Women’s Earnings Gap Declines Even Further

Women’s average earnings, as a percentage of men’s, has declined to 65.1 per cent, down from the 66 per cent reported in The End of Equality.

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that women now earn an average of $312 a week less than men. In the three months to November 2003 the average weekly wage paid to men rose $14 to $894.60, while women’s rose by only $11 to $582.80.