Equal Pay Day is a powerful reminder that equal pay is still not a reality for many women in Australia.
Despite progress, there is still a clear gender pay gap in Australia.
The Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner released an insights report in July 2025 that looks at the public sector gender pay gap in 2023, compared to 2021.
Data shows that base salary and total remuneration gender pay gaps did not change in the two-year timeframe. The gap remains at around 14% for base salary, and 15% for total renumeration. This is an average difference of $15,746 in base salary, and $20,375 in total renumeration per year.
And the gap is even wider for First Nations women, women of colour and women with disability.
This year’s theme is ‘How does your employer measure up? When’s your Equal Pay Day?’
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian government agency responsible for promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. They have created this handy tool to work out the Equal Pay Day for your workplace. You can use it to compare industries, roles and equity data at: www.wgea.gov.au/pay-and-gender/equal-pay-day-2025
Women have been fighting for equality and effective action on the gender pay gap for many years – and it still doesn’t add up!
Our equal state: Victoria’s gender equality strategy and action plan 2023-27 is our roadmap for four years of action and investment in gender equality. Our strategy has a target to halve the gender pay gap in the Victorian public sector within 5 years.
Explore the Our equal state plan at: Our equal state: Victoria’s gender equality strategy and action plan 2023–2027