The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has published the gender pay gap results for all Australian businesses with over 100 employees for 2024-25, including North Melbourne.
The WGEA gender pay gap (GPG) metric is defined as the difference between the earnings for men and women, expressed as a percentage (%) of men’s earnings.
In 2024-25, the club’s average gender pay gap was 25.2%, down from 29.3% in the previous year.
This gap is largely driven by the difference in salaries between our male and female players. Removing the AFL and AFLW players from the data, the club’s average gender pay gap is 11.77%, down from 23.9% in 2023-24.
We are our proud of our efforts in reducing the gender pay gap at North Melbourne, however we know there is still more to do.
Our goal is to see annual improvement in our gender pay gap over the next five years, and to do this we need to attract more talented females to our club and continue to grow and develop the female talent pipeline for senior leadership and football roles.
We will continue to conduct yearly audits of our gender pay gap to address immediate concerns and ensure our gender pay gap is reducing year on year. We will also continue to provide development opportunities for women to access pathways with senior leadership and key football roles.
North Melbourne is committed to taking greater strides in building a future where women in sports are celebrated, supported, and rewarded in a way they deserve.
