Gender pay gap narrowing but women still earning average of $25,000 less

Women on average earn $25,534 less than men every year, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s latest gender pay gap report.

The gender pay gap for total remuneration dropped just 0.7 percentage points to 20.1 per cent in the year to March, according to the report.

Women’s average full-time base salary across all industries and occupations was 15 per cent, or $15,144 a year less than men’s.

The…