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Baker Salary Australia

Baker Salary / Wage

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Salary and wage information for bakers 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 bakers is 351111 and for pastrycooks is 351112.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are baker, pastrycook, doughmaker, cake decorator, baker apprentice, qualified baker and head baker.

This occupation is currently on the Australian Combined Skilled Occupation List, (Short-term Skilled Occupation List, STSOL).

The average Australian weekly full-time ordinary earnings across all occupations in mid-2018 were $1,586, giving an annual income of approximately $82,472. This was 2.6% higher than in mid-2017.*

Data supplied from Indeed over the past 36 months, based on over 390 salaries, estimated that the average salary for a baker was $54,593 per annum in Australia.

Baker Salaries / Wages in 2018

Job TitleSalary / Wage $Location
Qualified Baker / Pastry Chef

55,000 – 60,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Artisan Baker

48,000 – 58,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Pastry Cook / Baker

50,000 – 60,000 Sunshine Coast
Baker & Cake Decorator

45,000 – 55,000 Melbourne, Victoria
Baker

54,000 South West Coast, Victoria
Night Shift Qualified Baker

55,000 – 65,000Brisbane, Queensland
Artisan Bakery-Qualified Baker

50,000 – 59,000 ACT
Qualified Baker – Day / Evening Shifts

55,000 Brisbane, Queensland
Experienced Baker

$35 per hour Perth, Western Australia
Qualified Baker

55,000 – 60,000 Perth, Western Australia

*Source:ABS

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