Employer Gender Pay Gap Technical Guide

The Employer Gender Pay Gap Technical Guide explains how WGEA calculates and presents employer gender pay gap data.

This guide gives a detailed explanation of:

  • how employers format and prepare their remuneration data for the annual Gender Equality Reporting
  • the data included and excluded in the employer reports
  • how WGEA uses this information to calculate average and median gender pay gaps
  • how WGEA calculates gender composition and average remuneration per pay quartiles.

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Use this guide to identify the drivers of your organisation's gender pay gap.

Use the WGEA Data Explorer to gain deeper insights into gender equality performance and outcomes and compare results across employers and industries. 

Read about the 2023-24 gender pay gaps of 7,800 private sector employers and 1,700 corporate groups.