Average Weekly Earnings, Australia

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Estimates of weekly earnings classified by industry, sector, state and territory

Reference period

November 2022

Released

23/02/2023

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Key statistics

Estimates for average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults (seasonally adjusted):

Increased by 3.4% to $1,807.70 annually to November 2022.
For males were $2,091.20 (public), and $1,874.40 (private).
For females were $1,857.50 (public), and $1,573.00 (private).

Average weekly earnings, key statistics
		Nov 2022	Nov 2021 to Nov 2022
		$	% change
Trend	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,805.90	3.2
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,875.20	3.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,376.60	3.7
Seasonally Adjusted	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,807.70	3.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,876.80	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,378.60	3.7
Original	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,807.70	3.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,878.50	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,378.60	3.7

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults, seasonally adjusted
	Movement (%)
Nov-12	3.5
May-13	1.8
Nov-13	1.1
May-14	1.2
Nov-14	1.6
May-15	0.4
Nov-15	1.2
May-16	1.0
Nov-16	1.2
May-17	0.6
Nov-17	1.7
May-18	1.0
Nov-18	1.3
May-19	1.8
Nov-19	1.4
May-20	3.3
Nov-20	-0.1
May-21	1.5
Nov-21	0.6
May-22	1.2
Nov-22	2.1

Six monthly movement - Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults, seasonally adjusted

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Survey impacts and changes

Reinstating trend data

Commencing with this issue, the ABS has reinstated Average Weekly Earnings trend estimates (including for the entire COVID-19 period in the spreadsheets) and reverted to concurrent seasonal adjustment. However, the key figures and graphs in the Average Weekly Earnings release will continue to focus on seasonally adjusted estimates. This will be reviewed for future releases. For further information, see Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates below.

Guide to labour statistics

To learn more about our different labour measures, their purpose and how to use them, see our Guide to labour statistics. It provides summary information on key labour market topics including Earnings data.

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

The ABS suspended the publication of Average Weekly Earnings trend estimates in May 2020, due to the large changes in the labour market during the COVID-19 period.

As suggested in A Guide to Interpreting Time Series, trend estimates are generally a better guide to the substantive movements in the series and are considered the best indicator of the underlying behaviour in the labour market. Given this, following extensive analysis of the time series, the ABS has now reinstated Average Weekly Earnings trend estimates and reverted back to using the concurrent seasonal adjustment method (rather than using forward factors).

The ABS has also included the trend during the COVID-19 period in the spreadsheets in this release. However, given the large point-to-point changes for May 2020 and November 2020, the ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates during this period.

The ABS will undertake another review of the Average Weekly Earnings seasonal adjustment and trend estimates in the Annual Seasonal Reanalysis in 2023. As part of this process, there may be larger than usual revisions, particularly for the May 2020 and November 2020 cycles.

Understanding compositional changes in earnings

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Average Weekly Earnings survey is designed to measure the level of average earnings in Australia at a point in time. Movements in average weekly earnings can be affected by changes in both the level of earnings per employee and in the composition of the labour force. Factors which can contribute to compositional change include variation in the proportion of full-time, part-time, casual and junior employees; variation in the occupational distribution within and across industries; variation in the distribution of employment between industries; and variation in the distribution of hours worked and paid for.

It is also important to note that while Average Weekly Earnings data can be used to compare, at the very broad level, average earnings between males and females, such comparisons do not take into account a range of compositional differences. For example, differences in occupation or hours worked can contribute significantly to the differences observed between male and female earnings. Average Weekly Earnings, along with Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, provides insights into the gender pay gap. The range of ABS gender pay gap measures can be found in the ABS Gender Indicators, along with a useful guide to the gender pay gap.

For more information on compositional changes, see Spotlight: Increases in Average Weekly Earnings – compositional changes during the COVID-19 period.

Australia

Average weekly earnings, trend
		Nov 2022	Nov 2021 to Nov 2022
		$	% change
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,906.20	3.1
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,003.20	3.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,618.70	2.8
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,650.80	3.8
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,678.90	3.9
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,144.30	4.7
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,805.90	3.2
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,875.20	3.4
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,376.60	3.7

Average weekly earnings, seasonally adjusted
		Nov 2022	Nov 2021 to Nov 2022
		$	% change
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,907.10	3.3
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,004.90	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,621.20	2.8
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,653.60	3.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,680.60	4.1
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,144.90	4.8
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings (a)	1,807.70	3.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,876.80	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings (a)	1,378.60	3.7

(a) This component is not seasonally adjusted.

Average weekly earnings, original
		Nov 2022	Nov 2021 to Nov 2022
		$	% change
Males	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,907.10	3.3
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,004.90	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,621.20	2.8
Females	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,653.60	3.9
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,682.80	4.1
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,146.10	4.8
Persons	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,807.70	3.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,878.50	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,378.60	3.7

Private and public sector

Average weekly earnings, by sector, original
		Nov 2022	Nov 2021 to Nov 2022
		$	% change
Australia	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,807.70	3.4
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,878.50	3.6
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,378.60	3.7
Private Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,768.00	3.6
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	1,839.50	3.8
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,318.00	4.1
Public Sector	Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings	1,965.00	3.0
	Full-time adult average weekly total earnings	2,033.30	3.2
	All employees average weekly total earnings	1,658.40	3.0

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by sector, original
	Private, Persons ($)	Public, Persons ($)	Private, Males ($)	Public, Males ($)	Private, Females ($)	Public, Females ($)
Nov-12	1,369.90	1,491.70	1,471.00	1,595.20	1,163.40	1,389.80
May-13	1,396.60	1,513.60	1,496.40	1,621.90	1,184.90	1,408.80
Nov-13	1,410.50	1,538.70	1,510.00	1,646.90	1,205.20	1,432.30
May-14	1,426.00	1,559.90	1,539.70	1,666.50	1,200.50	1,457.30
Nov-14	1,452.10	1,570.80	1,570.20	1,674.90	1,223.30	1,469.00
May-15	1,454.60	1,586.60	1,570.90	1,691.50	1,235.80	1,485.30
Nov-15	1,468.40	1,619.50	1,579.40	1,725.40	1,249.50	1,518.30
May-16	1,483.30	1,640.70	1,587.60	1,749.00	1,277.10	1,538.70
Nov-16	1,495.70	1,674.00	1,602.10	1,783.80	1,288.30	1,571.10
May-17	1,503.90	1,686.00	1,607.80	1,784.70	1,298.00	1,594.50
Nov-17	1,529.50	1,721.50	1,634.30	1,826.90	1,322.50	1,625.50
May-18	1,544.10	1,740.00	1,646.00	1,839.90	1,343.30	1,649.80
Nov-18	1,563.50	1,766.20	1,663.80	1,869.60	1,370.00	1,672.30
May-19	1,594.70	1,785.40	1,696.30	1,891.50	1,401.50	1,691.00
Nov-19	1,617.30	1,812.20	1,718.20	1,921.00	1,423.00	1,715.00
May-20	1,673.60	1,848.40	1,780.70	1,958.30	1,469.10	1,751.30
Nov-20	1,669.70	1,863.70	1,770.30	1,975.40	1,476.20	1,763.70
May-21	1,699.10	1,880.20	1,807.40	1,993.30	1,490.50	1,780.60
Nov-21	1,706.40	1,907.50	1,812.30	2,030.20	1,504.50	1,801.80
May-22	1,725.80	1,936.70	1,835.60	2,072.60	1,523.70	1,820.60
Nov-22	1,768.00	1,965.00	1,874.40	2,090.40	1,574.10	1,859.20

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Industry

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by industry, original
Industry	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
Mining	2,811.70	2,896.10	2,429.70
Manufacturing	1,582.60	1,623.20	1,440.10
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	2,098.20	2,137.30	1,953.20
Construction	1,786.00	1,827.10	1,532.20
Wholesale trade	1,678.30	1,761.30	1,490.60
Retail trade	1,353.80	1,431.20	1,264.00
Accommodation & food services	1,293.80	1,341.10	1,227.00
Transport, postal & warehousing	1,771.90	1,818.80	1,605.40
Information media & telecommunications	2,270.70	2,401.90	1,996.60
Financial & insurance services	2,201.50	2,412.30	1,952.20
Rental, hiring & real estate services	1,685.60	1,807.60	1,536.90
Professional, scientific & technical services	2,140.40	2,344.70	1,846.50
Administrative & support services	1,568.70	1,691.10	1,377.80
Public administration & safety	1,947.00	2,000.20	1,880.50
Education & training	1,905.40	2,041.40	1,835.90
Health care & social assistance	1,763.60	2,073.60	1,635.80
Arts & recreation services	1,647.20	1,727.80	1,529.30
Other services	1,333.20	1,353.40	1,303.90
Total all industries	1,807.70	1,907.10	1,653.60

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State and territory

Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults by state, original
	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
NSW	1,810.20	1,894.30	1,686.10
Vic.	1,793.90	1,896.30	1,640.10
Qld	1,760.70	1,865.30	1,590.00
SA	1,658.00	1,704.30	1,568.50
WA	1,988.50	2,162.80	1,684.70
Tas.	1,586.40	1,621.90	1,525.10
NT	1,744.10	1,868.20	1,603.20
ACT	2,019.10	2,116.20	1,914.60
Aust.	1,807.70	1,907.10	1,653.60

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Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Average weekly ordinary time cash earnings, full-time adults, original
Reference Period	Persons ($)	Males ($)	Females ($)
Nov-12	1,441.00	1,533.00	1,281.80
May-13	1,464.40	1,555.70	1,301.60
Nov-13	1,483.50	1,574.90	1,323.40
May-14	1,502.50	1,604.70	1,329.90
Nov-14	1,528.40	1,634.50	1,351.70
May-15	1,537.30	1,641.60	1,368.50
Nov-15	1,556.50	1,654.70	1,392.00
May-16	1,568.30	1,661.70	1,411.30
Nov-16	1,584.30	1,677.40	1,430.20
May-17	1,594.10	1,683.60	1,444.90
Nov-17	1,615.30	1,704.60	1,466.60
May-18	1,631.10	1,717.40	1,488.20
Nov-18	1,651.30	1,735.80	1,512.90
May-19	1,681.60	1,768.00	1,542.60
Nov-19	1,706.20	1,791.40	1,567.90
May-20	1,762.20	1,853.10	1,618.00
Nov-20	1,757.20	1,842.50	1,619.40
May-21	1,783.70	1,876.60	1,633.20
Nov-21	1,794.60	1,885.60	1,648.70
May-22	1,816.10	1,912.50	1,665.80
Nov-22	1,851.30	1,944.40	1,707.00

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Australia

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Table 1. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - trend
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Table 2. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 3. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - original
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Sector

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Table 4. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - trend
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Table 5. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 7. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - trend
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Table 8. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 9. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - original
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Industry

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Table 10a. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult ordinary time earnings
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Table 10b. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult total earnings
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Table 10d. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult ordinary time earnings
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State and territory

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Table 11a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - trend
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Table 11b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - trend
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Table 11c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - trend
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Table 11d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - trend
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Table 11e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - trend
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Table 11f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - trend
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Table 11g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - trend
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Table 11h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - trend
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Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted
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Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original
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Table 13b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - original
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Table 13c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - original
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Table 13d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original
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Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original
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Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original
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Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original
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State by sector

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Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14c. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Queensland (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons
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Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Data files

Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original
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Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original
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Seasonality

Some of the seasonally adjusted series above do not display seasonality, so they are not seasonally adjusted. In these cases the seasonally adjusted figure will be the same as the original series. The file below lists the treatment of each of these series.

Seasonality guide

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Average Weekly Earnings, Australia

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Understanding compositional changes in earnings

Australia

Private and public sector

Industry

State and territory

Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

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Australia

Table 1. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 2. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 3. Average weekly earnings, Australia (dollars) - original

Sector

Table 4. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 5. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Average weekly earnings, private sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Table 7. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 8. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 9. Average weekly earnings, public sector - Australia (dollars) - original

Industry

Table 10a. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10b. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, full time adult total earnings

Table 10c. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - males, total earnings

Table 10d. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10e. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, full time adult total earnings

Table 10f. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - females, total earnings

Table 10g. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult ordinary time earnings

Table 10h. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, full time adult total earnings

Table 10i. Average weekly earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original - persons, total earnings

State and territory

Table 11a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - trend

Table 11b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - trend

Table 11c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - trend

Table 11d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 11e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - trend

Table 11f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - trend

Table 11g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - trend

Table 11h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - trend

Table 12a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 12h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - seasonally adjusted

Table 13a. Average weekly earnings, New South Wales (dollars) - original

Table 13b. Average weekly earnings, Victoria (dollars) - original

Table 13c. Average weekly earnings, Queensland (dollars) - original

Table 13d. Average weekly earnings, South Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13e. Average weekly earnings, Western Australia (dollars) - original

Table 13f. Average weekly earnings, Tasmania (dollars) - original

Table 13g. Average weekly earnings, Northern Territory (dollars) - original

Table 13h. Average weekly earnings, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original

State by sector

Table 14a. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, New South Wales (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14b. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Victoria (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14c. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Queensland (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14d. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, South Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14e. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Western Australia (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14f. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Tasmania (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14g. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Northern Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Table 14h. Average weekly earnings, private and public sectors, Australian Capital Territory (dollars) - original - persons

Cash earnings (includes salary sacrifice)

Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original

Table 16: Average weekly cash earnings, state by sector (dollars) - original

Table 17: Average weekly cash earnings, industry, Australia (dollars) - original

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Seasonality

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