Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2020.
For most visuals, we give you a break down in 3 ways:
At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2015 to June 2020.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
There are over 145 enterprise agreements that cover all non-executive employees in the Victorian public sector.
The agreements set employee pay, terms and conditions.
They differ based on industry group, employer and occupation.
Agreements are made under the Commonwealth Fair Work Act.
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We use the overall pay gap between women and men as a way to measure workplace gender equality.
Using the overall public sector workforce as an example, this is how we measure the pay gap:
So the pay gap for the public sector is 10.7%.
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The pay gap is a result of the distribution of women and men across pay bands and roles.
Pay quartile 1 is employees with salaries up to $70,578, made up of roles mostly filled by women such as:
Pay quartile 4 shows employees with salaries of $106,147 and above, made up of roles with more men than women, such as:
Like the overall public sector workforce, women are more likely than men to work in occupations classified at the lower half of the pay range.
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The pay gap at classifications 4, 5 and 6 has gone up.
This is because from 1 July 2019, VicRoads and Public Transport Victoria transferred into the Department of Transport and now use the Victorian Public Service pay classifications.
Former VicRoads employees retained the same pay entitlement as their previous enterprise agreement.
This entitlement has a higher maximum pay range than the equivalent Victorian Public Service pay classifications.
More men than women transferred at Victorian Public Service classifications 4, 5 and 6.
This meant the overall average salary for men went up more than the overall average salary for women at these classifications.
For the most up to date data on employee pay and gender pay, see our most recent release: 2021 employee pay and gender pay