Australian men raking in $25,500 a year MORE than their female counterparts

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Men take home $25,534 a year more than women on average despite a slight decrease in the gender pay gap.

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency's annual scorecard shows the difference in pay remains above 20 per cent after falling 0.7 points in 2019/20.

The gap continues to trend down from 23.1 per cent in 2015/16.

The agency's director Libby Lyons said there had been a worrying 6.1 percentage point drop in employers taking action on closing pay gaps.

Just over half of all employers who completed a gender pay gap analysis took action.

'This trend must not continue,' Ms Lyons wrote in the report.

'Experience tells us that when employers measure their data, identify their problem areas and take action to address it, the pay gap closes.'

Progress remains slow on women being

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