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Occupational groups is a type of classification given to jobs which require similar skillsets and qualifications.

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The gender pay gap is 2.5% for employees under 24 years old and can continue to increase before possibly reaching 30.2% for employees ages 45-54

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$1,981.30 on average for men and $1,741.90 for women

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Language barriers

Educational differences

Migrants from English speaking countries earn more - Migrants from non-English speaking countries have difficulty finding jobs → lower incomes

If you have an Australian citizenship or if you are on a temporary visa

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on average, every $1 a man makes, a women earns 78c

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Across all employers, 50% have a gender pay gap of over 9.1%.

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Across all employers, 50% have a gender pay gap of over 9.1%.

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small wage gap in favour of women aged 17 years and under and women aged 18 to 20 years of 7.7% and 2.1% respectively in May 2021

relatively small gaps in favour of men aged 21 to 24 years (1.9%) and 25 to 34 years (3.9%).

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The Australian workforce is also becoming more age diverse.

Over the past 20 years, the proportion of workers over the age of 55 has doubled.

This is attributed to women re-entering the workforce at higher rates

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There can be many different reasons for the gap in pay depending on age groups. The common trend is that the younger an employee is, the lower their wage will be. This is why some firms (e.g. McDonalds) tend to hire younger staff with the same productivity levels as an older worker, as the firms pay them a lower minimum wage.

Over the past 20 years, the average working age has risen by 3.3 years (40.2 - 43.5) from 2002 to 2021

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In the labour market, people generally, receive greater rewards for working in occupations that require a

higher level of skill and a longer period of training.

• People will generally not spend time and money acquiring education and skills unless they are

confident that their occupation will either result in higher wages or provide some other benefit

such as a more satisfying job.

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Civil - average of $110,000 per year

Biologists - average of $100,000 per year

Architects - average of $90,000 per year

Economists - average of $115,000 per year

Team member at a culinary place - average of $64,000 per year

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The average annual salary for Doctor jobs in Australia ranges from $135,000 to $155,000.

The average annual salary for a Civil Construction Worker in Australia is around $60,000 to $70,000.

The wages for a Civil Construction worker is significantly less due to lower requirement of skill/qualifications.

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Australia’s national gender pay gap is 12 per cent.

As of November 2023, the full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings across all industries and occupations was $1982.80 for men and $1744.80 for women.

For every dollar on average men earned, women earned 88 cents. That's $238 less than men each week.

Over the course of a year, this difference adds up to $12,376.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have, on average, lower employment rates than other Australians, are underrepresented in leadership roles, and are paid less

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are more likely to be paid less than their male counterparts, as well as paid less, on average

Women and men from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are over-represented in low paid and insecure work, facing intersecting barriers to employment such as language barriers, social exclusion, and financial insecurity

audit of London public servants, released in March, found those from non-white backgrounds were earning up to 37 per cent less on average than their white peers.

University of Sydney, which found a “double jeopardy” of gender and ethnic background prevented certain women from reaching top leadership positions.

“only one in five culturally diverse women felt their workplace was free of cultural diversity or gender-based biases and stereotypes”.

It called on Australian businesses to consider creating targets for the number of culturally diverse staff in their organisation and to publicly report on their progress in meeting such targets.

Australia’s new race commissioner Chin Tan, who was this week grilled in a Senate estimates about One Nation’s controversial “it’s OK to be white” motion, acknowledged ”that comprehensive data on cultural diversity in the workplace was lacking.”

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The image is a graph showing the distribution of weekly total cash earnings, split by gender. Starting with under $200, the number of employees in each earning bracket increases, then peaks at $1000 to under $1200 bracket, with a high count of females for each income bracket. The count of employees tapers off after this, but there is a higher count of males in each bracket. There is a spike in the count of males earning $4000 and over, which is not mirrored for females. The graph also shows the mean and median weekly total cash earnings is higher for males than females.

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The $6205 a year pay gap between men and women public servants

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The $6205 a year pay gap between men and women public servants

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As wage rises in male-dominated industries such as transport outpaced those for nurses and teachers.

Men employed by the state government had a median salary 6.2 per cent – or $6205 – higher than the median salary for women, according to data tabled in state parliament this month.

The median salary for women in the public sector increased by 2.5 per cent to $94,568 between 2022 and 2023, only to be outpaced by male colleagues, whose median salary increased by 4.4 per cent to $100,773.

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As Australians get older, their weekly income tends to lower especially considering that the age bracket of 65-74 years old