A snapshot of women working in the Australian technology industry.

1. 46.2%
Lack of career
advancement
Better pay &
conditions
Better work/life
balance
Increased
challenges
40.5% 38.0% 32.8%
of the STEM qualified
population
WOMEN IN TECH
A SNAPSHOT
WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA ARE:
THE BREAKDOWN
Top reasons women leave tech:
Tech Avg Wage for
Women in 2018
The gender
pay gap fell
3% in
startups from
2017 to 2018
Here are some facts and figures on women in the
Australian tech industry
Women represent 28%
of the ICT workforce in
Australia
of the population of the workforce
47.4% 17%50.2%
$65,100 AUD
Tech Avg Wage in 2018
$81,371 AUD
In the US, women
CIOs represent a
higher % than
women CEOs or
CFOs
Presented by
In 2019, 33 Fortune
500 companies had
women CEOs
FORTUNE
500...up from 24 women in 2018
53.8%
46.2%
60%
40%
62%
38%
68%
32%
THE GOOD NEWS?
Source: https://countrymeters.info/en/Australia
Source: https://wgea.gov.au/data/fact-sheets/gender-workplace-statistics-at-a-glance
Source: https://www.industry.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-04/advancing-women-in-stem.pdf
Source: Source: http://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/professional-women/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2019/02/Techs-woman-
problem-more-than-just-a-supply-issue.pdf
Source: https://www.honeypot.io/women-in-tech-2018/
Source: https://fortune.com/2019/05/16/fortune-500-female-ceos/
Source: https://www.cio.com/article/3267945/deloitte-report-has-some-good-news-about-women-in-technology.html