Australian Wages

Pay in Australia | Salaries in Australia

Australian full-time wages in the third quarter of 2009 have increased 5.2 percent compared with the same time last year.

Full-time adult earnings in Australia are now A$62,431 a year.

Overtime and bonuses bring the average Australian pay to A$64,906 per annum. (Up 1.4 percent compared with last year.)

The average full-time male wage in Australia is A$1282.50 per week, while full-time women average A$1061.50 per week.

Australia’s best-paid workers are those in the mining industry, where ordinary earnings average A$1,911 a week.

Next in the wages pecking order are Professional, Scientific and Technical Services workers who average A$1,439 and Financial and Insurance Services workers who average A$1,413.

Manufacturing sector employees earn an average of $1,124 a week and construction sector workers earn $1,210 a week.

Full-time workers in the retail sector earn A$905 a week on average.

The lowest wages are found in the accommodation, restaurant and cafe sector where full-time workers earn just A$879 a week on average.

Workers in the Capital Territory (Canberra) are Australia’s highest paid workers with ordinary earnings averaging A$70,496 per annum, followed by Western Australia (A$67,928) and New South Wales (A$63,315).

Tasmania has Australia’s lowest average full-time wage, of A$54,236 per annum.

Seasonally adjusted data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics – August 2009.