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1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2009–10
Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/06/2010 |
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EARNINGS In May 2009 the difference between male and female average weekly earnings was lowest for full-time adult AWOTE (where female earnings were 83% of the male figure of $1,268) and highest for all employee total earnings (where female earnings were 65% of the male figure of $1,110) (table 8.44). The latter difference reflects the inclusion of part-time employees (a higher proportion of female employees work part time) and the inclusion of overtime pay (of which men earn more than women). In May 2009, 44% of female employees worked part time compared with 16% of male employees.
Table 8.45 presents AWOTE for full-time adult men and women by states and territories in May 2009. The highest weekly earnings for men and women were in the Australian Capital Territory ($1,408 for men and $1,256 for women). The lowest weekly earnings were in Tasmania for both men ($1,037) and women ($934).
In May 2009, the Mining industry recorded the highest AWOTE for full-time adults ($1,950 for men and $1,528 for women) (graph 8.46). The industries with the lowest AWOTE for full-time adults were Accommodation and food services ($922 for men and $790 for women) and Retail trade ($950 and $822 respectively) . AWOTE for full-time adult women was less than for men in all industries. The largest difference between the earnings of full-time adult males and females occurred in Rental, hiring and real estate services, with females earning 67% of males. The difference in earnings was smallest in Transport, postal and warehousing (the average earnings of full-time adult females were 92% of full-time adult males). Data on earnings are also available from the EEH survey. This survey provides additional information on employee characteristics such as occupation. Average weekly ordinary time cash earnings (i.e. including amounts salary sacrificed) for full-time adult employees by occupation for August 2008 are shown in graph 8.47. For men and women, Labourers recorded the lowest average weekly ordinary time cash earnings of all the occupation groups ($866 for men and $747 for women). The occupation group with the highest weekly earnings was Managers ($1,886 for men and $1,494 for women). Men had higher average weekly ordinary time cash earnings than women in each major occupation group. For full-time adult employees, the proportional difference between average weekly ordinary time cash earnings for men and women was smallest for Machinery operators and drivers (average earnings of women were 93% of those of men) and greatest for Managers and Community and personal service workers (both 79%). The Survey of Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership provides data on average weekly earnings across a range of socio-demographic characteristics. In August 2008, average weekly earnings of full-time workers was more than double that of part-time workers across all age groups. Full-time workers earned, on average, $1,163 per week in all jobs, compared with $428 for part-time workers. Workers with the lowest average weekly earnings were those aged 15-19 years ($536 for full-time workers and $154 for part-time workers) while those with the highest average weekly earnings were aged 35-44 years ($1,333 for full-time workers and $535 for part-time workers) (graph 8.48).
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