Australian Wages

Australian Wages

Australian wages in 2007 have increased 3.4 percent compared with the same time last year.

Full-time adult earnings in Australia are now A$55,661 a year.

Overtime and bonuses bring the average Australian pay to A$58,027 per annum.

The average full-time male wage in Australia is A$1,199 per week, while women average A$968 per week.

Australia's best-paid workers are those in the mining industry, where ordinary earnings average A$89,950 a year.

Next in the wages pecking order are finance and insurance workers who average A$71,300 per annum.

Manufacturing sector employees earn an average of $52,570 per annum and construction sector workers earn $53,000 per annum.

Full-time workers in the accommodation, restaurant and cafe sector earn A$43,660 on average.

The lowest wages are found in the retail sector, where full-time workers earn just A$42,700 on average.

Workers in the Capital Territory (Canberra) are Australia's highest paid workers with an average of A$67,175 per annum, followed by New South Wales on A$58,050.

Tasmania has the lowest average full-time wage of A$52,870 per annum.

Data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics - First Quarter 2007.