Australian Wage StatisticsAustralian Average WageThe Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS, publishes the average annual wage figures every quarter.
These figures are quoted in three formats: Original, Trend and Seasonally Adjusted.
They also quote these figures as "Full-time adult ORDINARY TIME earnings" and "Full-time adult TOTAL earnings", as well as splits between male and female.
Self-employed persons such as trade subcontractors, are excluded for the purposes of the ABS Average wage surveys.
November 2010 Average Full Time Australian Adult Total Earnings. $111,992 Mining
$ 84,074 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services
$ 81,692 Financial and Insurance Services
$ 80,647 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
$ 79,830 Information Media and Telecommunications
$ 74,225 Construction
$ 73,325 Public Administration and Safety
$ 70,460 Education and Training
$ 69,586 Transport, Postal and Warehousing
$ 69,082 All Industries
$ 65,759 Health Care and Social Assistance
$ 65,140 Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
$ 65,088 Administrative and Support Services
$ 64,844 Wholesale Trade
$ 64,334 Manufacturing
$ 60,367 Arts and Recreation Services
$ 56,420 Other Services
$ 50,409 Retail Trade
$ 49,015 Accommodation and Food Services
Australian Full Time Total Earnings, Adult Persons.May 2010 $1,302.50. Annual $67,730.00
May 2009 $1,237.10. Annual $64,329.20
May 2008 $1,173.40. Annual $61,016.80
Source: ABS 6302.0 Average Weekly Earnings, Table 2, Seasonally Adjusted.
Australian Average Wages by State and Sex| Full-time Male ADULT total average Annual earnings | | State | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | | QLD average Wages | $59,379 | $66,290 | $71,573 | $74,547 | | | NSW average Wages | $62,873 | $68,734 | $72,041 | $73,824 | | | VIC average Wages | $62,176 | $65,114 | $69,456 | $72,296 | | | SA average Wages | $58,916 | $62,624 | $64,594 | $67,205 | | | WA average Wages | $70,949 | $77,438 | $80,023 | $85,930 | | | TAS average Wages | $54,402 | $56,040 | $59,561 | $62,098 | | | NT average Wages | $64,163 | $67,605 | $71,079 | $76,138 | | | ACT average Wages | $71,651 | $75,447 | $79,050 | $83,450 | | | | | | | | | Full-time Female ADULT total average Annual earnings | | State | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | | QLD average Wages | $46,530 | $52,796 | $55,349 | $58,178 | | | NSW average Wages | $51,392 | $55,765 | $59,114 | $61,573 | | | VIC average Wages | $50,606 | $53,908 | $55,193 | $57,772 | | | SA average Wages | $50,430 | $53,139 | $53,004 | $55,775 | | | WA average Wages | $49,483 | $53,498 | $58,100 | $60,778 | | | TAS average Wages | $46,010 | $47,336 | $51,880 | $55,234 | | | NT average Wages | $52,208 | $54,241 | $56,961 | $60,232 | | | ACT average Wages | $62,161 | $64,693 | $68,375 | $71,656 | |
These Figures taken from the Seasonally Adjusted November data for each year from the ABS 6302.0 Average Weekly Earnings, Australia Table 12
Australian Average Wages by Industry Breakdown| Male | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | | Mining | $88,000 | $93,475 | $99,674 | $107,110 | $115,658 | $- | | Manufacturing | $59,753 | $61,277 | $64,652 | $65,244 | $66,888 | $- | | Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | $70,252 | $72,784 | $76,216 | $80,496 | $88,150 | $- | | Construction | $58,131 | $63,211 | $68,266 | $73,622 | $76,034 | $- | | Wholesale Trade | $59,675 | $61,906 | $66,144 | $67,704 | $68,962 | $- | | Retail Trade | $45,698 | $49,202 | $49,915 | $52,796 | $53,310 | $- | | Accommodation and Food Services | $43,758 | $46,862 | $47,637 | $50,206 | $51,194 | $- | | Transport, Postal and Warehousing | $59,977 | $59,093 | $64,329 | $65,588 | $71,578 | $- | | Information Media and Telecommunications | $70,210 | $75,956 | $78,593 | $83,283 | $86,585 | $- | | Financial and Insurance Services | $80,527 | $83,262 | $85,306 | $85,956 | $97,308 | $- | | Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | $63,518 | $69,618 | $73,544 | $76,086 | $74,703 | $- | | Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | $70,819 | $77,579 | $81,286 | $84,724 | $89,627 | $- | | Administrative and Support Services | $55,292 | $60,767 | $64,522 | $70,912 | $71,271 | $- | | Public Administration and Safety | $62,197 | $64,303 | $67,460 | $73,096 | $76,705 | $- | | Education and Training | $63,138 | $65,104 | $67,335 | $71,443 | $75,707 | $- | | Health Care and Social Assistance | $72,353 | $76,263 | $78,546 | $81,848 | $83,720 | $- | | Arts and Recreation Services | $51,704 | $54,428 | $57,507 | $61,828 | $65,437 | $- | | Other Services | $52,307 | $53,102 | $56,425 | $59,535 | $59,779 | $- | | All Industries | $61,287 | $64,230 | $67,917 | $71,807 | $74,672 | $- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Female | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | | Mining | $69,191 | $74,147 | $77,402 | $81,858 | $87,916 | $- | | Manufacturing | $45,822 | $49,218 | $51,776 | $51,126 | $54,257 | $- | | Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | $53,321 | $55,276 | $58,921 | $63,159 | $67,106 | $- | | Construction | $43,014 | $49,280 | $52,421 | $54,044 | $59,540 | $- | | Wholesale Trade | $48,500 | $50,788 | $51,303 | $51,345 | $53,404 | $- | | Retail Trade | $38,017 | $40,643 | $42,671 | $44,346 | $46,894 | $- | | Accommodation and Food Services | $38,256 | $40,435 | $41,028 | $43,243 | $45,958 | $- | | Transport, Postal and Warehousing | $50,866 | $52,832 | $55,162 | $57,866 | $60,632 | $- | | Information Media and Telecommunications | $56,004 | $62,244 | $64,730 | $67,543 | $69,997 | $- | | Financial and Insurance Services | $53,778 | $56,794 | $60,180 | $61,594 | $64,646 | $- | | Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | $43,025 | $46,306 | $49,702 | $51,776 | $53,082 | $- | | Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | $51,319 | $55,000 | $59,405 | $62,109 | $65,348 | $- | | Administrative and Support Services | $45,458 | $48,630 | $52,510 | $56,046 | $57,590 | $- | | Public Administration and Safety | $55,099 | $57,502 | $60,663 | $64,693 | $68,718 | $- | | Education and Training | $57,044 | $58,713 | $60,892 | $64,199 | $67,304 | $- | | Health Care and Social Assistance | $46,712 | $49,629 | $52,302 | $56,378 | $58,141 | $- | | Arts and Recreation Services | $44,288 | $46,020 | $49,166 | $50,341 | $52,952 | $- | | Other Services | $40,560 | $42,656 | $44,377 | $46,119 | $50,419 | $- | | All Industries | $49,015 | $51,948 | $54,449 | $57,034 | $59,722 | $- |
These Figures taken from the Seasonally Adjusted November data for each year from the ABS 6302.0 Average Weekly Earnings, Australia Table 10
2010 Average Weekly Earning ComparisonsUK Median wage in 2010
| Median | Location | Mean Average | | £25,879 | United Kingdom | £32,178 | | £25,993 | Great Britain | £32,361 | | £26,052 | England and Wales | £32,646 | | £26,250 | England | £32,976 | | £23,089 | North East | £27,250 | | £24,105 | North West | £28,867 | | £23,844 | Yorkshire and The Humber | £28,200 | | £24,126 | East Midlands | £28,670 | | £23,838 | West Midlands | £28,481 | | £25,369 | East | £31,264 | | £33,998 | London | £46,897 | | £27,500 | South East | £33,833 | | £24,078 | South West | £28,790 | | £23,182 | Wales / Cymru | £26,500 | | £22,644 | Northern Ireland | £26,282 |
Official figures for the UK Median wage in 2010 as released December 2010 :
Source: www.statistics.gov.uk Australian Average Income = $1,302.50 pw at May 2010
2009 Average Weekly Earning Comparisons UK Median wage in 2009 is £489 pw at April 2009The results of the 2009 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings show that median weekly pay for full-time employees in the UK for the year to April 2009 is £489. (£25,428 pa)
Median earnings of full-time male employees was £531 per week (£27,612 pa) in April 2009; for women the median was £426 (£22,152 pa)
Source: www.statistics.gov.uk
Australian Average Income = $1,237.10 pw at May 2009
2008 Average Weekly Earning ComparisonsAustralian Average Income = $1,183.10 pw at May 2008The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that average weekly pay for full-time employees in Australia at May 2008 is $1,183.10 ($61,521 pa)
Source: www.abs.gov.auThis was revised down to $1,173.40. Annual $61,016.80 in later data releases.
UK Median wage in 2008 is £479 pw at April 2008The results of the 2008 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings show that median weekly pay for full-time employees in the UK for the year to April 2008 is £479. (£24,908 pa)
Median earnings of full-time male employees was £521 per week (£27,092 pa) in April 2008; for women the median was £412 (£21,424 pa)
Source: www.statistics.gov.ukThe median is the value below which 50 per cent of employees fall.
Pay refers to gross pay (before tax) of full-time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey week was unaffected by absence.
Annual and weekly earnings include paid overtime.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings is based on a sample of employee jobs taken from HM Revenue PAYE records.
Working dataAug 2008 Average Weekly Earnings, Australia.Full-time adult ordinary time earnings $1,145.10 pw
Full-time adult total earnings $1,196.20 pw (Male $1,292.60 Female $1,033.80)
Aug-2008
Males ; Average Weekly Total earnings
ACT $1,447.90 or $75,290.80 pa
NSW $1,295.60 or $67,371.20 pa
NT $1,264.10 or $65,733.20 pa
QLD $1,231.70 or $64,048.40 pa
SA $1,177.80 or $61,245.60 pa
TAS $1,113.10 or $57,881.20 pa
VIC $1,260.70 or $65,556.40 pa
WA $1,515.20 or $78,790.40 pa
May 2008 Average Weekly Earnings, Australia.Full-time adult ordinary time earnings $1,132.20 pw
Full-time adult total earnings $1,183.10 pw (Male $1,273.60 Female $1,010.00)
Source: ATO Trend Estimates
May 2007 Australian
Average Weekly Earnings: Full-time adult ordinary time earnings $1,088.40 per week
(Males: $1,156.00 Females: $968.20)
Full-time adult total earnings $1,134.30 per week (Males: $1,219.10 Females: $983.30)
In the twelve months to May 2007, full-time adult total earnings rose by 4.2% for males and 4.0% for females.
2006 Wages
The following figures are taken from the 2006 Census in Australia: 13,360,665 people, over the age of 15, stated their annual income in the 2006 Census.
Of those:
- 1,103,113 or 8.26% earned between $1-$7,799
- 2,220,044 or 16.62% earned between $7,800-$12,999
- 2,063,609 or 15.45% earned between $13,000-$20,799
- 2,171,002 or 16.25% earned between $20,800-$31,199
- 1,692,280 or 12.67% earned between $31,200-$41,599
- 1,257,550 or 9.41% earned between $41,600-$51,999
- 1,230,053 or 9.21% earned between $52,000-$67,599
- 675,681 or 5.06% earned between $67,600-$83,199
- 395,580 or 2.96% earned between $83,200-$103,999
- 551,753 or 4.13% earned over $104,000
Another 1,416,911 chose not to state their income and 1,140,500 stated either No Income or Negative Income.
Based on the above, in 2006, 21.36% of all earners over 15 years old, both Part and Full Time, earned over $52,000 (ie 92% of the average wage of $56,378) or higher.
To get an approximation of the % of FULL TIME workers earning over that figure is not easy, but if we excluded anyone earning less than $20,800 per year, and half those earning between $20,800 and $32,000*, then we could assume that there were about 6,888,398 Full Time workers earning over about $26,000 and then with 2,853,067 earning $52,000 or over, that would mean 41.4% of full time workers earned 92% of the average wage or more.
From the above, I would guesstimate 37% of full time workers in Australia earned over the average wage. *The cut off point then being about $26,000, as the Federal Minimum Award Wage was $26,616 in 2006.
2005 Average Wage comparisons:
AustraliaAustralian average wage $53,534 a year, November 2005
Australian Capital City average wage almost $62,000
Source: ABS
Based on: Full-time adult ordinary time earnings $1,029.50 per week = $53,534 per year
Full-time adult total earnings $1,078.60 per week = $56,087 per year
UK UK average Wage £22,411
UK Capital City Average wage £28,912 - Source: Guardian
Guardian Nov 2005 - The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings published this week by the Office of National Statistics, for the year ending April 2005, shows that the median gross annual earnings for full-time male workers is £25,100, and £19,400 for full-time female workers. In London the average weekly wage is £556 = $28,912 per year.
In Feb 2005 the national average salary was quoted at £22,411, but with variances such as "According to figures gathered by Payfinder, the average salary for a company chairman is £215,000, chief finance officers earn £101,375 and directors an average of £95,000. At the other end of the scale are workers who take home less than a third of the London average. The wage for general assistant in the region is just £5,651, while customer assistants earn an average of £10,055 and cleaners £11,583"
State by State Australian average wages at Feb 2005 were quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald on Aug 19th 2005, at the following Figures:
- NSW - $54,662
- ACT - $60,684
- QLD - $49,600
- VIC - $51,600
- TAS - $46,280
- SA -
- WA -
These figures are quoted WITHOUT Overtime or Bonuses, ie: "ordinary time earnings"
Wages even within a State can vary tremendously.
A link at the ABS shows average wages in 2001 for each of the NSW suburbs, and some examples are:
- Mosman: average wage of $77,943 averaged over 12,151 wage earners
- Bingara: average wage of $25,317 averaged over 495 wage earners
- Coffs Harbour: average wage of $27,655 with 18,454 wage earners
- Parramatta: average wage of $35,973 with 59,304 wage earners.
- Penrith: average wage of $34,431 with 76,727 wage earners.
Remember, these are 2001 figures where the NSW average wage was $37,191, compared to the 2005 figure of $54,662. ie: 2005 is 47% higher than in 2001.
Current average wages can be seen at this ABS link, although they are national figures rather than State based.
The figures at August 2005 are quoted as:
- Full-time adult ordinary time earnings $53,175
- Full-time adult total earnings $55,739
- In the twelve months to August 2005, full-time adult total earnings rose by 6.4% for males and 5.7% for females
August 2005 - Overall Australian Male full-time Average $52,856
- Overall Australian Female full-time Average $44,928
Other InformationWhat does FTE mean or stand for? - Full Time Equivalent when talking about Salary.
Pharmacists wages in Australia Salaries for Pharmacists from September 2008 will fall within the following ranges:
HP 3: $50,145 - $76,005
HP 4: $81,303 - $87,481
HP 5: $91,971 - $95,962
HP 6: $102,470 - $106,070
HP 7: $116,721 - $125,088
Grades depend on experience etc.
Australian median annual wage and salary income in Remote areas1995-96 $26,309
1996-97 $26,919
1997-98 $27,775
1998-99 $28,705
1999-00 $29,509
2000-01 $30,470
source:
Australian median annual wage and salary income2001-02 $31,483
2002-03 $32,698
Note: 2002-03 Australia wide, median annual wage and salary in the age groups:
45-54 year was $38,616
15-24 year was $16,501
The age group 45-54 in the major cities had a median income of $40,083
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