At June 2024, for non-casual public sector employees (including executives) the:
The gender pay gap favours men across most occupations and increases with age.
Overall, while more women are employed in each pay group, a higher proportion of men are in the higher pay groups compared to women.
At June 2024, for non-casual VPS employees (including executives) the:
The mean gender pay gap in the VPS is driven by a higher proportion of men in the higher pay groups compared to women.
The median gender pay gap varies by industry group.
In 2024, the median gender pay gaps were:
There are over 100 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.
Executive remuneration is set by the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal. See data, facts and visuals on executive remuneration, pay bands and the gender pay gap.
We use the gender pay gap (difference in pay between women and men) as one measure of workplace gender equality.
We report the average (mean) and median (middle point) gender pay gap in line with reporting from the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector (CGEPS).
Our calculations may be different from CGEPS because we don't include pay data from universities and local council employees.
We work out the gender pay gap using:
We currently report the overall gender pay gap in a binary way (between men and women). This is because the number of employees who self-described their gender identity is too small for robust analysis.
To work out the median pay gap for the overall public sector workforce we:
The same approach is used to work out the mean pay gap using the average (mean) full-time equivalent pay for men and women.
The distribution of men and women across salary ranges varies across industries.
The chart below shows a breakdown of gender distribution across $20,000 salary ranges.
The chart below shows the average (mean) gender pay gap across VPS grades.
A positive number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of men. A negative number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of women.
The higher VPS grades have a gender pay gap in favour of men, whereas lower VPS grades have a gender pay gap in favour of women.
The chart below shows the median (middle point) gender pay gap for different occupation groups.
A positive number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of men. A negative number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of women.
The chart below shows the median (middle point) pay gap for different age groups.
A positive number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of men. A negative number indicates a gender pay gap in favour of women.