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Gender pay gap shrinks during COVID recovery as low-paid men regain employment – ABC News
The latest official figures show the gender pay gap is narrowing, but full-time men are still hundreds of dollars a week better-off than their female counterparts….
Women still earn less than their male counterparts, but the gap is shrinking.
Key points:
- Full-time male workers earned an average of $1,804.20 a week compared with $1,562 for women
- The gap has narrowed by 0.6 percentage points
- The ABS and WGEA say the falling gap is due to more lower paid men regaining jobs in the second half of the year
The latest snapshot of Australian’s pay by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows the wage gap has dropped 0.6 per cent, to 13.4 per cent.
On average, women…
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