Truck Driver Salary Australia
Truck Driver Salary / Wage
Salary and wage information for truck drivers 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 Codes (ANZSCO) are: 733111 for truck drivers (general), 733113 for furniture removers, 733114 for tanker drivers and 733115 for tow truck drivers.
Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are truck driver, tanker driver, tow truck driver, tip truck driver and MR/HR/HC truck driver.
Truck drivers in 2010 earned an average of $1049 a week in ordinary earnings rising to $1264 including overtime and worked an average of 47.0 hours a week.*
Truck Driver Salaries / Wages in 2011 – 2012
| Job Title | Salary / Wage $ | Location |
| Truck Driver / Bob Cat Operator | 50,000 – 60,000 | Melbourne |
| HC Truck Driver | 32 per hour | New South Wales |
| Truck Driver – HC / HR / AGI / Forklift | 50,000 – 90,000 | New South Wales |
| Truck Driver | 41,000 – 46,000 | New South Wales |
| HR Truck Driver | 25 per hour | Adelaide |
| Crane Truck Driver | 25 – 30 per hour | Brisbane |
| MC Truck Driver | 100,000 – 110,000 | WA |
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*Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics