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The gender pay gap is the difference in men’s and women’s earnings. On average and in the majority of industries, women earn less than men. As of November 2016, Tasmanian women earned $1,238.60 per week (based on average weekly earnings for full time adults). In contrast to this, Tasmanian men earned an average of $1,401.00 per week. This is a difference of $162.40 per week.
This difference in pay impacts the economic security of Tasmanian women throughout their life. It is quite an alarming story – but there are practical steps you can take to combat this problem. Keep reading for all the facts you need.
If we take a closer look at these statistics and consider variables such as which course was studied, employment experience and personal characteristics (such as language background or disability status); female graduates still earn 4.4 per cent less than their equivalent male counterparts in their first year after graduating university. This means in a situation where a man and a woman graduate from the same course and apply for similar jobs, if the man receives $50,000 in his first year, the woman would receive $47,800. That is a gap of $2,200.
Think about how this difference of $2,200 could snowball when you consider the additional barriers that occur at each stage of a woman’s life, such as:
Wrong! The gender pay gap has actually grown and on average, women are earning less compared to men now, than they were 20 years ago.
In 2006, Australia was ranked 12th in the Global Gender Gap Index when comparing the economic participation and opportunity for women. This declined to 42nd in 2016.
There are a number of ways that women and men can fight this inequality:
Some YouTube clips to get you thinking…
Sam and Steve - an Equal Pay Story
Visit a website
Australian Fair Work Ombudsman
Economic Security4Women : Pay equity
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Read a report
Australian Council of Trade Unions - The Gender Pay Gap: Over the life cycle 2016
Research and papers by The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Limited
WGEA Gender pay gap statistics
See the statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia – Latest release (Feb 2021)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Graduate Careers Australia’s annual Australian Graduate Survey GradStats