WGEA's 2024-25 Employer Gender Pay Gaps Report

Australia’s gender pay gap is narrowing but not nearly fast enough, and not evenly across industries.

The latest Employer Gender Pay Gaps Report 2024–25 from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) provides the most comprehensive picture yet of where progress is being made, where it is stalling, and where meaningful action is still required.

How are organisations performing?

Drawing on data from more than 10,500 employers covering nearly 5.9 million Australians, the report offers an unprecedented level of transparency into how organisations are performing on gender equality and what is driving the gaps that remain.

The findings reveal a complex story. While more than half of employers have reduced their gender pay gap over the past year, structural imbalances persist, particularly in higher-paying, male-dominated industries such as financial services, construction and mining.

Women remain overrepresented in lower-paid roles and underrepresented in top earning quartiles, reinforcing a gap that is as much about workforce composition as it is about pay.

What's working and what's not?

Crucially, the report goes beyond headline figures. It highlights the actions that are working, from targeted pay gap analysis to reviewing performance and remuneration structures, and identifies where employers are falling short.

With only a portion of organisations conducting comprehensive analysis or setting formal reduction targets, the opportunity for faster progress is clear.

For insurance professionals, these insights are directly relevant. As an industry deeply tied to risk, trust and long-term value, closing the gender pay gap is not just a social imperative, it is a commercial one.

Talent attraction, customer alignment and organisational resilience all depend on it.

Understand where your organisation stands, identify the drivers of your own gender pay gap, and take informed, practical steps toward building a more equitable and sustainable workforce.

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