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Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age

  • Written by Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with ageKaewmanee jiangsihui/Shutterstock

Australia’s gender pay gap has been shrinking year by year, but is still over 20% among Australia’s private companies, a new national report card shows.

But that gender gap is even bigger at 25% among chief executive officers, according to figures collected for the first time in 2023–24.

And the...

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