VPS report shows loss at the top
The latest State of the Victorian Public Service (VPS) report has been released, detailed a range of interesting facts and stats about state-level bureaucrats.
It shows that while well-educated women now make up a full two-thirds of the public sector workforce, but are still outnumbered at the top levels.
The proportion of women in the public sector is up from 65.7 per cent in June 2006 to 67.1 per cent in June 2014, compared to just 46 per cent of the overall Victorian workforce.
However, women continue to be less represented in the highest paid roles. The report shows men outnumber women two to one in the $125,000 and over salary range.
Despite this, proportion of female public servants paid above the executive salary threshold has increased from 33.3 per cent in June 2006 to 39.8 per cent in June 2014.
As at June 2014, the Victorian public sector employed 265,223 people, or 8.7 per cent of the state's labour force.