NAME OF COLLECTION
Award Rates of Pay Indexes
Contact
Operations Manager
Labour Employer Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
PO Box 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra (02) 6252 6751
Facsimile: Canberra (026) 6252 8013
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Internet: www.abs.gov.au
Purpose
To provide an accurate measure of trends in award rates of pay for use in industrial relations and wages policy development as well as contract adjustment processes.
Description
The collection provides indexes for weekly and hourly award rates of pay for full-time adult wage and salary earners. A sample of awards and award classifications is used, with wage rates updated from data supplied by various wage fixing authorities.
Data detail
Index numbers of weighted average weekly and hourly award rates of pay for full-time adult employees, classified by:
- sex
- industry; and
- occupation.
In relation to tourism, data are available for the above items for persons employed in the accommodation, cafes and restaurants industry and the cultural and recreational services industry.
Geographic coverage
Australia, States and Territories.
Frequency of data availability
Monthly. The publication ceased with the release of the June 1997 edition. It was replaced by Wage Cost Index, Australia (ABS cat. no. 6345.0).
Historical data
Data are available from 1939 - 1997.
Products and services available
Times Series are available on PC Ausstats (cat. no. 1401.0)
Publications
Award Rate Pay Indexes, Australia (cat. no. 6312.0)
Other
Special data services are available on request.
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