Australia’s Top Female Executives Make $103,000 Less Than Men
- Gender pay gap sits at 21.8% with executive pay now included
- Women only earn 78 cents for every dollar Australian men make
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Australia’s top female business chiefs are earning A$158,632 ($103,340) less per year than their male counterparts, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, with the overall pay disparity between men and women nationally sitting at 21.8%.
Including executive salaries in its data for the first time, the WGEA announced on Wednesday that Australia’s gender pay gap had risen from 21.7% a year earlier, meaning women earned 78 cents for every dollar paid to a man. That equates to women on average receiving A$28,425 less each year.