The national gender pay gap – aka the difference in average earnings between women and men – has dropped to a record low of 13.3%, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) revealed yesterday. The pay gap was calculated from the latest official data, which found the average woman working full-time earned $1,653.60 a week while the average man earned $1,907.10. It means women pocket $13,182 less than their male counterparts a year. WGEA said while the latest results were a “trend in the right direction” after the pay gap stalled at 14.1% last year, there is more work to do. That’s also the conclusion of a landmark Sydney Uni study that found young professional Aussie women aged under 40yo reported they felt no safer or recognised in the workplace than they did pre-#MeToo.