Australia: mean weekly earnings of full-time employees by sex 1975-2023

Between 1975 and 2023, the mean weekly earnings of male full-time employees in Australia have exceeded those of their female equivalents. In August 2023, at 1,991.2 Australian dollars, the mean weekly earnings of a male full-time employee in Australia was 257 Australian dollars more than an equivalent female's weekly earnings, at 1734.2 Australian dollars.

Mean weekly earnings of full-time employees in Australia from August 1975 to August 2023, by sex (in Australian dollars)

Characteristic	Males	Females
Aug-23	1,991.2	1,734.2
Aug-22	1,945.7	1,645.3
Aug-21	1,887.9	1,590.1
Aug-20	1,782.7	1,528.1
Aug-19	1,786.2	1,466.6
Aug-18	1,716.7	1,436.2
Aug-17	1,650.2	1,397.5
Aug-16	1,621	1,322.5
Aug-15	1,596.1	1,295.5
Aug-14	1,588.2	1,271.4
Aug-13	1,504.1	1,202.5
Aug-12	1,465.7	1,182.4
Aug-11	1,396.5	1,127.5
Aug-10	1,357.1	1,086.6
Aug-09	1,294.9	1,048
Aug-08	1,237.9	1,006.3
Aug-07	1,190.6	970
Aug-06	1,105.8	898.6
Aug-05	1,043.4	852.3
Aug-04	984.4	817
Aug-03	886.2	735
Aug-02	850.9	709.1
Aug-01	841.1	680.8
Aug-00	789.1	635.3
Aug-99	745.6	613.6
Aug-98	706.2	583.6
Aug-97	700.6	567.8
Aug-95	666.5	546.1
Aug-94	653.6	522
Aug-93	622.2	507.1
Aug-92	586.7	483.1
Jul-91	570	461
Aug-90	539.9	429.4
Aug-89	513.1	405.5
Aug-88	476	377
Aug-87	444	353
Aug-86	420	330
Aug-85	394	303
Aug-84	366	285
Aug-83	340	266
Aug-82	322	245
Aug-81	276	217
Aug-80	248	193
Aug-79	224	173
Aug-78	209	162
Aug-77	191	146
Aug-76	174	131
Aug-75	152	113

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

Aug 1975 to Aug 2023

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

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.

No data available for 1996.

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