Unless otherwise stated, measurement is from 1 July 2024. Group pay gaps are calculated as the difference between the average salary for a group and the average salary of all those not in that group, expressed as a percentage of the average salary of those not in that group.
For female pay gaps by ethnicity, the comparator group is males from all ethnicities – calculated as the difference between the average pay for all men and the average pay for women of the ethnic group, expressed as a percentage of the average pay for men.
The percentage of our people who have declared their ethnicity is 85.4% as at July 2024 (3,973 compared to 664 who have not declared their ethnicity). There are 194 ethnicities that an individual may select, and these are categorised into Asian, European, Māori, MELAA, Pacific peoples, other ethnicities, and did not declare.
Disabled people and members of Rainbow communities
Our representation and pay gap data about disabled and Rainbow employees at Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake is limited. We gather information about new starters, including if they self-identify as having a disability but declaring this information is not compulsory.
We can use Te Taunaki Public Service Census data to help us form insights about representation of these groups. As this survey is confidential, it is likely to have an increased uptake, and therefore provide us with more robust data.