Gender pay gap wider for managers than other job types

Male managers earn almost 20 per cent more per hour than their female counterparts, statistics show. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

The hourly gender pay gap is wider for Australian managers than for professionals, labourers and other classes of workers.

Men in management roles were earning almost 20 per cent more than their female counterparts based on average earnings each hour charted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.