The number of women in top-tier management positions in WA's public service has grown by more than 50 per cent over the past three years, while there has been a surge in the number of women in senior executive service roles.
The figures were revealed in the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment's annual report, which was tabled in state parliament this week.
The report showed women held 72.7 per cent of public service roles in Western Australia in 2019-20, and accounted for more than 42 per cent of the senior executive service roles. In 2017-18, women held 33.3 per cent of positions at that level.
Meanwhile, the percentage of women in tier-one management roles increased from 22.2 per cent in 2016-17 to 35.1 per cent in the most recent financial year.
Women were well-represented in the local government sector, accounting for 55.1 per cent of all employees, but only 14.8 per cent of those in tier-one roles.
Universities employed 60.5 per cent women, with 75 per cent in the small number of tier-one roles, while government trading enterprises had an overall workforce consisting of 29.8 per cent women and 18.8 per cent in tier-one roles.
The number of Indigenous people in the public sector was steady at 2.7 per cent.
