Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2024

Average weekly earnings, key statistics
		May 2024 ($)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,924.60	4.5
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,996.40	4.5
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,479.10	5.6
Seasonally Adjusted	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,923.40	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,995.90	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,480.90	5.8
Original	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,923.40	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,994.30	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,480.90	5.8

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults, seasonally adjusted
	Movement (%)
Nov-12	3.5
May-13	1.8
Nov-13	1.1
May-14	1.2
Nov-14	1.6
May-15	0.4
Nov-15	1.2
May-16	1.0
Nov-16	1.2
May-17	0.6
Nov-17	1.7
May-18	1.0
Nov-18	1.3
May-19	1.8
Nov-19	1.4
May-20	3.3
Nov-20	-0.1
May-21	1.5
Nov-21	0.6
May-22	1.2
Nov-22	2.1
May-23	1.7
Nov-23	2.8
May-24	1.8

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults, seasonally adjusted

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Survey impacts and changes

Understanding compositional changes in earnings

Australia

Average weekly earnings, trend
		May 2024 ($)	Yearly change (%)
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	2,015.30	3.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,114.30	3.8
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,721.60	4.8
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,784.40	5.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,814.00	5.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,245.70	6.4
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,924.60	4.5
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,996.40	4.5
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,479.10	5.6

Average weekly earnings, seasonally adjusted
		May 2024 ($)	Yearly change (%)
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	2,014.30	3.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,113.80	3.9
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,723.80	5.1
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,782.80	5.7
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,813.30	5.7
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,246.90	6.6
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,923.40	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,995.90	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,480.90	5.8

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Average weekly earnings, original
		May 2024 ($)	Yearly change (%)
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	2,014.30	3.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,112.90	3.9
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,723.80	5.1
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,782.80	5.7
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,811.00	5.7
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,246.40	6.6
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,923.40	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,994.30	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,480.90	5.8

Private and public sector

Average weekly earnings, by sector, original
		May 2024 ($)	Yearly change (%)
Australia	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,923.40	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,994.30	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,480.90	5.8
Private Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,879.00	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,951.50	4.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,413.00	6.0
Public Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	2,091.80	4.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,156.60	4.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,780.60	4.4

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by sector, original
	Private, Persons ($)	Public, Persons ($)	Private, Males ($)	Public, Males ($)	Private, Females ($)	Public, Females ($)
May-14	1,426.00	1,559.90	1,539.70	1,666.50	1,200.50	1,457.30
Nov-14	1,452.10	1,570.80	1,570.20	1,674.90	1,223.30	1,469.00
May-15	1,454.60	1,586.60	1,570.90	1,691.50	1,235.80	1,485.30
Nov-15	1,468.40	1,619.50	1,579.40	1,725.40	1,249.50	1,518.30
May-16	1,483.30	1,640.70	1,587.60	1,749.00	1,277.10	1,538.70
Nov-16	1,495.70	1,674.00	1,602.10	1,783.80	1,288.30	1,571.10
May-17	1,503.90	1,686.00	1,607.80	1,784.70	1,298.00	1,594.50
Nov-17	1,529.50	1,721.50	1,634.30	1,826.90	1,322.50	1,625.50
May-18	1,544.10	1,740.00	1,646.00	1,839.90	1,343.30	1,649.80
Nov-18	1,563.50	1,766.20	1,663.80	1,869.60	1,370.00	1,672.30
May-19	1,594.70	1,785.40	1,696.30	1,891.50	1,401.50	1,691.00
Nov-19	1,617.30	1,812.20	1,718.20	1,921.00	1,423.00	1,715.00
May-20	1,673.60	1,848.40	1,780.70	1,958.30	1,469.10	1,751.30
Nov-20	1,669.70	1,863.70	1,770.30	1,975.40	1,476.20	1,763.70
May-21	1,699.10	1,880.20	1,807.40	1,993.30	1,490.50	1,780.60
Nov-21	1,706.40	1,907.50	1,812.30	2,030.20	1,504.50	1,801.80
May-22	1,725.80	1,936.70	1,835.60	2,072.60	1,523.70	1,820.60
Nov-22	1,768.00	1,965.00	1,874.40	2,090.40	1,574.10	1,859.20
May-23	1,797.20	2,000.00	1,905.00	2,124.90	1,604.40	1,897.00
Nov-23	1,845.00	2,061.10	1,946.90	2,184.60	1,660.70	1,959.60
May-24	1,879.00	2,091.80	1,978.00	2,212.60	1,696.30	1,992.60

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by sector, original

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Industry

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by industry, original
Industry	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
Mining	3,015.30	3,107.00	2,651.20
Manufacturing	1,706.70	1,746.30	1,562.00
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	2,243.80	2,307.10	2,033.30
Construction	1,821.80	1,840.00	1,701.30
Wholesale trade	1,790.60	1,863.80	1,625.20
Retail trade	1,454.50	1,503.70	1,386.70
Accommodation & food services	1,421.00	1,494.30	1,324.10
Transport, postal & warehousing	1,893.20	1,930.00	1,753.60
Information media & telecommunications	2,437.20	2,582.90	2,144.00
Financial & insurance services	2,283.20	2,497.90	2,048.20
Rental, hiring & real estate services	1,789.60	1,911.00	1,630.00
Professional, scientific & technical services	2,245.40	2,448.60	1,926.90
Administrative & support services	1,723.70	1,857.40	1,513.40
Public administration & safety	2,036.10	2,078.80	1,984.80
Education & training	2,026.40	2,127.10	1,974.60
Health care & social assistance	1,902.40	2,226.80	1,765.10
Arts & recreation services	1,797.30	1,931.20	1,616.90
Other services	1,457.80	1,497.30	1,401.00
Total all industries	1,923.40	2,014.30	1,782.80

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State and territory

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by state, original
	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
NSW	1,935.70	2,013.00	1,814.90
Vic.	1,882.00	1,962.70	1,757.40
Qld	1,901.00	2,002.10	1,750.60
SA	1,776.90	1,843.20	1,662.20
WA	2,094.30	2,257.60	1,819.70
Tas.	1,710.80	1,741.60	1,654.70
NT	1,845.80	1,976.30	1,712.10
ACT	2,126.50	2,215.30	2,027.30
Aust.	1,923.40	2,014.30	1,782.80

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Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Average weekly ordinary time cash earnings, full-time adults, original
	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
May-14	1,502.50	1,604.70	1,329.90
Nov-14	1,528.40	1,634.50	1,351.70
May-15	1,537.30	1,641.60	1,368.50
Nov-15	1,556.50	1,654.70	1,392.00
May-16	1,568.30	1,661.70	1,411.30
Nov-16	1,584.30	1,677.40	1,430.20
May-17	1,594.10	1,683.60	1,444.90
Nov-17	1,615.30	1,704.60	1,466.60
May-18	1,631.10	1,717.40	1,488.20
Nov-18	1,651.30	1,735.80	1,512.90
May-19	1,681.60	1,768.00	1,542.60
Nov-19	1,706.20	1,791.40	1,567.90
May-20	1,762.20	1,853.10	1,618.00
Nov-20	1,757.20	1,842.50	1,619.40
May-21	1,783.70	1,876.60	1,633.20
Nov-21	1,794.60	1,885.60	1,648.70
May-22	1,816.10	1,912.50	1,665.80
Nov-22	1,851.30	1,944.40	1,707.00
May-23	1,883.10	1,976.80	1,740.90
Nov-23	1,934.80	2,021.10	1,802.80
May-24	1,972.60	2,054.80	1,845.40

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Australia

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Industry

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State and territory

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Table 11a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - trend
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Table 11f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - trend
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Table 11g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - trend
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Table 11h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - trend
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Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original
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Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original
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Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original
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Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original
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State by sector

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Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original
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Some of the seasonally adjusted series above do not display seasonality, so they are not seasonally adjusted. In these cases the seasonally adjusted figure will be the same as the original series. The file below lists the treatment of each of these series.

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Average Weekly Earnings, Australia

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Australia

Table 1. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 2. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 3. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - original

Sector

Table 4. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 5. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Table 7. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 8. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 9. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Industry

Table 10a. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10b. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult total earnings

Table 10c. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, total earnings

Table 10d. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10e. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult total earnings

Table 10f. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, total earnings

Table 10g. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10h. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult total earnings

Table 10i. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, total earnings

State and territory

Table 11a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - trend

Table 11b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - trend

Table 11c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - trend

Table 11d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 11e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 11f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - trend

Table 11g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - trend

Table 11h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - trend

Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original

Table 13b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - original

Table 13c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - original

Table 13d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original

Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original

Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original

State by sector

Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14c. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Queensland (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original

Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original

Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original

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