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Lawyer Salary / Wage

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Salary and wage information for lawyers and solicitors 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 lawyers and solicitors is 271311.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are solicitor, lawyer, commercial and corporate lawyer and family lawyer.

This occupation is currently on the Australian Combined Skilled Occupation List, (Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List, MLTSSL).

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 820 salaries, estimated that the average salary for a lawyer was $105,527 per annum in Australia.

Lawyer Salaries / Wages in 2018

Job TitleSalary / Wage $Location
Property Lawyer

140,000+ Sydney, New South Wales
Workers Compensation Lawyer

100,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Corporate & Commercial IT Lawyer

115,000Sydney, New South Wales
Senior Lawyer / Lawyer

65,000 – 85,000Melbourne, Victoria
Commercial Litigation Lawyer (Insolvency)

up to 115,000Melbourne, Victoria
Employment Lawyer / Junior to 5th Year

80,000 -120,000 Brisbane, Queensland
Lawyer/Senior Lawyer (1-8 PAE) – Employment and Workplace Relations

90,000 – 145,000Brisbane, Queensland
Senior Lawyer / Commercial

up to 118,000 Canberra, ACT
Corporate Lawyer 1-4 Years

85,000 – 130,000 Adelaide, South Australia
Energy and Resources Lawyer 1-3 Years

75,000 – 100,000 Perth, Western Australia

*Source:ABS

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Comments

  1. Lawyer says

    May 27, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    You would have to apply to be admitted in whatever state or territory and depending on your uk law degree you may have to do subjects with the admission board to qualify with Australian law degrees.

    Reply
  2. Stephanie Bradley says

    December 4, 2017 at 9:24 am

    I am a 10 years qualified solicitor in the UK in family law. For the last 3 years I have undertaken purely child protection work. If I was to consider a move to Australia, could you confirm what transfer qualification I would need to undertake, the availability of different such work and approximate salary thanks

    Reply
  3. Sydney Laws says

    September 30, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    The average salary for property lawyer is around $150,000 depending on the location you provide the service.

    Reply
  4. Hannah Jayne Greaves says

    August 23, 2017 at 3:30 am

    Hello. What would be the average salary for a 2 years experienced property lawyer?

    Reply

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