As of August 2023, the mean weekly earnings of full-time employees in Australia were 1,885.6 Australian dollars. This is an increase of 62 Australian dollars a week.

The minimum wage as a percentage of the median full-time salary of other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is slowly catching up to that of Australia. Figures show that from 2016 to 2019, the difference was equal to or below three percent between Australia and other OECD member countries. The proportion of minimum wage compared to the median full-time salary of Australia has fallen from 58 percent in 2000 to 54 percent in 2019.

Since August 1986, the mean weekly earnings of female, part-time employees in Australia have exceeded those of their male equivalents. In August 2023, at 783.1 Australian dollars, the mean weekly earnings of a female part-time employee in Australia were 61.4 Australian dollars more than an equivalent male's weekly earnings.

Wages in Australia increased to 1510.90 AUD/Week in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 1480.90 AUD/Week in the second quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Average Weekly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, the average annual wage in Australia had reached ******* Australian dollars. Since 2000, the average wage in Australia has increased by around ****** Australian dollars. Since 2018, the average wage in Australia has remained fairly stagnant.

Key information about Australia Monthly Earnings

• Australia Monthly Earnings stood at 4,026 USD in Nov 2024, compared with the previous figure of 3,903 USD in May 2024
• Australia Monthly Earnings data is updated semiannually, available from May 2012 to Nov 2024, with an average number of 3,740 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 4,560 USD in May 2013 and a record low of 3,344 USD in Nov 2015

CEIC calculates Monthly Earnings from Average Weekly Earnings multiplied by 4 and converts it into USD. The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides Average Weekly Earnings in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Monthly Earnings are in biannual frequency, ending in May and November of each year.


Further information about Australia Monthly Earnings

• In the latest reports, Australia Population reached 27 million people in Dec 2023
• Unemployment Rate of Australia increased to 4 % in Jan 2025
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 67 % in Jan 2025

Key information about Australia Household Income per Capita

• Australia Annual Household Income per Capita reached 30,914.027 USD in Jun 2020, compared with the previous value of 34,767.371 USD in Jun 2018.
• Australia Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Jun 1995 to Jun 2020, with an averaged value of 25,207.153 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 43,819.349 USD in Jun 2012 and a record low of 15,753.318 USD in Jun 2001.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Australia grew 4.217 % YoY in May 2023.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from annual Weekly Average Household Income multiplied by 52, annual Number of Household and quarterly Total Population and converts it into USD. The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides Average Household Income in local currency, Number of Household and Total Population. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Household Income per Capita is in annual frequency, ending in June of each year. Household Income per Capita prior to 2008 based on 2017-2018 price.

As of August 2023, the mean weekly earnings of full-time employees in the Australian Capital Territory were 2040.9 Australian dollars. Full-time employees in the Australian Capital Territory had the highest mean weekly earnings in the country, with the second-highest earnings coming from Western Australia, with 2020.9 Australian dollars.

Dentistry graduates in Australia received a median salary of approximately 100 thousand Australian dollars, making this profession the highest earning of all study areas in the country in 2022. Despite high employment rates, pharmacy graduates received the lowest median salary at around 52.2 thousand Australian dollars per year.

This dataset presents aggregated data regarding employee jobs and median employee income per job, classified by industry subdivision at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). The data spans over the 2017-18 financial year and is aggregated to the 2016 SA2 boundaries.

Jobs in Australia provide aggregate statistics and are sourced from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). It provides new information about filled jobs in Australia, the people who hold them, and their employers. An 'employee Job' refers to a job for which the occupant receives remuneration in wages, salary, payment in kind, or piece rates. This excludes self-employment jobs held by Owner-Managers of Unincorporated Enterprises (OMUE).

The job counts in this release differ from the filled job estimates from other sources such as the Australian Labour Account and the Labour Force Australia. The Jobs in Australia release provides insights into all jobs held throughout the year, while the Labour Account data provides the number of filled jobs at a point-in-time each quarter (and annually for the financial year reference period), and Labour Force Survey data measures the number of people employed each month.

For more information on the release please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This release provides statistics on the number and nature of jobs, the people who hold them, and their employers. These statistics can be used to understand regional labour markets or to identify the impact of major changes in local communities. The release also provides new insights into the number of jobs people hold, the duration of jobs, and the industries and employment income of concurrent jobs.

The scope of these data includes individuals who submitted an individual tax return to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), individuals who had a Pay As You Go (PAYG) payment summary issued by an employer and their employers.

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. The following additional changes were made:

• Where data was not published for confidential reasons, "np" in the original data, the records have been set to null.

• Total values may be higher than the sum of the published components due to this confidentialisation.

Australia Wages Index data was reported at 130.612 2010=100 in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 128.136 2010=100 for 2020. Australia Wages Index data is updated yearly, averaging 98.358 2010=100 from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2021, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 130.612 2010=100 in 2021 and a record low of 65.270 2010=100 in 1998. Australia Wages Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.IMF.IFS: Wages, Labour Cost and Employment Index: Annual.

Australia Average Annualised Wage Increases: Current: By ANZSIC 2006: Information Media & Telecommunications data was reported at 3.011 % in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.907 % for Sep 2024. Australia Average Annualised Wage Increases: Current: By ANZSIC 2006: Information Media & Telecommunications data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.319 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 133 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.670 % in Mar 1993 and a record low of 0.000 % in Jun 1992. Australia Average Annualised Wage Increases: Current: By ANZSIC 2006: Information Media & Telecommunications data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G104: Average Annualized Wage Increases: ANZSIC.

Analysis of ‘Earnings of females and males employees.’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/mpwolke/cusersmarildownloadsearningcsv on 28 January 2022.

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Context

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, in 2013, female full-time workers had median weekly earnings of $706, compared to men's median weekly earnings of $860. Women aged 35 years and older earned 74% to 80% of the earnings of their male counterparts. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gender_pay_gap_in_the_United_States

Content

What is the gender pay gap 2019? Study after study has identified a persistent gender pay gap. A PayScale report found that women still make only $0.79 for each dollar men make in 2019. A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) analysis discovered that in 2018, median weekly earnings for female full-time wage and salary workers was 81% of men's earnings.Jul 11, 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2019/07/11/gender-pay-gap-bigger-than-you-thnk/#36ca335f7d8a.

Acknowledgements

Linked through data.gov.au for discoverability and availability. This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a5776c56-bdde-4643-a3fd-dcc2775d7d7a ***Photo by Samantha Sophia on Unsplash.

Inspiration

Great females scientists: Mileva Maric', Frances "Poppy" Northcut, Hedy Lamarr, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Ada Lovelace. If you don't know them yet, just search on Google.

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With a median salary of around **** thousand Australian dollars in 2023, female dentistry graduates in Australia received the highest salary of all recent female university leavers. Pharmacy students received the lowest salary in the same year, with female graduates in this field reporting a salary of **** thousand Australian dollars.

Australia Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data was reported at 83.629 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 83.378 % for 2022. Australia Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 81.690 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2023, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.629 % in 2023 and a record low of 79.741 % in 2004. Australia Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as 'paid employment jobs,' where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.;International Labour Organization. “ILO modelled estimates database” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;

covers 2004 to 2017 annual data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics cat no. 6333.0 tbls 3 and 4. covers 2004 to 2017 annual data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics cat no. 6333.0 tbls 3 and 4.

Context

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, in 2013, female full-time workers had median weekly earnings of $706, compared to men's median weekly earnings of $860. Women aged 35 years and older earned 74% to 80% of the earnings of their male counterparts. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gender_pay_gap_in_the_United_States

Content

What is the gender pay gap 2019? Study after study has identified a persistent gender pay gap. A PayScale report found that women still make only $0.79 for each dollar men make in 2019. A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) analysis discovered that in 2018, median weekly earnings for female full-time wage and salary workers was 81% of men's earnings.Jul 11, 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2019/07/11/gender-pay-gap-bigger-than-you-thnk/#36ca335f7d8a.

Acknowledgements

Linked through data.gov.au for discoverability and availability. This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a5776c56-bdde-4643-a3fd-dcc2775d7d7a ***Photo by Samantha Sophia on Unsplash.

Inspiration

Great females scientists: Mileva Maric', Frances "Poppy" Northcut, Hedy Lamarr, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Ada Lovelace. If you don't know them yet, just search on Google.

As of August 2023, the median hourly earnings of employees in Australia were 39.5 Australian dollars. Since August 2000, the median hourly earnings of employees in Australia have increased by over 23 Australian dollars.

As of the first half of 2023, Australia had the highest net salaries in the Asia-Pacific region at an average ***** U.S. dollars per month. In contrast, the average monthly net salary in Pakistan amounted to *** U.S. dollars per month in the same period.

Male dentistry graduates in Australia received a median salary of over 100 thousand Australian dollars in 2018. The next highest earning study area was medicine, with male graduates in this field earning around ** thousand Australian dollars.