Fed: Wages rise revised down = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2000
Fed: Wages rise revised down = 2

The gap between male and female wages is widening.

Average full-time wage for males, excluding overtime, grew 1.2 per cent or $10.10 in
the three months to May to $833.90 a week.

While female wages grew at a slightly higher rate of 1.3 per cent in the quarter, the
rise was only $8.70 a week to $698.60.

Average full-time male wages grew 4.3 per cent for the year or $34.50 a week, while
average female wages grew only $28.40 a week or 4.2 per cent.

The figures had no immediate impact on the dollar, which has been trading at, or just
above US59 cents all morning.

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KEYWORD: WAGES 2 CANBERRA

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