Is there a gender pay gap in Australia?

Pay gap simply means the difference in the earnings made by men and the earnings made by women. The pay gap is something very common to many countries, and the reason for the difference between men's and women's earnings can be attributed to many things. In Australia, women do not receive equal wages as their men in the same workplace. Some people believe women should not be made equal by receiving the same wages.

Another reason is because, women do go for maternity leave to make them have a good time taking care of their babies. For example, according to WGEA's research, the pay gap in the financial and insurance services is about 26.5 percent, in health care and social assistance industries, it is about 25 percent, it is about 19% in art industries. In construction, it is about 15.1 percent. And it is found that women receive about $27,000 less than what their men receive yearly.