the mining gender pay gap: remuneration check for companies
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The Mining Gender Pay Gap: Remuneration Check for Companies. Respondents to the 2007 AusIMM Employment and Remuneration Survey were asked to rank their level of responsibility, where Level 1 was graduate level and Level 5 was senior management. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies
• Respondents to the 2007 AusIMM Employment and Remuneration Survey were asked to rank their level of responsibility, where Level 1 was graduate level and Level 5 was senior management.
• Average annual base salary at each level of responsibility was calculated for male and female respondents
Male Female
Level nAverage annual
base salary nAverage annual
base salary % Gap
Level 1 46 $66,953 31 $68,296 -1%
Level 2 62 $89,414 20 $75,680 15%
Level 3 245 $113,588 45 $96,111 15%
Level 4 495 $142,928 32 $115,464 19%
Level 5 459 $201,992 13 $154,864 23%
Overall 1307 $154,094 141 $96,605 37%
Table 1 – Average annual base salary by gender
The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies
Male Female
Level n
Approximateaverage pay
per hour n
Approximateaverage pay
per hour % Gap
Level 1 46 $26 31 $28 -7%
Level 2 62 $34 20 $32 5%
Level 3 245 $45 45 $39 13%
Level 4 495 $56 32 $46 17%
Level 5 459 $73 13 $58 20%
Overall 1307 $58 141 $39 32%
• Because males tend to work more hours than females, an approximate pay per hour variable was created based on the formula (Annual base salary)/(hours per week*52).
• Controlling for hours worked, males still tend to earn more than females at every level with the exception of level 1
Table 1 –Approximate average pay per hour by gender
The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies
Gender Pay Gap
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The Mining Gender Pay Gap:Remuneration Check for Companies
AusIMM Remuneration survey ‘07• Females on significantly less- table 1• Females work on average less hours than men, but it is still
less when adjusted and put into hourly rates- table 2• No significance site, city or FIFO according to survey
Questions for Companies• Check a sample of mining engineers, geologists and
metallurgists, all levels • If it is different and it is valid, find out the reasons• If there is no difference – can we know?• If there is found to be a difference and it is fixed. Can you let
us know it is fixed?• Can you let us know the strategies that were implemented to
achieve this so that we can promote amongst our membership?
Additional Info
• The full survey report is available from The AusIMM online bookshop and is free to members. Go to: http://www.shop.ausimm.com.au/index_shop.php
• Contact the Women in Mining Network at [email protected] or go to http://www.ausimm.com.au/main/policy/wimnet.php