Butcher Salary Australia
Butcher Salary / Wage
Salary and wage information for butchers is compiled regularly by analysis of Australian jobs advertised in major publications. Salaries are annual unless otherwise stated.
The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Code (ANZSCO) for butchers or smallgoods makers is 351211.
Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are butcher, retail butcher, qualified butcher, head butcher and apprentice butcher.
Food trade workers in 2010 earned an average of $854 a week in ordinary earnings rising to $890 including overtime and worked an average of 39.5 hours a week.*
Butcher Salaries / Wages in 2011 – 2012
| Job Title | Salary / Wage $ | Location |
| Qualified Butcher | 20 – 25 per hour | Sydney |
| Apprentice Butcher | 10 – 20 per hour | Sydney |
| Qualified Head Butcher | 20 – 25 per hour | Melbourne |
| Butcher – Gourmet | 20 – 30 per hour | Brisbane |
| Qualified Butcher / 2IC | 50,000 – 65,000 | Queensland |
| Qualified Butcher | 35,000 – 45,000 | Queensland |
| Apprentice Butcher | 15,000 – 25,000 | Perth |
| Qualified Butcher | 40,000 – 45,000 | Perth |
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*Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics