Women in retail are worse off than their male counterparts, according to a new report.
The inaugural Financy Women's Index has been released for March 2017, as part of International Women's Day.
The quarterly report, compiled by start-ups Financy and Data Digger, aims to reveal the economic progress of women in Australia.
While the retail and accommodation category was one of the higher employers of women, employing over one million women in full or part-time roles, it was also one of the lowest paying.
The average weekly earnings of a woman in retail trade was $1,370.30, compared to the average weekly earnings of $1,631.90 for men, revealing a wage disparity of 9.7%.
The report also showed that the number of women working full-time has still not broken the three million mark, with over 50% of women also enrolling in tertiary studies linked to industries with low wages growth.
Superannuation was also a focus, with the gap between the average superannuation balances of women and men widening by two percentage points over the past five years.