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Australia's gender pay gap was 11.3% as of October 2026. The difference between men’s and women’s full-time adult ordinary-time earnings, as a percentage of men’s earnings. Derived from ABS Average Weekly Earnings. It measures how far women’s pay trails men’s for full-time work. A persistent gap reflects differences in pay rates, roles and industries across the workforce. Data is sourced from Derived: ABS Average Weekly Earnings (Cat. 6302.0), full-time adult ordinary-time, male vs female and updated every six months.
The difference between men’s and women’s full-time adult ordinary-time earnings, as a percentage of men’s earnings. Derived from ABS Average Weekly Earnings.
It measures how far women’s pay trails men’s for full-time work. A persistent gap reflects differences in pay rates, roles and industries across the workforce.
Lower is better
Source: Derived: ABS Average Weekly Earnings (Cat. 6302.0), full-time adult ordinary-time, male vs female
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Derived: ABS Average Weekly Earnings (Cat. 6302.0), full-time adult ordinary-time, male vs female), updated every six months. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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