Management as an occupation has become increasingly feminised in Australia over the last two decades. This article focuses specifically on specialist managers, answering the question of where we are now in terms of gender equity. It charts the increasing but uneven growth of women’s employment among specialist management occupations. Women remain concentrated into a relatively small number of management specialisations and it is argued that there is a gendering of certain management roles which is reflected in the value attached to these roles. Using data sourced from the Australian Tax Office, the article shows that men earn higher income across all specialist management groups, including those that are highly feminised, and higher salary across all specialisations excepting one – childcare directors. Evidence is presented detailing the relativities between management specialisations, showing a variation between men and women in terms of rank. Women are much less valued in some management specialisations, such as finance. Men are much less valued in others, such as childcare. The article concludes by speculating how greater gender equity can be achieved among specialist managers but observes that ‘management’ and ‘male’ are still tightly connected.

在过去的二十年中，管理作为一种职业在澳大利亚变得越来越女性化。本文专门针对专家经理，回答了我们在性别平等方面的现状。它显示了专业管理职业中女性就业的增长但不均衡的增长。妇女仍然集中在相对较少的管理专业领域，据认为某些管理角色具有性别特征，这体现在这些角色的价值上。使用澳大利亚税务局提供的数据，该文章显示，男性在所有专业管理团队（包括高度女性化的管理团队）中的收入都较高，而除一个保育主任以外的所有专业的收入都较高。提供的证据详细说明了管理专业之间的相对性，表明男女在职等方面存在差异。在某些管理专业领域，例如金融领域，女性的价值要低得多。男人在其他方面的价值要低得多，例如育儿。本文通过推测专家经理之间如何实现更大的性别平等而得出结论，但观察到“管理”和“男性”之间仍然紧密相连。