EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

This section on Education and Employment includes the Key and Related series for the following Indicators:

Not fully engaged in education and/ or employment
Starting salaries



NOT FULLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND/OR EMPLOYMENT


Key series

NOT FULLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND/ OR EMPLOYMENT(a)(b)(c), 15-19 years
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Males	11.8	11.7	12.2	10.7	14.1	15.3	12.7	12.8	13.8	13.1
Females	16.1	14.7	13.4	14.3	17.0	14.3	15.6	13.2	13.1	12.6
(a) Males and females not fully engaged in education and/or employment as a proportion of persons aged 15-19 years for each sex. (b) Persons permanently unable to work are excluded. (c) In 2013 and 2014 education data is restricted to formal study (study for a qualification). Data for previous years include some people who may have been studying for a non-formal qualification. For more information see Glossary (Education). Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.

Related series

NOT FULLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND/ OR EMPLOYMENT(a)(b)(c), 20-24 years
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Males	16.9	16.9	14.2	14.8	20.2	18.0	17.9	18.5	20.9	21.8
Females	26.2	25.4	25.9	24.4	24.3	25.8	27.2	26.2	30.2	29.1
(a) Males and females not fully engaged in education and/or employment as a proportion of persons aged 20-24 years for each sex. (b) Persons permanently unable to work are excluded. (c) In 2013 and 2014 education data is restricted to formal study (study for a qualification). Data for previous years include some people who may have been studying for a non-formal qualification. For more information see Glossary (Education). Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.

For a historical commentary on this indicator, refer to the January 2013 release.


STARTING SALARIES


Related series

MEDIAN STARTING SALARY OF BACHELOR DEGREE GRADUATES (a)(b)(c), aged less than 25 years in their first full-time employment
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
Males	51.4	52.3	54.4	55.0	56.7	55.4	55.9	57.8	56.5	55.0
Females	50.1	49.8	50.8	52.6	53.3	53.2	53.7	52.5	53.0	52.0
(a) To capture all graduates in a particular year, mid year graduates are surveyed at October 31 of that year, and end of year graduates are surveyed at April 30 the following year. For example, 2014 earnings data is based on students who completed studies in mid 2013 and those who completed studies at the end of 2013. (b) Salary data may include additional payments such as overtime and bonuses. Figures therefore do not necessarily reflect award rates. An example is the case of medical graduates, whose base salary is increased markedly by overtime payments. (c) In 2012–13 dollars, adjusted using changes in the Consumer Price Index. Source: Graduate Careers Australia, 'GradStats', Melbourne.

Graduate Careers Australia, 'Graduate Salaries 2013', Melbourne, 2014.

For a historical commentary on this indicator, refer to the January 2013 release.

Definitions of the concepts presented above can be found in the Education Glossary (under the Explanatory Notes tab). More detailed information can be found in the Education Data Cube (under the Downloads tab).