The WGEA’s Gender Equality Scorecard provides an annual update on the state of workplace gender equality in Australia.

It features the data and insights from WGEA’s annual Employer Census of private sector employers with 100 or more employees.

The 2022-23 WGEA Employer Census was the largest yet – capturing data from 5,135 employer reporting groups, covering 4,822,194 employees. Collecting data on employee composition and pay, as well as workplace policies and practices, the WGEA Employer Census delivers the most comprehensive dataset on workplace gender equality in the world.

The Gender Equality Scorecard sets out a unique record of progress on workplace gender equality. It highlights what employers have achieved, draws attention to areas requiring employer focus, improvement, and action, and creates a historical record to build on over time.

Key findings:

• The average total remuneration gender pay gap is 21.7%. This is a decrease of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year, showing that the gender pay gap is again on a downward trend after stalling between 2020-21 and 2021-22.
• More employers conducted a pay gap analysis and reported their pay equity metrics (including gender pay gaps) to their board or governing body.
• This year is the first time that the proportion of employees working in a predominantly single-gender industry has reduced to half the workforce, with the proportion of employees in mixed-gender industries reaching 50%.
• Of the 63% of employers offering some form of paid parental leave, 33% offer universally available paid parental leave – a 9 percentage point increase from last year.