1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Mar 2009  
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HOURLY RATES OF PAY

Total hourly rates of pay indexes, By occupation - Excluding bonuses
Period
Managers and administ-
rators
Profess-
ionals
Associate profess-
ionals
Trades-
persons and related workers
Advanced clerical and service workers
Interm-
ediate clerical, sales and service workers
Interm-
ediate production and transport workers
Elem-
entary clerical, sales and service workers
Labourers and related workers
All occup-
ations
Annual (2003-04 = 100.0)
2005-06
107.9
108.6
107.8
108.8
107.4
107.5
108.5
106.9
107.8
108.1
2006-07
112.4
113.3
112.1
113.1
111.7
111.5
112.8
110.1
111.6
112.4
2007-08
117.2
118.2
116.9
118.0
116.3
115.7
116.9
114.6
115.9
117.1
Percentage change from previous year
2005-06
3.9
4.4
4.1
4.6
3.9
3.8
4.4
3.4
3.9
4.1
2006-07
4.2
4.3
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.7
4.0
3.0
3.5
4.0
2007-08
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.1
3.8
3.6
4.1
3.9
4.2
Quarterly (2003-04 = 100.0)
2006-2007
September
110.6
111.6
110.3
111.6
110.0
109.9
111.2
108.8
109.9
110.7
December
111.7
112.8
111.6
112.2
111.1
111.0
112.3
109.5
111.0
111.8
March
112.9
113.8
112.9
113.5
112.4
112.1
113.4
110.9
112.4
113.0
June
114.2
114.8
113.6
114.9
113.2
112.8
114.4
111.3
113.2
113.9
2007-2008
September
115.4
116.4
115.2
116.1
115.0
114.2
115.4
112.7
114.5
115.4
December
116.6
117.3
116.4
117.3
115.9
115.4
116.3
114.7
115.7
116.5
March
117.7
118.8
117.6
118.5
116.7
116.2
117.4
115.3
116.3
117.6
June
119.2
120.4
118.3
119.9
117.6
116.8
118.5
115.6
117.2
118.7
2008-2009
September
120.5
122.1
120.1
121.2
118.9
117.8
119.8
116.7
118.4
120.1
Percentage change from previous quarter
2006-2007
June
1.2
0.9
0.6
1.2
0.7
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.7
0.8
2007-2008
September
1.1
1.4
1.4
1.0
1.6
1.2
0.9
1.3
1.1
1.3
December
1.0
0.8
1.0
1.0
0.8
1.1
0.8
1.8
1.0
1.0
March
0.9
1.3
1.0
1.0
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.9
June
1.3
1.3
0.6
1.2
0.8
0.5
0.9
0.3
0.8
0.9
2008-2009
September
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.1
1.1
0.9
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.2
Source: Labour Price Index, Australia, (cat. no. 6345.0)

Total hourly rates of pay indexes, Excluding bonuses
Period
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
Annual (2003-04 = 100.0)
2005-06
107.8
107.9
108.4
107.4
109.0
108.4
108.2
108.6
108.1
2006-07
111.9
111.8
113.3
111.6
114.1
113.1
112.4
113.1
112.4
2007-08
116.2
116.1
118.1
116.9
120.7
117.5
116.8
117.7
117.1
Quarterly (2003-04 = 100.0)
2006-2007
September
110.5
110.2
111.4
109.8
112.1
111.4
111.0
111.5
110.7
December
111.3
111.2
112.8
111.1
113.3
112.3
111.7
112.5
111.8
March
112.5
112.4
114.0
112.4
114.5
113.9
112.9
113.7
113.0
June
113.3
113.2
115.0
113.1
116.4
114.7
114.1
114.5
113.9
2007-2008
September
114.8
114.3
116.4
115.1
118.5
116.0
115.0
116.2
115.4
December
115.6
115.5
117.7
116.5
120.0
117.0
116.1
117.4
116.5
March
116.7
116.6
118.7
117.6
121.2
118.0
117.0
118.3
117.6
June
117.7
117.8
119.5
118.3
122.9
118.9
119.0
119.0
118.7
2008-2009
September
119.0
119.1
121.3
119.6
124.5
120.6
119.9
120.6
120.1
Percentage Change from Previous Quarter - Original
2006-2007
June
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.6
1.7
0.7
1.1
0.7
0.8
2007-2008
September
1.3
1.0
1.2
1.8
1.8
1.1
0.8
1.5
1.3
December
0.7
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
March
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.9
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.9
June
0.9
1.0
0.7
0.6
1.4
0.8
1.7
0.6
0.9
2008-2009
September
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.1
1.3
1.4
0.8
1.3
1.2
Source: Labour Price Index, Australia, (cat. no. 6345.0)








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