Estimates of actual weekly and hourly earnings and the distribution of earnings. | Two-yearly business survey with employee component. | Provides data on the composition and distribution of employee earnings. | Data cross-classified by employer and employee characteristics. Distributional data available. | Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (cat. no. 6306.0). |
Estimates of actual average weekly earnings. | Biannual business survey. | Provides frequent measure on average earnings, and represents the ABS headline measure of average earnings. | Time series data available (including seasonally adjusted and trend estimates). | Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0). |
Estimates of actual earnings and the distribution of earnings. | Annual household survey. | Provides earnings data with a range of socio-demographic information. Provides details about the nature of employment. | Provides detailed socio-demographic information. Distributional data available. | Characteristics of Employment, Australia (cat. no. 6333.0). |
Estimates of changes in the price of labour. | Quarterly business survey. | Provides indexes measuring changes in the earnings for a fixed representative selection of employee jobs in the Australian labour market. | Provides estimates of true wage inflation removing the effect of composition. | Wage Price Index, Australia (cat. no. 6345.0). |
Estimates of compensation of employees. | Quarterly compilation based primarily on quarterly business surveys. | Provides estimates of earnings as a component of compensation of employees consistent within the Australian national accounting framework. | Broad measure of remuneration (includes, for example, annual bonuses and payment in kind). | Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. no. 5206.0). |
Estimates of income (including labour earnings). | Two-yearly household survey. | Provides detailed estimates of the components of household income. Income measures also include non-cash benefits. | Distributional data on household income and components available (including labour income) cross-classified by several employee characteristics. | Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia (cat. no. 6523.0). |
Labour costs for employers, including employee earnings. | Irregular (currently run every 6 years) business survey. | Provides estimates of employer labour costs, including employee earnings, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, etc. | Provides earnings data in the broader context of labour costs. Data per employee also available. | Labour Costs, Australia (cat. no. 6348.0). |
Estimates of public sector employee jobs, and cash earnings from these. | Annual business survey. | Provides annual estimates of cash wages and salaries of public sector employees. | Data specifically collected from sample designed to enumerate public sector estimates. Data available by level of government. | Employment and Earnings, Public Sector, Australia (cat. no. 6248.0.55.002). |
Revenue, profits, inventory and wages paid by private sector businesses. | Quarterly business survey. | Provides frequent measure of aggregate private sector earnings | Time series data available. Data also separately available for profits of unincorporated enterprises. | Business Indicators, Australia (cat. no. 5676.0). |