Equal Pay Day

This Gender Pay Day, employers must take action for their own good

MEDIA RELEASE: Doing the bare minimum for gender equality doesn’t add up on Equal Pay Day

MEDIA RELEASE: New ‘Equal Pay Day’ campaign says the gender pay gap just doesn’t add up

Equal Pay Day 2024

Equal Pay Day 2023: Call for employers to eliminate the barriers for women in the workplace

MEDIA RELEASE: What's Missing Matters on 2023 Equal Pay Day

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has announced that Equal Pay Day for 2023 will be August 25, with women in Australia working for 56 days after the end of the financial year to make up the difference caused by the gender pay gap.

WGEA Equal Pay Day Countdown Clock

Equal Pay Day 2023

60 days on and Australian women have caught up to men on Equal Pay Day

Monday, August 29, marks the 60 extra days after the end of the financial year that Australian women must work, on average, to earn the same annual salary earned by men.

Hard choices on necessities for Australian women as gender pay gap persists

The new national gender pay gap is 14.1 per cent, which is an increase of 0.3 per cent over the last 6 months.

Today’s average weekly earnings data, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), shows that men are earning an average of $263.90 more than women a week.