1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Apr 2009

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AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS (AWE)

Average weekly earnings of employees, Full - time adults

		Full - time adult ordinary time earnings			Full - time adult total earnings			All employees total earnings
Period		Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Annual Average ($ per week)(a)

2005-06		1 083.00	912.50	1 022.60	1 149.80	927.20	1 070.90	967.00	632.90	808.60
2006-07		1 126.70	940.60	1 060.10	1 190.80	955.80	1 106.70	1 013.90	662.50	845.50
2007-08		1 182.20	990.30	1 112.60	1 250.80	1 007.30	1 162.50	1 059.60	689.70	878.90
Percentage change from previous year

2005-06		4.8	4.3	4.7	4.2	4.2	4.3	5.3	4.6	5.0
2006-07		4.0	3.1	3.7	3.6	3.1	3.3	4.9	4.7	4.6
2007-08		4.9	5.3	5.0	5.0	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.1	4.0
Original ($ per week)

2006-2007
	November	1 117.90	930.50	1 050.00	1 185.20	945.90	1 098.50	1 007.00	656.60	837.20
	February	1 128.90	948.80	1 064.40	1 191.80	963.10	1 110.00	1 020.90	675.70	856.70
	May	1 151.90	959.90	1 083.00	1 215.20	975.50	1 129.20	1 032.50	671.50	858.00
2007-2008
	August	1 168.20	976.10	1 099.50	1 232.70	993.20	1 147.00	1 050.50	680.20	870.90
	November	1 172.40	984.30	1 104.70	1 242.40	1 001.70	1 155.80	1 051.20	685.30	872.90
	February	1 188.80	999.10	1 119.90	1 258.50	1 015.60	1 170.30	1 067.80	697.10	886.70
	May	1 199.30	1 001.80	1 126.40	1 269.50	1 018.50	1 176.90	1 069.00	696.00	885.00
2008-2009
	August	1 228.00	1 021.20	1 151.40	1 296.70	1 037.60	1 200.80	1 090.80	711.00	901.70
	November	1 244.10	1 032.00	1 165.30	1 315.50	1 050.10	1 216.80	1 100.60	717.80	909.50
Percentage change from previous quarter

2007-2008
	August	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.3	1.5
	November	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.7	0.2
	February	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.6
	May	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.2
2008-2009
	August	2.4	1.9	2.2	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.2	1.9
	November	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.3	0.9	1.0	0.9
Percentage change from same quarter of previous year

2007-2008
	August	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.2	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.3	4.9
	November	4.9	5.8	5.2	4.8	5.9	5.2	4.4	4.4	4.3
	February	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.6	5.5	5.4	4.6	3.2	3.5
	May	4.1	4.4	4.0	4.5	4.4	4.2	3.5	3.6	3.1
2008-2009
	August	5.1	4.6	4.7	5.2	4.5	4.7	3.8	4.5	3.5
	November	6.1	4.8	5.5	5.9	4.8	5.3	4.7	4.7	4.2

(a) Derived as annual average of average weekly earnings in the specified pay period in each quarter.
Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, (cat. no. 6302.0)

Average weekly earnings of employees, All employees

Period		New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Persons original ($ per week)

2006-2007
	November	876.40	811.10	797.70	765.60	874.90	727.40	825.80	1 052.00	837.20
	February	900.10	841.70	817.60	777.70	888.40	753.80	845.70	1 011.60	856.70
	May	902.70	839.60	807.80	779.20	912.10	756.00	848.80	1 019.10	858.00
2007-2008
	August	913.50	858.50	808.50	785.70	946.70	755.10	884.20	1 025.80	870.90
	November	911.60	844.10	820.70	793.40	963.20	765.10	878.60	1 057.10	872.90
	February	918.00	864.80	831.30	800.90	986.20	780.50	927.50	1 053.10	886.70
	May	902.50	862.50	844.70	816.30	986.80	773.80	915.40	1 060.10	885.00
2008-2009
	August	913.30	881.80	871.50	826.40	1 002.30	754.60	940.70	1 097.00	901.70
	November	916.40	880.30	887.20	847.50	1 025.90	778.20	932.70	1 123.90	909.50
Percentage change from previous quarter

2007-2008
	August	1.2	2.3	0.1	0.8	3.8	-0.1	4.2	0.7	1.5
	November	-0.2	-1.7	1.5	1.0	1.7	1.3	-0.6	3.1	0.2
	February	0.7	2.5	1.3	0.9	2.4	2.0	5.6	-0.4	1.6
	May	-1.7	-0.3	1.6	1.9	0.1	-0.9	-1.3	0.7	-0.2
2008-2009
	August	1.2	2.2	3.2	1.2	1.6	-2.5	2.8	3.5	1.9
	November	0.3	-0.2	1.8	2.6	2.4	3.1	-0.9	2.5	0.9
Males original ($ per week)

2006-2007
	November	1 039.60	982.40	964.00	910.60	1 092.70	854.70	953.60	1 216.50	1 007.00
	February	1 064.20	1 006.40	973.60	908.00	1 111.30	895.20	957.50	1 164.80	1 020.90
	May	1 071.10	1 014.10	973.60	922.30	1 153.70	910.00	981.20	1 185.30	1 032.50
2007-2008
	August	1 089.60	1 044.10	961.20	946.00	1 191.90	917.40	1 002.30	1 185.70	1 050.50
	November	1 085.50	1 027.10	965.40	957.00	1 220.10	924.20	1 021.80	1 222.10	1 051.20
	February	1 100.10	1 043.30	977.20	960.60	1 254.00	945.90	1 058.20	1 221.30	1 067.80
	May	1 075.40	1 044.10	1 014.60	967.60	1 259.90	930.20	1 066.00	1 232.90	1 069.00
2008-2009
	August	1 086.60	1 069.80	1 045.30	986.80	1 294.30	911.40	1 097.00	1 291.70	1 090.80
	November	1 098.40	1 062.40	1 057.60	1 018.60	1 329.00	955.40	1 101.80	1 305.10	1 100.60
Females original ($ per week)

2006-2007
	November	697.40	638.30	631.80	599.00	620.80	598.10	702.60	863.20	656.60
	February	722.30	656.50	650.40	619.30	633.10	610.30	736.60	868.50	675.70
	May	723.80	646.80	639.60	617.90	639.20	606.20	724.70	868.90	671.50
2007-2008
	August	729.60	649.50	654.00	620.30	663.50	602.20	767.60	882.70	680.20
	November	727.90	654.80	666.70	629.60	666.10	612.80	745.80	901.80	685.30
	February	731.70	680.20	673.00	641.10	671.70	623.60	794.60	902.50	697.10
	May	723.00	683.10	670.10	661.70	677.80	622.50	767.50	902.30	696.00
2008-2009
	August	737.30	700.70	688.40	668.30	686.50	604.80	802.20	926.00	711.00
	November	738.80	707.50	696.10	673.00	708.60	614.50	788.90	958.00	717.80

Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, (cat. no. 6302.0)