If you’re a Māori or Pacific woman working in Aotearoa New Zealand, you’re likely to be paid almost a quarter less than your European male colleagues.
New AUT research shows gender and ethnic pay gaps at the industry level in New Zealand for the first time – and the findings are sobering.
Commissioned by the Ministry for Women, AUT’s NZ Policy Research Institute (NZPRI) has released the report, Gender and ethnic gay gaps: an industry-level portrait of Aotearoa. In addition to examining industry pay gaps, the research looked at workforce representation within industries and what factors are contributing to the pay gaps. This included analysis of what could be explained by differences in education levels, occupation, and what proportion of gaps is “unexplained”.
The research is brought to life through an interactive dashboard (see below) that allows users to clearly see the extent of the pay gaps within specific industries over a seven-year period.
Key findings include:
NZPRI Director and AUT Professor of Economics Gail Pacheco says the report sheds new light on pay gaps. “The report and dashboard provide workers and firms the ability to assess gender and ethnic pay gaps within their industry and therefore compare themselves to the industry, as well as national average.”
Read the report: Gender and ethnic pay gaps: an industry-level portrait of Aotearoa
Engage with the interactive dashboard: https://nzpri.shinyapps.io/nzpri_paygap_dasboard/