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Men earn nearly $10,000 more than women in bonuses and overtime pay, fuelling the gender pay gap: new data

Written by Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra

Nobel Prize winning economist Claudia Goldin.

Men are earning on average A$9,753 more than women each year in the form of performance bonuses, allowances and overtime pay.

That’s according to the latest gender pay gap data released on Thursday by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. It covers more than 8,000 private companies for 2024–25, employing more than 5.4 million workers...

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