1359.5 - StatSearch: A Reference Guide to Western Australian Statistics, 1998  
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Contents >> Employment >> Employee Earnings and Hours

      NAME OF COLLECTION
        Employee Earnings and Hours
      Description
        Provides information on the distribution of employees according to weekly earnings and hours. Survey results are used by Commonwealth and State government departments, employer associations, and trade unions in developing and reviewing wages and labour market policies and in the wage negotiating process.
      Data detail
        Information is provided on the composition of weekly earnings and hours for various categories of employees, industry and principal occupations. Average weekly total earnings are also classified by sex, private/public sector and State or Territory. For various categories of employees, the average weekly total earnings are dissected into the following:
      • sex
      • private and public sector
      • base rate
      • over-award/agreement pay
      • overtime pay
      • payment by measured result (e.g. piecework)
      Geographic coverage
        State
      Frequency
        Biennial
      Historical data
        From 1974
      Products and services available
      - Publications
        Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (6306.0)
        Data Service: Employee Earnings and Hours, States and Australia (6307.0)
      - Other
        The ABS can make available a large range of unpublished employee earnings and hours data as customised reports. Data can be transferred to various spreadsheet packages such as Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel. For more information, please contact our Information Services team.



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