Gender pay gaps at the ABC and SBS have been revealed for the first time through newly published data.
The wage data for the Commonwealth public sector, spanning 100 employers, found that while ABC was ahead of the national average it was still falling behind other news outlets, including SBS.
Men at the ABC were paid nearly 10% more than women, on median total remuneration.
In comparison to other news outlets and media companies, News Limited sits at 5.6%, Australian Associated Press is 5.8%, Network Ten 6.5% and The Age lands at 7%.
Faring worse were Nine’s 15.3%, Seven West Media at 11.5%, Radio 2GB at 12.7% and Win Corporation at 14%.
Conversely, The Guardian sits at a negative of -2.5%, a pay gap actually in favour of women and SBS’s was 1.9%.
These numbers demonstrate that Commonwealth public sector employers' pay gaps were still ahead of the private sector in a serious way, with 45% of all Commonwealth public sector employers having pay gaps that still fell within the target range (+/-5%), compared with 31% in the private sector.
Additionally, Australia Post, the tax office, the Reserve Bank and the federal police were all among those in the sector to have gender pay gap data published publicly for the first time.
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