Australia’s best-paid jobs are twice as likely to go to men as to women
South China Morning Post
by BloombergMarch 4, 2026
Men are almost twice as likely as women to be employed in the best-paid jobs in Australia, according to the country’s latest government gender gap report.
Male employees account for 64 per cent of roles in the nation’s upper quartile of compensation, jobs that have a total average annual pay of A$221,320 (US$155,000), the Workplace Gender Equality Agency said in a report on Tuesday.
Though female representation in the top category has increased slightly, women remain 1.4 times more likely than...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/4/2026