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Personal Assistant Salary Australia


Personal Assistant Salary / Wage

nsol-australia

Salary and wage information for personal assistants 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 personal assistants is 521111.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are personal assistant, PA, junior personal assistant and senior personal assistant.

This occupation is currently not on the Australian Skilled Occupation List or on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List.

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 900 salaries, estimated that the average salary for a personal assistant was around $67,000 per annum in Australia.

Personal Assistant Salaries / Wages in 2018

Job TitleSalary / Wage $Location
Personal Assistant

60,000 – 75,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Personal Assistant – Financial Services

80,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Reception / JNR Personal Assistant

55,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Team Co-Ordinator / Personal Assistant

$28 – $32 per hour Sydney, New South Wales
Legal Personal Assistant

60,000 – 65,000 Melbourne, Victoria
Personal Assistant, Probate, Property and or Family law

60,000 – 70,000 Melbourne, Victoria
Office Administrator / Personal Assistant

50,000 – 60,000 Canberra, ACT
Executive assistant to CEO

60,000Brisbane, Queensland
Personal Assistant – Prestigious Accounting Firm

60,000 – 75,000 Brisbane, Queensland
Personal Assistant / Accounts – CBD

55,000 – 65,000 Adelaide, South Australia
Sales Personal Assistant / Buyers Agent

55,000 Perth, Western Australia
Personal Assistant – Resources Sector

45,000 – 49,000 Perth, Western Australia

*Source:ABS

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