As of August 2023, the median hourly earnings of employees in Australia were 39.5 Australian dollars. Since August 2000, the median hourly earnings of employees in Australia have increased by over 23 Australian dollars.
Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023
(in Australian dollars)
The Characteristics of Employment survey excluded the following: Members of the permanent defence forces, certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments, overseas residents in Australia, members of non-Australian defence forces (and their dependants) stationed in Australia, students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for people with disabilities), inmates of prisons, people living in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, contributing family workers, people not in the labour force, and unemployed people.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 13, 2023). Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian dollars)." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Median Hourly Earnings of Employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Median hourly earnings of employees in Australia from August 2000 to August 2023 (in Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404859/australia-median-hourly-earnings-of-employees-timeline/