According to latest stats gender earn still under a tax
WOMEN in just 6 per cent of all occupations earn an average taxable income that is higher than men, new Australian Taxation Office statistics have found.
New figures released from the 2016-17 financial year found from about 1100 occupations females have an average income that is more than men in just 72 jobs.
This includes authors, future traders, magistrates, professional surfers and illustrators.
And it appears workers are seeing their pay packets go backwards – the average taxable income nationally in 2016-17 was $59,014. It fell from 2015-16 where the average income was $59,215.
The data was collated from more than 16.5 million tax returns filed during the 2016-17 financial year from 13.9 million individuals, 970,000 from companies as well as super funds, partnerships and trusts.
And those in the medical industry continued to dominate with the highest salaries – surgeons earned on average $394,000 annually, followed by anaesthetists at $367,000 and internal medicine specialists at $299,000.
The ATO’s deputy commissioners of policy, analysis and legislation, Louise Clarke, said despite men coming out the biggest income earners in many categories women still got paid well in many professions.
“There will still be women that are high income earners in other categories,” he said.
But she also said, “There’s still a large percentage of women in occupations such as teachers, nurses and childcare workers who seem to have a lower average taxable income.”
The results also showed Australians have become more generous at donating – total donations increased from $2.8 billion in the 2015-16 financial year, to $3.5 billion in the 2016-17 financial year.