The latest annual statistics from the Tax Office reveal the gender pay gap remains very real and spans almost every occupation.

The annual tax statistics provide a plethora of data for researchers – every question posed on a return is measured and calculated.

Among photographers, for instance, there were 27 women in the top tax bracket compared with 85 men.

We know that the highest paying occupation is “diagnostic and interventional radiologist” with an average salary of $383,218, while the occupation with the highest total income (i.e. including all non-salary income) is that of a neurosurgeon, with an average income of $705,327.

The great thing about the annual tax stats is the numbers cut through all the guff. It records how much you earn over the year.

That is the crucial thing. If two people are both on $50 an hour, but one person gets 38 hours a week while the other gets 20 hours, no one is saying they are on the same income. Or, if two people both work as footballers (average salary $183,038), but one earns $50,000 in the year while the other makes $150,000, no one is saying they earn the same just because they have the same occupation,

This is vital because the statistics provide us with average and median salaries across the 1101........

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