Australian Wages

Australian Wages

Australian wages in 2008 have increased 4.0 percent compared with the same time last year.

Full-time adult earnings in Australia are now A$58,874 a year.

Overtime and bonuses bring the average Australian pay to A$61,521 per annum.

The average full-time male wage in Australia is A$1,203 per week, while full-time women average A$1,010 per week.

Australia's best-paid workers are those in the mining industry, where ordinary earnings average A$100,823 a year.

Next in the wages pecking order are finance and insurance workers who average A$73,991 per annum.

Manufacturing sector employees earn an average of $54,824 per annum and construction sector workers earn $59,327 per annum.

Full-time workers in the retail sector earn A$44,382 on average.

The lowest wages are found in the accommodation, restaurant and cafe sector where full-time workers earn just A$43,201 on average.

Workers in the Capital Territory (Canberra) are Australia's highest paid workers with an average of A$68,978 per annum, followed by Western Australia (A$66,404) and New South Wales (A$59,706).

Tasmania has Australia's lowest average full-time wage, of A$52,842 per annum.

Data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics - Second Quarter 2008.