Women in leadership

• A target of 50% of the workforce, in leadership roles, equates to 2,072 employees.
• At March 2024, 53.79% of employees or 2,229 of employees that identified as women are in leadership positions.
• This group is 157 employees over the target.

• The gender pay gap in the Queensland public sector is 6.31%.
• This is lower than the gap for the Australian labour market of 13%.
• The gender pay gap on base salary decreased from 6.55% in June 2022 to 5.38% in June 2023.
• The gender pay gap on earnings reduced from 7.64% in June 2022 to 6.31% in June 2023.

Source: Queensland public sector, Gender pay equity dashboard 2023.

• Women are applying for SES roles in lower numbers than their male counterparts.
• Women represent almost 70% of the sector workforce, but account for approximately one-third of applicants for SES roles.

Source: Applicant pools for Senior Executive Service (SES) positions between 2019 and 2023. Applicant data was available for more than half of those processes.

While women comprised only around one-third of applicant pools, they had a higher rate of success in being appointed, with around 60% of appointments being women.

• 78% felt their manager or supervisor is committed to gender equity.
• 74% felt their senior manager is committed to gender equity.
• 69% felt their executive group is committed to gender equity.
• 76% felt they had the same access to career development opportunities as male colleagues.
• 74% felt they had the same access to promotion as male colleagues.
• 73% felt their professional opinions and insights were as likely to be supported as male colleagues.