Gender pay gap in Australian public service more than 13%, study finds
by Sharlotte Thou from World news | The Guardian on (#6NMNS)
It compares with 21.7% in the private sector which WGEA report says is due to more flexible working practice and more full-time work
For every dollar a male federal public servant makes, his female counterpart makes 86c, data reported for the first time by the government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reveals.
An analysis of data reported by 116 commonwealth public sector employers found the public sector's gender pay gap was 13.5% in 2022, which was roughly two-thirds that of the private sector's pay gap (21.7%).
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