Data dictionary - Median gross income gap - Employment and financial security - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Attributes

Outcome area	Employment and financial security
Priority	Economic independence
Measure	Gap in median gross income for people with disability aged 15–64 years compared with people without disability.
Most recent data	2022
Baseline data	2018
Population	People aged 15–64 living in households.
Numerator	Total weekly income of people (with and without disability) aged 15–64.
Computation description	Total weekly income is calculated excluding people whose income was 'Not stated' or 'Amount not known'. The income gap is calculated by subtracting the median gross weekly income of people with disability aged 15–64 living in households from the median gross weekly income of people without disability aged 15–64 living in households. Expressed in Australian Dollars.
Computation	Median (income without disability) – median (income with disability)
Notes	The ABS method for calculating median income has changed between 2022 and 2018 iterations, and is now consistent with the method used in other ABS household surveys. People with nil income are now included in the calculation. Data reported on this website for 2015 and 2018 have been re-calculated for consistency.

Source Name	Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)

Measure	Median gross income gap