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AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS

NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES, Western Australia
	Nov qtr 2009	Aug 09 to Nov 09	Nov 08 to Nov 09
	$	% change	% change
Trend Estimates
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings	1 333.7	1.8	7.2
Full-time adult total earnings	1 399.0	1.2	5.3
All employees total earnings	1 035.9	1.3	5.3
Seasonally Adjusted Estimates
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings	1 335.3	2.0	7.2
Full-time adult total earnings	1 399.3	1.3	5.2
All employees total earnings	1 037.7	1.7	5.3
Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0).

• Average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults rose 1.8% in trend terms and 2.0% in seasonally adjusted terms in the November quarter 2009, while the annual increase was identical (7.2%) for the two series.
• The average total weekly earnings for all employees rose 1.7% (seasonally adjusted) and 1.3% (trend) in the November quarter.
• For November 2008 to November 2009, the average total weekly earnings for all employees increased 5.3% in both seasonally adjusted and trend terms.

• In original terms, average weekly total earnings for full-time adults have been higher for private sector than public sector workers since the May quarter 2006, a reversal of the previous 10 years when public sector earnings were consistently higher than private sector earnings. However, after the difference in sector earnings reached a peak of $138 per week in the February quarter 2008, the gap has since closed, with the difference only $13 per week as of the November quarter 2009.