Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia

Latest release

Includes earnings and hours statistics for characteristics such as industry, occupation, sex, age, full-time/part-time, and method of setting pay

Reference period
May 2025
Release date and time
23/01/2026 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

  • Median weekly earnings were $1,436.00 for all employees, $1,674.00 for males and $1,250.00 for females.
  • Occupations with the highest hourly earnings were Managers ($69.20) and Professionals ($64.50).
  • Individual arrangement was the most common method of setting pay (38.5%), followed by collective agreement (34.6%).
All employees, average weekly total cash earnings, number of employees and proportion of employees - sex by employment status (a)
 Average weekly total cash earnings ($)Number of employees ('000)Proportion of employees (%)
Full-time males2,241.104,622.435.1
Part-time males852.501,678.112.7
All males1,871.306,300.647.9
Full-time females1,966.103,102.723.6
Part-time females882.103,759.828.6
All females1,372.206,862.552.1
Full-time persons2,130.607,725.258.7
Part-time persons873.005,437.941.3
All persons1,611.1013,163.1100.0

a. May not sum to totals due to rounding

Available populations

Gender pay gap guide

Industry

Non-managerial employees, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - industry
 Average weekly total hours paid for (hours)Average hourly total cash earnings ($)
Mining42.474.10
Manufacturing36.244.30
Electricity, gas, water and waste services38.263.80
Construction38.749.00
Wholesale trade35.445.10
Retail trade25.634.30
Accommodation and food services22.932.10
Transport, postal and warehousing37.648.00
Information media and telecommunications34.459.80
Finance and insurance services35.656.10
Rental, hiring and real estate services33.943.00
Professional, scientific and technical services33.954.50
Administrative and support services29.641.50
Public administration and safety34.455.20
Education and training27.455.30
Health care and social assistance27.752.80
Arts and recreation services21.139.80
Other services29.840.50
All industries30.847.90

State

Sector

Occupation

All employees, number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings - occupation
 Number of employees ('000)Average weekly total cash earnings ($)
Managers1,265.92,800.90
Professionals3,181.52,049.60
Technicians and trades workers1,535.81,756.90
Community and personal service workers2,020.91,048.10
Clerical and administrative workers1,837.71,370.60
Sales workers1,302.5878.20
Machinery operators and drivers805.71,695.70
Labourers1,213.11,067.70
All occupations13,163.11,611.10
Non-managerial employees, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - occupation
 Average weekly total hours paid for (hours)Average hourly total cash earnings ($)
Managers37.169.20
Professionals32.164.50
Technicians and trades workers36.946.50
Community and personal service workers24.541.20
Clerical and administrative workers31.542.90
Sales workers24.633.40
Machinery operators and drivers38.742.90
Labourers27.935.40
All occupations30.847.90

Method of setting pay

a. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding

a. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding
b. Data for 2016 is based on indicative comparable estimate proportions. For further information, refer to Appendix 1 in the 2018 Feature Article

Data downloads

Data cube 1. All employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average age - rate of pay and age category: by employment status by sex, type of employee by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 2. All employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average age - method of setting pay: by employment status by sex, type of employee by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 3. All employees

Distribution, deciles and quartiles of weekly total cash earnings - age category, method of setting pay, employment status, type of employee, occupation by sex, industry, sector, states and territories

Data cube 4. Non-managerial employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - rate of pay and age category: by employment status by sex, type of employee and status by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 5. Non-managerial employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - method of setting pay: by employment status by sex, type of employee and status by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 6. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - age category: by type of employee by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 7. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings, average weekly total hours paid for, average hourly total cash earnings - method of setting pay: by type of employee by sex, occupation, industry, states and territories, sector, employer size

Data cube 8. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Distribution, deciles and quartiles of weekly total cash earnings - age category, method of setting pay, type of employee, occupation by sex, industry, sector, states and territories

Data cube 9. All employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings - method of setting pay: by age category

Data cube 10. All employees

Number of employees, average weekly total cash earnings - rate of pay: by age category

Data cube 11. All employees

Average weekly total cash earnings, average age - sex: by detailed occupation (ANZSCO 4 digit)

Data cube 12. All employees

Average weekly total cash earnings, average age - method of setting pay: by detailed occupation (ANZSCO 4 digit)

Data cube 13. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Average weekly ordinary time and total cash earnings, average weekly ordinary time and total hours paid for, average hourly ordinary time and total cash earnings - sex: by detailed occupation (ANZSCO 3 digit)

Data cube 14. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Average weekly ordinary time and total cash earnings, average weekly ordinary time and total hours paid for, average hourly ordinary time and total cash earnings - method of setting pay: by detailed occupation (ANZSCO 3 digit)

Data cube 15. Full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate

Average weekly ordinary time and total cash earnings, average weekly ordinary time and total hours paid for, average hourly ordinary time and total cash earnings - sex: by industry sub-division (ANZSIC 2 digit)

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