B
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21.8%
21.8% -- gender pay gap for Australia national workforce (2026)
The national gender pay gap in Australia was 21.8% prior to dropping by 0.7 percentage points to 21.1%.
- 21.8% represents the prior baseline period before dropping to 21.1% in the latest data
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21.8%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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95
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
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Tier A
https://aquent.com.au/blog/hiring-in-australia-5-trends-redefining-our-job-market/ ↗
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Hiring in Australia: 5 trends redefining our job market
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Workplace Gender Equality Agency
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Workplace Gender Equality Agency latest data
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Australia national workforce: 21.8% gender pay gap. Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/australia-national-gender-pay-gap-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/australia-national-gender-pay-gap-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>21.8%</strong> -- gender pay gap for Australia national workforce<br><small>Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/australia-national-gender-pay-gap-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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