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AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS

• Growth in the total earnings of Western Australian employees has remained steady at 1.4% (trend) in the last two quarters, with average weekly earnings of all employees rising to $1,034 in the February quarter 2009. The period of strongest growth in recent times was August 2006 to November 2007 when the quarterly increases ranged between 2% and 3%.
• In the February quarter 2009, the ordinary time average weekly earnings of full-time adult workers rose 1.7% to $1,340 (trend). However, this growth has dipped slightly over the last three quarters.

Average Weekly Earnings, Full-time adult ordinary time earnings

6 Average Weekly Earnings of Employees
		PERSONS
		Full-time adult ordinary time earnings	Full-time adult total earnings	All employees total earnings
Quarter		$	$	$
ORIGINAL
2008
	February	1 259.10	1 324.50	986.20
	November	1 321.40	1 393.30	1 025.90
2009
	February	1 338.80	1 405.60	1 037.20
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
2008
	February	1 258.60	1 323.90	984.00
	November	1 320.50	1 391.30	1 023.00
2009
	February	1 337.80	1 404.70	1 034.60
TREND
2008
	February	1 249.00	1 314.40	980.30
	November	1 317.10	1 386.80	1 019.50
2009
	February	1 339.90	1 408.00	1 034.00
Source: Average weekly Earnings, Australia, cat. no. 6302.0.

• In the February quarter 2009, the mining industry had the highest average ordinary time earnings for full-time adult workers at $2,143 per week (original). This was followed by Electricity, gas and water supply ($1,636 per week).
• Industries with the highest percentage growth in earnings (original) were Property and business services; Finance and insurance; and Education, all increasing around 5 to 6%.
• Average weekly earnings (original) decreased in the February 2009 quarter in the industries of Manufacturing (down 4.7%),Transport and storage (down 3.5%) and Wholesale trade (down 2.8%).