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


*Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics