Pay imbalances accelerate for Australian women once they hit their mid-30s, as a landmark report shows the country has made scant progress on workplace gender equality in the last decade.

An index developed by researchers at Sydney University shows women were still more likely to carry a bigger domestic work load and to be working below their skill level, despite the figures showing a 3-point improvement in the index from 2014 to 2024.

On its scale from 0 to 100 (with 100 indicating total equality), Australia was still 17 points away from achieving perfect gender equality at work. It is the first comprehensive, national snapshot of the problem over a period of 10 years – and the first of its kind globally.

The research team, led by professors Elizabeth Hill and Rae Cooper, gave Australi

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