The Public Service Commission’s Kia Toipoto Public Service Action Plan 2021-2024 assists public service agencies and crown entities to close gender, Māori, Pacific, and ethnic pay gaps and create fairer workplaces for all.
The Ministry's gender pay gap data is not included in the public service workforce data as our workforce size does not meet the threshold required to produce meaningful high-level gender pay gap statistics (as per the Stats NZ organisational gender pay gap measurement guidelines). Therefore, this does not meet the required reliability and validity standards to release this information. Releasing this information could also identify individuals.
At our last measurements, our gender pay gap was –2.7% (2023) and -0.1% (2022) in favour of women.
Read our current Kia Toipoto and Papa Pounamu Plan to see our commitment to supporting all staff to achieve their full potential by fostering a work environment that is free from bias.