership Conscious unbossing: How to lead beyond the ladder By Cherie Mylordis Leaders How this CEO stamps out passive-aggressive behaviours By FW Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
