As of 2023, the mean weekly earnings of male employees in Australia with a postgraduate degree were 2,115 Australian dollars. However, females with a postgraduate degree earned an average of, 1678 Australian dollars.
Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex
(in Australian dollars)
Other includes: "Certificate I/II", "Certificate not further defined", and "Level not determined".
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). Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex (in Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex (in Australian dollars)." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex (in Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Mean Weekly Earnings of Employees in Australia in August 2023, by Educational Qualification and Sex (in Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex (in Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification and sex (in Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405059/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification-and-sex/
