Average weekly earnings are statistics representing average gross weekly earnings (before tax) of employees. The estimates are derived by dividing estimates of weekly total earnings by estimates of number of employees.
At May 2004, the average weekly total earnings figure for all employed Tasmanian males was $777.80, an increase of 1.4% on the May 2003 figure. In the same period, the average weekly total earnings figure for all employed Tasmanian females was $537.20, an increase of 9.7% on the $489.90 recorded at May 2003.
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, Tasmania: Trend
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| May 2000 | May 2001 | May 2002 | May 2003 | May 2004 |
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| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
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Males | | | | | |
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | 782.10 | 787.60 | 833.80 | 864.60 | 883.10 |
Full-time adult total earnings | 819.00 | 820.10 | 872.20 | 903.90 | 928.20 |
Total earnings | 689.50 | 685.40 | 723.00 | 767.10 | 777.80 |
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Females | | | | | |
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | 644.20 | 692.00 | 729.90 | 759.00 | 768.80 |
Full-time adult total earnings | 661.80 | 706.70 | 745.40 | 771.50 | 780.70 |
Total earnings | 430.70 | 467.00 | 460.60 | 489.90 | 537.20 |
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Persons | | | | | |
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | 734.20 | 753.60 | 797.50 | 830.40 | 845.50 |
Full-time adult total earnings | 764.60 | 780.10 | 828.40 | 861.60 | 881.40 |
Total earnings | 557.80 | 576.60 | 590.50 | 627.70 | 664.80 |
Source: Average Weekly Earnings (cat. no. 6302.0). |
These statistics relate to a Tasmania Together benchmark.