Female graduates earn less than their male counterparts “in all study areas” except agriculture, engineering and environmental science, a national graduate survey has revealed.
The median salary for female graduates is higher than for male graduates in those three areas, but the salary gap favours men in all other areas and sometimes exceeds $10,000.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching 2018 report says that overall, women earn less than men “both immediately upon graduation and three years following graduation”.
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