A flagship Index to track the state of gender equality in workplaces in Australia and the world, with the goal of catalysing change. It offers a comprehensive, national and longitudinal snapshot of gender equality at work. Assessing the gender gap across seven key dimensions, it tracks the current state of gender equality at work and measures changes over time.

The Index is diagnostic, providing insights for policymakers, employers and the community on progress, and highlights areas requiring urgent action to address the root causes of inequality. The Index has seven dimensions that show how Australia is performing on gender equality in participation, pay, hours, security, stratification, segmentation and safety. 

These data-informed insights provide important information for policymakers on where additional investment and innovation is needed and is most likely to deliver the biggest boost to productivity and performance.

Key findings

• The 2025 Index is 83, showing Australia is still 17 points from equality.
• Gender equality at work has improved by 3 points since 2014, driven by gains across most dimensions but held back by rising inequality in safety at work.
• Women and men are closer to equality in areas like participation, pay and security.
• Important inequalities remain in segregation, stratification, time and safety.

Dimension key findings

• Participation: women participate in the workforce at lower rates than men
• Pay: hourly pay is close to equality while total remuneration shows a large gender gap
• Hours: women carry the domestic work and parental leave load and work fewer hours
• Stratification: Women are working below their skill level and are less likely to be in the top job
• Segmentation: men and women are concentrated in different industries and occupations
• Security: women are more likely to work in insecure casual roles
• Safety: women are more likely to experience sexual harassment.