4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2010  
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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS AND HOURS

Earnings of wage and salary earners by occupation is available from Employee Earning and Hours, Australia, 2008 (cat. no. 6306.0), however the information is not available at the detailed occupation level collected in the 2006 Census of Population and Housing. This survey showed that arts professionals who worked as full-time employees (excluding those who were self-employed) worked an average of 34.2 hours per week and had weekly earnings of $1,198. Media professionals worked an average of 37.7 hours per week and received weekly earnings of $1,379. Printing trades workers worked an average of 37.4 hours per week for weekly earnings of $953. By comparison, all wage and salary earners worked an average of 38.1 hours per week with earnings totalling $1,130.

5.9 Full-time adult non-managerial employees(a), Earnings and hours(b) - August 2008

Males
Females
Total
$
hours
$
hours
$
hours

Arts professionals
1 454
33.2
967
35.1
1 198
34.2
Media professionals
1 488
38.0
1 205
37.1
1 379
37.7
Printing trades workers
940
37.4
1 055
37.7
953
37.4
All occupations
1 188
38.3
1 042
37.7
1 130
38.1

(a) Selected cultural occupations based on ANZSCO (First edition 2006)
(b) Average weekly total earnings and hours paid for ordinary time. Comprises regular wages and salaries in cash, including amounts salary sacrificed. Excluded are non-cash components of salary packages, over-time payments, retrospective pay, pay in advance, leave loadings, severance pay, and termination and redundancy payments.
Source: Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, August 2008 (cat. no. 6306.0).





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