Wage Price Index, Australia

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The WPI measures changes in the price of labour, unaffected by compositional shifts in the labour force, hours worked or employee characteristics

Reference period

June 2022

Released

17/08/2022

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Key statistics

In June quarter 2022 the seasonally adjusted WPI:

Rose 0.7% this quarter and 2.6% over the year.
The private sector rose 0.7% and the public sector rose 0.6%.

Wage Price Index (WPI) Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses
	Mar Qtr 2022 to Jun Qtr 2022 % change	Jun Qtr 2021 to Jun Qtr 2022 % change
Trend(a)
Australia	0.6	2.6
Private sector	0.7	2.7
Public sector	0.6	2.4
Seasonally Adjusted(b)
Australia	0.7	2.6
Private sector	0.7	2.7
Public sector	0.6	2.4
Original
Australia	0.6	2.6
Private sector	0.7	2.7
Public sector	0.4	2.4

See Interpretation of index numbers, Trend estimates on the Methodology page
See Interpretation of index numbers, Seasonally adjusted indexes and Seasonal analysis on the Methodology page

What's new this quarter

Reinstatement of trend series

The trend series for Wage Price Index has been reviewed and reinstated.

Further details about the reinstatement of trend are available in the Survey impacts and changes section below.

Overview

Seasonally adjusted quarterly wages grew by 0.7% for the third consecutive quarter.

Quarterly changes, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses
	Original	Seasonally Adjusted
Jun-12	0.7	0.9
	1.2	0.8
Dec-12	0.7	0.7
	0.6	0.7
Jun-13	0.4	0.6
	1.0	0.6
Dec-13	0.5	0.7
	0.7	0.8
Jun-14	0.4	0.5
	0.8	0.6
Dec-14	0.6	0.6
	0.4	0.6
Jun-15	0.4	0.5
	0.8	0.6
Dec-15	0.4	0.5
	0.4	0.5
Jun-16	0.4	0.5
	0.7	0.4
Dec-16	0.4	0.5
	0.4	0.6
Jun-17	0.4	0.5
	0.8	0.5
Dec-17	0.5	0.6
	0.4	0.5
Jun-18	0.4	0.6
	1.0	0.6
Dec-18	0.5	0.6
	0.5	0.5
Jun-19	0.5	0.6
	0.8	0.5
Dec-19	0.5	0.5
	0.4	0.5
Jun-20	0.0	0.2
	0.4	0.1
Dec-20	0.5	0.5
	0.5	0.6
Jun-21	0.3	0.4
	0.9	0.6
Dec-21	0.6	0.7
	0.6	0.7
Jun-22	0.6	0.7

Quarterly changes, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses

["","Original","Seasonally Adjusted"]

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The private sector was the main driver of wages growth over the quarter.

The average size of wage rises within the private sector was a notable factor influencing wages growth.

Jobs in the Construction (1.4%) and Professional, scientific and technical services (0.7%) industries were the main contributors to growth.

Sector wage growth

Private sector wages rose 2.7% over the year to June quarter 2022, the highest seasonally adjusted rate of growth for the sector since September 2013.

Public sector wages rose 2.4% over the year. This is the fourth consecutive quarter in which the rate of growth has increased, as adjustments to State and Federal wage policies in response to the pandemic continued to unwind.

Annual wage growth by sector, seasonally adjusted
	Private	Public
Jun-12	3.9	3.3
	3.7	3.4
Dec-12	3.4	3.3
	3.2	3.1
Jun-13	3.0	2.8
	2.8	2.6
Dec-13	2.5	2.7
	2.6	2.9
Jun-14	2.4	2.8
	2.4	2.7
Dec-14	2.5	2.7
	2.2	2.5
Jun-15	2.2	2.5
	2.1	2.7
Dec-15	2.0	2.6
	2.0	2.5
Jun-16	2.0	2.4
	1.9	2.3
Dec-16	1.8	2.3
	1.8	2.3
Jun-17	1.8	2.5
	1.9	2.4
Dec-17	1.9	2.4
	1.9	2.4
Jun-18	2.1	2.3
	2.1	2.6
Dec-18	2.3	2.5
	2.4	2.4
Jun-19	2.3	2.7
	2.2	2.4
Dec-19	2.2	2.2
	2.1	2.4
Jun-20	1.7	2.1
	1.2	1.8
Dec-20	1.4	1.6
	1.5	1.5
Jun-21	1.9	1.3
	2.4	1.6
Dec-21	2.4	2.1
	2.4	2.2
Jun-22	2.7	2.4

Annual wage growth by sector, seasonally adjusted

["","Private","Public"]

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Drivers of wage growth

A higher proportion of private sector jobs received a wage increase compared to recent June quarters.

The average size of wage rises in the private sector grew quickly over the last two quarters, and at 3.8% this quarter was the highest average increase recorded since June 2012. Demand for skilled jobs over the last 12 months has continued to build wage pressure across a broad range of industries and jobs, reflected in the increasing size of pay rises.

The average pay rise in June quarter 2022 was mostly driven by a combination of in-demand market sensitive jobs and enterprise agreements linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Award jobs are expected to receive wage rises after June quarter 2022, as scheduled in the Fair Work Commission Annual Wage Review decision 2021-22.

Components of wage growth in the private sector
	Average pay increase	Proportion of jobs
Jun-12	4.1	16
	3.5	38
Dec-12	3.6	19
	3.1	19
Jun-13	3.5	14
	3.0	40
Dec-13	2.8	16
	2.8	22
Jun-14	2.9	13
	3.1	38
Dec-14	2.6	18
	2.7	16
Jun-15	2.7	12
	2.7	40
Dec-15	2.7	15
	2.3	17
Jun-16	2.5	12
	2.5	40
Dec-16	2.5	12
	2.4	15
Jun-17	2.6	11
	2.9	40
Dec-17	2.6	13
	2.5	16
Jun-18	2.5	13
	3.0	42
Dec-18	2.8	15
	2.7	15
Jun-19	2.6	11
	2.9	42
Dec-19	2.8	13
	2.6	16
Jun-20	0.8	9
	2.4	21
Dec-20	2.7	17
	2.3	26
Jun-21	2.7	12
	2.9	34
Dec-21	2.8	23
	3.4	15
Jun-22	3.8	14

Components of wage growth in the private sector

["","Average pay increase","Proportion of jobs"]

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Focusing on the market sensitive jobs in the private sector, a growing proportion of these recorded wages rises (17%) in June quarter 2022 compared to previous June quarters (13% in 2021 and 8% in 2020, the start of the pandemic). Looking at the time between pay rises, 74% of the jobs receiving a pay rise in June quarter 2022 recorded at least one rise in the last year. Compared to previous June quarters a significantly higher proportion of those jobs recorded more than one pay rise in the last 12 months.

Time since last pay change for jobs under individual arrangements, private sector
	Jun-19	Jun-20	Jun-21	Jun-22
less than 12 months	10	19	17	38
12 months	69	59	25	36
from 12 to 24 months	14	13	29	11
over 24 months	7	9	28	14

Time since last pay change for jobs under individual arrangements, private sector

["","Jun-19","Jun-20","Jun-21","Jun-22"]

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Footnote: graph relates to jobs recording a pay rise in each June quarter.

Industry wage growth

Original estimates:

Construction recorded the highest quarterly (1.4%) and annual rise (3.4%) in wages. This was the highest quarterly rate for the industry since June quarter 2008 and the highest annual rate of growth since December quarter 2012.
Accommodation and food services recorded the lowest quarterly rate of growth (0.1%).
Mining and Electricity, gas, water and waste services recorded the lowest through the year wage growth (2.2%).

Annual and quarterly changes, original, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - industry
	Annual Change	Quarterly Change
Mining	2.2	0.9
Manufacturing	3.1	0.8
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	2.2	0.9
Construction	3.4	1.4
Wholesale trade	2.9	0.7
Retail trade	2.4	0.3
Accommodation and food services	2.4	0.1
Transport, postal and warehousing	2.5	0.6
Information media and telecommunications	2.9	0.4
Financial and insurance services	2.7	0.8
Rental, hiring and real estate services	3.1	0.6
Professional, scientific and technical services	2.9	0.7
Administrative and support services	2.6	0.3
Public administration and safety	2.5	0.4
Education and training	2.3	0.3
Health care and social assistance	2.3	0.3
Arts and recreation services	2.8	0.4
Other services	2.4	0.5
All Industries	2.6	0.6

Annual and quarterly changes, original, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - industry

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State and territory wage growth

Original estimates:

Western Australia recorded the highest quarterly rise of 0.8%.
Queensland and Tasmania delivered the strongest annual growth of 2.9%. This was the highest rate of annual growth for Queensland since March quarter 2013.
The Northern Territory continues to record the lowest quarterly growth rate at 0.3%, and the lowest through the year rate of growth at 2.0%.

Annual and quarterly changes, original, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - states and territories
	Annual Change	Quarterly Change
NSW	2.6	0.5
VIC	2.5	0.6
QLD	2.9	0.7
SA	2.3	0.4
WA	2.7	0.8
TAS	2.9	0.6
NT	2.0	0.3
ACT	2.5	0.4
Australia	2.6	0.6

Annual and quarterly changes, original, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - states and territories

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Survey impacts and changes

Update on seasonal adjustment and trend

In June 2020, due to the large and unusual impact of COVID-19 on the economy, the private and All Sector series of the Wage Price Index were moved to the “forward factors” method for seasonal adjustment. This method (as described in the article on Methods changes due to COVID-19) is better suited in an uncertain environment as the seasonal factors are fixed for a 12 month period. The public sector series remained using the “concurrent” adjustment method, as the disruption was not observed in this sector. The trend estimates were suspended for all series at this time.

The ABS recently completed their annual review of seasonal adjustment in the WPI and as a result will be reverting all series to “concurrent” adjustment, as the series have now stabilised. The ABS will also be reinstating the trend estimates for all series in the WPI.

Data downloads

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The wage price indexes in Tables 1, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 7b, 8b and 9b are updated and released every quarter. The corresponding financial year wage price indexes in Tables 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 7a, 8a and 9a are updated and released each June quarter for the preceding financial year. There are no financial year indexes created for Table 1.

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Table 1. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector, original, seasonally adjusted and trend
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Table 2a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 3a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: private sector by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 3b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: private sector by state, original (quarterly index numbers)
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Table 4a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: public sector by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 5a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 5b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (quarterly index numbers)
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Table 7a. Hourly rates of pay including bonuses: sector, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 7b. Hourly rates of pay including bonuses: sector, original (quarterly index numbers)
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Table 8a. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 8b. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (quarterly index numbers)
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Table 9a. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Table 9b. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (quarterly index numbers)
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All WPI series: original (quarterly index numbers)
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All WPI Series: original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)
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Key statistics

What's new this quarter

Reinstatement of trend series

Overview

Sector wage growth

Drivers of wage growth

Industry wage growth

State and territory wage growth

Survey impacts and changes

Update on seasonal adjustment and trend

Data downloads

I-Note

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector, original, seasonally adjusted and trend

Table 2a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 2b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 3a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: private sector by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 3b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: private sector by state, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 4a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: public sector by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 4b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: public sector by state, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 5a. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 5b. Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 7a. Hourly rates of pay including bonuses: sector, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 7b. Hourly rates of pay including bonuses: sector, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 8a. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 8b. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: all sectors by state, original (quarterly index numbers)

Table 9a. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)

Table 9b. Ordinary hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses: sector by industry, original (quarterly index numbers)

All WPI series: original (quarterly index numbers)

All WPI Series: original (financial year index numbers for year ended June quarter)