1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2006  
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Contents >> Labour >> Hours, earnings and benefits >> Average weekly earnings

Average weekly earnings are statistics representing average gross weekly earnings (before tax) of employees. The estimates are derived by dividing estimates of weekly total earnings by estimates of the number of employees.

At May 2006, the average weekly total earnings figure for all employed Tasmanian males was $851.00, an increase of 1.5% on the May 2005 figure. In the same period, the average weekly total earnings figure for all employed Tasmanian females was $588.30, an increase of 1.9% on the $577.6 recorded at May 2005.

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, Tasmania: Trend
May 2002
May 2003
May 2004
May 2005
May 2006
$
$
$
$
$

Males
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings
833.80
864.60
893.50
931.90
990.80
Full-time adult total earnings
872.40
904.20
939.70
981.50
1,043.60
Total earnings
723.10
767.90
788.40
838.30
851.00
Females
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings
729.60
758.70
774.40
815.10
858.70
Full-time adult total earnings
745.20
771.10
784.90
828.10
872.50
Total earnings
460.10
489.30
538.40
577.60
588.30
Persons
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings
797.60
830.50
853.90
893.10
945.30
Full-time adult total earnings
828.40
861.60
888.40
930.50
983.30
Total earnings
590.50
628.00
669.30
714.80
727.50


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

These statistics relate to a Tasmania Together benchmark.



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