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AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS

AUGUST KEY FIGURES, Western Australia
	Aug 2010	May 2010 to Aug 2010	Aug 2009 to Aug 2010
	$	% change	% change
Trend
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings	1 378.90	1.0	5.3
Full-time adult total earnings	1 458.60	1.3	5.6
All employees total earnings	1 071.60	0.8	4.8
Seasonally Adjusted
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings	1 380.00	1.2	5.7
Full-time adult total earnings	1 461.30	1.8	6.0
All employees total earnings	1 069.50	0.5	4.8
Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0).

• In the 12 months to August 2010, average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults in WA rose by 5.3% in trend terms, compared with a national increase of 4.4%. Similar annual increases were recorded for full-time total adult earnings.
• In the August quarter 2010, the full-time average weekly ordinary time earnings for males was $1,498 (trend), 32% higher than the equivalent female wage ($1,138).

• As trend and seasonally adjusted figures for WA are not available by sector, the graph above relies on original data, In original terms, average weekly total earnings for full-time adults have continued to be higher for private sector than for public sector workers since May 2006, which is a reversal of the gap during the previous 10 years when average public sector earnings were consistently higher than average private sector earnings.
• By February 2008, the gap in earnings between the private and public sectors (original) had reached $138 per week. Since that time, the gap in earnings has been variable, increasing to $45 in August 2010 with a larger quarterly increase in private sector earnings (2.2%) than public sector earnings (0.2%).