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Report finds Indigenous workers paid less per hour in Australia
16%
Hourly pay gap between Indigenous workers and average Australian workers
A report by the University of Technology Sydney’s Centre for Indigenous People and Work and Indigenous Business Australia found that Indigenous workers earned less per hour on average than Australian workers. It attributed the remaining unexplained gap to possible structural factors including racial bias and discriminatory wage-setting legacies.
- Australia
- University of Technology Sydney
- Centre for Indigenous People and Work
- Indigenous Business Australia
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- 16%
Hourly pay gap between Indigenous workers and average Australian workers
“Indigenous workers are on average paid 16 per cent less per hour”
- 84cents per AUD
Indigenous workers’ earnings per dollar earned by Australian workers
“Indigenous workers earned 84 cents to every dollar earned by Australian workers on average”
- 19.5%
Hourly pay gap among professionals
“The largest hourly pay gap was recorded amongst professionals at 19.5 per cent”