6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2016
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Data on hours paid for is available for all employees in the non-managerial population. This enables analysis and comparisons of hours paid for and hourly earnings across classifications of interest. For example, average weekly total cash earnings may be identical for two categories of employees, however employees in one category may be paid for fewer hours per week and receive higher average hourly earnings. Key results by category Non-managerial employees received average weekly total cash earnings of $1,149.40. They were paid for an average 31.0 hours per week at an average hourly total cash earnings rate of $37.00. Permanent full-time non-managerial employees were paid for an average 39.2 hours per week at an average hourly total cash earnings rate of $39.40 and received $1,546.00 average weekly total cash earnings. These employees comprised 54.7% of all non-managerial employees. Permanent part-time non-managerial employees comprised 20.7% of all non-managerial employees. They were paid for an average 23.2 hours per week at an average hourly total cash earnings rate of $33.40, resulting in average weekly total cash earnings of $776.10. Casual non-managerial employees comprised 24.6% of all non-managerial employees. These employees were paid for an average 19.4 hours per week at an average hourly total cash earnings rate of $30.10 to receive average weekly total cash earnings of $582.70. Permanent full-time males represented 32.3% of all non-managerial employees. They were paid for an average 40.2 hours per week at an hourly cash rate of $41.10 to receive average weekly total cash earnings of $1,651.40. Permanent full-time females represented 22.4% of all non-managerial employees. These employees were paid for an average 37.8 hours per week at an hourly cash rate of $36.80 to receive $1,393.90 average weekly total cash earnings.  Occupation Managers had the highest average hourly total cash earnings ($56.20), followed by Professionals ($50.40), of all non-managerial employees. Managers were, on average, paid for more total hours per week than Professionals (37.0 hours and 31.8 hours respectively). Managers received average weekly total cash earnings of $2,079.10 compared to $1,602.00 for Professionals. Sales workers had the lowest average hourly total cash earnings ($26.30) and were paid for the lowest average total hours per week (24.6 hours). As a result they also received the lowest average weekly total cash earnings ($646.40) of all occupation groups. Labourers had the second lowest average hourly total cash earnings ($27.80) and were paid for an average 29.3 hours per week. As a result, they received higher average weekly total cash earnings ($815.00) than Community and personal services workers ($775.90), who received higher average hourly total cash earnings ($30.90) but were paid for fewer average total hours (25.1 hours).
Industry For all non-managerial employees, those in the Mining industry had the highest average hourly total cash earnings ($56.60) and average weekly total hours paid for (42.7 hours), resulting in the highest average weekly total cash earnings ($2,418.60). Non-managerial employees in the Accommodation and food services had the lowest average hourly total cash earnings ($23.90) and average weekly total hours paid for (21.9 hours), resulting in the lowest average weekly total cash earnings ($523.10).
Methods of setting pay Amongst non-managerial employees, the most common method of setting pay was Collective agreement (38.9%). Employees paid by Collective agreement had the highest average hourly total cash earnings ($39.60), and were paid for an average 30.7 total hours per week. As a result these employees received average weekly total cash earnings of $1,215.20. Employees paid by Individual arrangement accounted for 36.6% of non-managerial employees and received the highest average weekly total cash earnings of $1,311.60. They were paid for the highest average hours per week (34.0 hours) at an average hourly total cash rate of $38.50. Employees paid by Award only had the lowest average hourly total cash earnings ($29.60), were paid for the lowest average total hours per week (27.1 hours) and received the lowest average weekly total cash earnings ($802.80). The employees accounted for 24.5% of all non-managerial employees.
For permanent full-time non-managerial employees, the most common method of setting pay was Individual arrangement (46.2%). Most permanent part-time non-managerial employees were paid by Collective agreement (54.0%). For casual non-managerial employees, Award only (44.8%) was the most common method of setting pay. The highest average hourly total cash earnings received by non-managerial employees were paid to permanent full-time males under a Collective agreement ($44.40). They were also paid for the highest average weekly total hours (40.6 hours), resulting in the highest average weekly total cash earnings ($1,805.10). For non-managerial employees, the most common method of setting pay was Individual arrangement (42.4%) for males, and Collective agreement (39.8%) for females.  Average weekly total cash earnings for non-managerial female employees was $960.40, which was 70.8% of the average received by male employees ($1,357.00).  Occupation Collective agreement was the most common method of setting pay for the following five occupation groups: Community and personal service workers (44.9%), Sales workers 43.6%) and Professionals (43.1%), Machinery operators and drivers (41.5%), and Labourers (37.1%) Individual arrangement was the most common method of setting pay for Managers (62.3%), Technicians and trades workers (48.4%) and Clerical and administrative workers (47.8%). Award only was not the most common method of setting pay for any occupation group. The occupation groups with the largest proportion of employees paid by Award only were Community and personal service workers (39.2%), Labourers (37.0%) and Sales workers (31.0%). Industry The industry with the highest proportion of employees paid by Award only was the Accommodation and food services industry (42.7%). The Public administration and safety (77.6%) and Education and training (63.2%) industries had the highest proportion of employees paid by Collective agreement. The Professional, scientific and technical services (79.5%) and Wholesale trade (70.3%) industries had the highest proportions of employees paid by Individual arrangement. States and territories Tasmania had the highest proportion of non-managerial employees whose pay was set by Award only (34.4%). The Australian Capital Territory had the highest proportion of employees whose pay was set by Collective agreement (64.5%), and New South Wales had the highest proportion of employees whose pay was set by Individual arrangement (40.8%). Of employees paid by Collective agreement, the highest average weekly total cash earnings was received by employees in the Northern Territory ($1,552.40) and Australian Capital Territory ($1,514.30). Western Australian had the highest average weekly total cash earnings for employees paid under Individual arrangement ($1,464.60). Employees paid by Award only in the Australian Capital Territory had the lowest average weekly total cash earnings ($490.20) of all states and territories. Of those employees paid by Award only, the highest average weekly total cash earnings was received in New South Wales ($953.60). Sector For non-managerial employees, the most common method of setting pay in the private sector was Individual arrangement (45.1%), followed by Collective agreement (30.7%). The average weekly total cash earnings for private sector employees paid by Individual arrangement was $1,304.30 and by Collective agreement was $1,088.40. Seventy-two per cent of employees in the public sector were paid by Collective agreement and earned an average weekly total cash earnings of $1,432.10. Employees paid by Award only made up 24.2% of non-managerial employees in the private sector and 25.6% of non-managerial employees in the public sector. Non-managerial employees paid by Award only received average weekly total cash earnings of $653.80 in the private sector and $1,368.40 in the public sector. Employer Size Of those non-managerial employees paid by Individual arrangement, 37.9% were employed by businesses with under 20 employees. Of employees paid by Award only, 33.6% worked for businesses with under 20 employees. Those non-managerial employees who had their pay set by Collective agreement were mostly employed by businesses with 1,000 and over employees (55.0%). Non-managerial employees paid by Individual arrangement working for employers with 1,000 and over employees received the highest average weekly total cash earnings ($1,934.50), and those paid by Award only in businesses with under 20 employees received the lowest ($573.20). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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