Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, November 2021

Average weekly earnings, key statistics
		Nov 2021	Nov 2020 to Nov 2021
		$	% change
Seasonally Adjusted	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,748.40	2.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,812.70	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,328.90	3.8
Original	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,748.40	2.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,813.00	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,328.90	3.8

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Survey impacts and changes

COVID-19 impacts on average weekly earnings

The COVID-19 period has been unprecedented in the scale and speed of changes in the labour market. As various restrictions to control COVID-19 have been implemented, relaxed and lifted, employment and hours have changed considerably.

The May 2020 cycle of the Survey of Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) collected data from businesses for the last pay period ending on or before 15 May 2020. At that stage, there were widespread social distancing and other business-related restrictions in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions led to a large decrease in the number of jobs, people employed and hours worked, with lower paid jobs and industries particularly impacted, including jobs in Accommodation and food services, Arts and recreation services, and Other services. The large-scale loss of lower paid jobs in these industries had the effect of increasing the value of average weekly earnings at the total economy level. The full-time adult average weekly earnings increased by 3.3 per cent biannually over this time.

By the November 2020 cycle, lower paid employment and hours had partly recovered, which resulted in a 0.1 per cent fall in average weekly earnings. While the recovery varied by industry and other factors, there was sufficient recovery at the lower end of the earnings distribution to put downward pressure on average earnings. In November, employment was 1.3 per cent below March 2020 (as per Labour Force, Australia estimates).

The May 2021 reference period (the last pay period ending on or before 21 May 2021) fell prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases related to the Delta variant and the related lockdowns and other restrictions to contain its spread. At the time, employment was 1.1 per cent above March 2020 and many restrictions had eased. The full-time adult average weekly earnings increased by 1.5 per cent between November 2020 and May 2021, reflecting the further shift towards a more typical earnings distribution and more usual six-monthly change in average earnings.

The November 2021 reference period (the last pay period ending on or before 19 November 2021) fell after many of the Delta-related restrictions had been lifted and prior to the emergence of the Omicron variant. By November, employment had recovered to 1.4 per cent above March 2020, with further recovery in lower paid jobs (e.g. in Accommodation and food services) contributing to relatively low biannual growth in the full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (0.6 per cent).

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, Full-time adults, Seasonally adjusted
	Movement (%)
Nov-12	3.5
May-13	1.8
Nov-13	1.1
May-14	1.2
Nov-14	1.6
May-15	0.4
Nov-15	1.2
May-16	1.0
Nov-16	1.2
May-17	0.6
Nov-17	1.7
May-18	1.0
Nov-18	1.3
May-19	1.8
Nov-19	1.4
May-20	3.3
Nov-20	-0.1
May-21	1.5
Nov-21	0.6

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, Full-time adults, Seasonally adjusted

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Suspension of trend estimates

Continuing use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Survey response remains high in November

Understanding compositional changes in earnings

Australia

Average weekly earnings, seasonally adjusted
		Nov 2021	Nov 2020 to Nov 2021
		$	% change
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,846.50	2.3
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,934.80	2.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,577.10	3.3
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,591.20	1.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,618.00	2.2
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,093.80	4.1
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,748.40	2.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,812.70	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,328.90	3.8

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Average weekly earnings, original
		Nov 2021	Nov 2020 to Nov 2021
		$	% change
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,846.50	2.3
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,935.70	2.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,577.10	3.3
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,591.20	1.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,616.60	2.2
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,093.80	4.1
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,748.40	2.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,813.00	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,328.90	3.8

Private and public sector

Average weekly earnings, by sector, original
		Nov 2021	Nov 2020 to Nov 2021
		$	% change
Australia	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,748.40	2.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,813.00	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,328.90	3.8
Private Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,706.40	2.2
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,771.40	2.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,265.90	4.1
Public Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,907.50	2.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,970.90	2.8
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,609.40	2.9

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full time adults by sector, original
	Private, Persons ($)	Public, Persons ($)	Private, Males ($)	Public, Males ($)	Private, Females ($)	Public, Females ($)
Nov-11	1,303.50	1,426.90	1,398.70	1,525.80	1,108.60	1,329.20
May-12	1,321.90	1,449.00	1,421.40	1,552.60	1,123.50	1,348.60
Nov-12	1,369.90	1,491.70	1,471.00	1,595.20	1,163.40	1,389.80
May-13	1,396.60	1,513.60	1,496.40	1,621.90	1,184.90	1,408.80
Nov-13	1,410.50	1,538.70	1,510.00	1,646.90	1,205.20	1,432.30
May-14	1,426.00	1,559.90	1,539.70	1,666.50	1,200.50	1,457.30
Nov-14	1,452.10	1,570.80	1,570.20	1,674.90	1,223.30	1,469.00
May-15	1,454.60	1,586.60	1,570.90	1,691.50	1,235.80	1,485.30
Nov-15	1,468.40	1,619.50	1,579.40	1,725.40	1,249.50	1,518.30
May-16	1,483.30	1,640.70	1,587.60	1,749.00	1,277.10	1,538.70
Nov-16	1,495.70	1,674.00	1,602.10	1,783.80	1,288.30	1,571.10
May-17	1,503.90	1,686.00	1,607.80	1,784.70	1,298.00	1,594.50
Nov-17	1,529.50	1,721.50	1,634.30	1,826.90	1,322.50	1,625.50
May-18	1,544.10	1,740.00	1,646.00	1,839.90	1,343.30	1,649.80
Nov-18	1,563.50	1,766.20	1,663.80	1,869.60	1,370.00	1,672.30
May-19	1,594.70	1,785.40	1,696.30	1,891.50	1,401.50	1,691.00
Nov-19	1,617.30	1,812.20	1,718.20	1,921.00	1,423.00	1,715.00
May-20	1,673.60	1,848.40	1,780.70	1,958.30	1,469.10	1,751.30
Nov-20	1,669.70	1,863.70	1,770.30	1,975.40	1,476.20	1,763.70
May-21	1,699.10	1,880.20	1,807.40	1,993.30	1,490.50	1,780.60
Nov-21	1,706.40	1,907.50	1,812.30	2,030.20	1,504.50	1,801.80

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full time adults by sector, original

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Industry

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full time adults by industry, original
Industry	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
Mining	2,656.30	2,724.90	2,306.30
Manufacturing	1,557.10	1,601.50	1,394.90
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	1,970.80	2,007.60	1,850.80
Construction	1,734.10	1,776.20	1,468.00
Wholesale trade	1,638.20	1,720.40	1,441.60
Retail trade	1,314.40	1,373.80	1,231.60
Accommodation & food services	1,218.80	1,276.10	1,133.10
Transport, postal & warehousing	1,690.80	1,737.60	1,497.70
Information media & telecommunications	2,178.40	2,310.20	1,941.00
Financial & insurance services	2,116.20	2,333.30	1,852.80
Rental, hiring & real estate services	1,581.80	1,734.30	1,396.00
Professional, scientific & technical services	2,051.40	2,266.90	1,713.50
Administrative & support services	1,520.30	1,598.10	1,378.30
Public administration & safety	1,890.90	1,962.80	1,796.20
Education & training	1,871.10	2,016.80	1,797.20
Health care & social assistance	1,691.40	1,989.50	1,563.40
Arts & recreation services	1,543.50	1,593.50	1,456.00
Other services	1,328.00	1,344.70	1,296.70
Total all industries	1,748.40	1,846.50	1,591.20

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State and territory

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full time adults by state, original
	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
NSW	1,761.10	1,848.10	1,627.20
Vic.	1,759.80	1,862.40	1,596.60
Qld	1,671.40	1,780.20	1,498.50
SA	1,591.40	1,633.40	1,511.40
WA	1,895.80	2,045.90	1,611.60
Tas.	1,541.70	1,596.30	1,450.60
NT	1,698.60	1,795.00	1,579.40
ACT	1,980.50	2,055.10	1,893.60
Aust.	1,748.40	1,846.50	1,591.20

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Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Average weekly ordinary time cash earnings, full time adults, original
Reference Period	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
Nov-11	1,381.40	1,469.50	1,228.90
May-12	1,401.50	1,493.60	1,245.50
Nov-12	1,441.00	1,533.00	1,281.80
May-13	1,464.40	1,555.70	1,301.60
Nov-13	1,483.50	1,574.90	1,323.40
May-14	1,502.50	1,604.70	1,329.90
Nov-14	1,528.40	1,634.50	1,351.70
May-15	1,537.30	1,641.60	1,368.50
Nov-15	1,556.50	1,654.70	1,392.00
May-16	1,568.30	1,661.70	1,411.30
Nov-16	1,584.30	1,677.40	1,430.20
May-17	1,594.10	1,683.60	1,444.90
Nov-17	1,615.30	1,704.60	1,466.60
May-18	1,631.10	1,717.40	1,488.20
Nov-18	1,651.30	1,735.80	1,512.90
May-19	1,681.60	1,768.00	1,542.60
Nov-19	1,706.20	1,791.40	1,567.90
May-20	1,762.20	1,853.10	1,618.00
Nov-20	1,757.20	1,842.50	1,619.40
May-21	1,783.70	1,876.60	1,633.20
Nov-21	1,794.60	1,885.60	1,648.70

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Data downloads

Changes to Excel file format on the ABS website

In line with updating to more recent technology formats, the ABS will progressively transition to releasing Excel files in the .XLSX format. This means that timeseries spreadsheets in the suite of labour statistics releases will be progressively upgraded from .XLS files to .XLSX files.

While this change will improve usability, it may also require changes to automated macros or similar programs that users may have in place that call on the current file extension format.

For Average Weekly Earnings, this change will take effect from the release of November data on 24 February 2022. Previously released data will not change.

Changes will be reflected in other labour statistics from the following dates:

Labour Force, released on 16 December 2021
Job Vacancies, released on 12 January 2022
Employee Earnings and Hours, released on 19 January 2022
Labour Account, to be released on 9 March 2022
Industrial Disputes, to be released on 10 March 2022

Some labour statistics, such as Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, already publish Excel data in .XLSX format. No changes will be required for those releases.

Trend estimates suspension

Trend estimates have been suspended from May 2020 for all Average Weekly Earnings series due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market.

Australia

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Table 2. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 3. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - original
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Sector

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Table 5. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 6. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 8. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 9. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - original
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Industry

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Table 10a. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult ordinary time earnings
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Table 10b. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult total earnings
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Table 10c. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, total earnings
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Table 10d. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult ordinary time earnings
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Table 10e. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult total earnings
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Table 10f. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, total earnings
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Table 10g. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult ordinary time earnings
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Table 10h. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult total earnings
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Table 10i. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, total earnings
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State and territory

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Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original
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Table 13b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - original
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Table 13c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - original
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Table 13d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original
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Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original
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Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original
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State by sector

Data files

Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14c. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Queensland (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Data files

Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original
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Time series spreadsheets

Data files

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Seasonality

Some of the seasonally adjusted series above do not display seasonality, so they are not seasonally adjusted. In these cases the seasonally adjusted figure will be the same as the original series. The file below lists the treatment of each of these series.

Seasonality guide

Data files

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Article archive

Spotlight - increases in average weekly earnings - compositional changes during the COVID-19 period (May 2020)

Spotlight - comparing average weekly earnings with other measures of earnings (May 2020)

Spotlight - average weekly earnings survey methods during COVID-19 (May 2020)

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 6302.0.

APA

Average Weekly Earnings, Australia

APA

Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

COVID-19 impacts on average weekly earnings

Suspension of trend estimates

Continuing use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Survey response remains high in November

Understanding compositional changes in earnings

Australia

Private and public sector

Industry

State and territory

Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Data downloads

Changes to Excel file format on the ABS website

Trend estimates suspension

Australia

Table 2. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 3. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - original

Sector

Table 5. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Table 8. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 9. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Industry

Table 10a. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10b. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult total earnings

Table 10c. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, total earnings

Table 10d. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10e. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult total earnings

Table 10f. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, total earnings

Table 10g. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10h. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult total earnings

Table 10i. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, total earnings

State and territory

Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original

Table 13b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - original

Table 13c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - original

Table 13d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original

Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original

Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original

State by sector

Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14c. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Queensland (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original

Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original

Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original

All November 2021 spreadsheets

Time series spreadsheets

Seasonality

Seasonality guide

Article archive

Previous catalogue number

Methodology

Media releases

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