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'Reality Check' for Workplaces on Gender Pay Gaps

The national gender pay gap narrowed to 11.2% in 2024-25, but senior roles and male-dominated sectors like construction still show large disparities, WGEA data reveals.

  • Last year's WGEA data show the gender pay gap is 11.2 per cent, down 0.9 points, with most employers reducing their gaps.
  • Because more women moved into managerial roles and lower-paid wages rose, lower-paid workers saw pay growth of 4.3 per cent in the lowest quartile and 4.5 per cent in the lower-middle quartile.
  • In construction only one in 10 top-quartile workers are women, and half of private sector employers pay men nearly 30 per cent more in bonuses and overtime.
  • Despite progress, only one-quarter of employers with more than 100 staff ran comprehensive pay-gap analyses, while 22.5 per cent met WGEA targets in 2024–25, the agency found.
  • The dataset spans more than 10,500 employers and affects almost 5.9 million workers, and for the first time WGEA released gaps for 126 Commonwealth public sector employers, noting some major Australian brands slipped backwards.
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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