TalentBuild AIAustralia salary guide by job title
Know what your job — or the one you want — really pays in Australia before you negotiate. Real pay ranges from the ABS Characteristics of Employment survey (2025), not scraped job ads or self-reported guesses.
Highest median monthly pay
The ten roles with the highest median gross monthly wage in the survey.
- 1.Chief Executives, General Managers and LegislatorsA$14,127
- 2.Specialist ManagersA$10,104
- 3.ICT ProfessionalsA$9,915
- 4.Design, Engineering, Science and Transport ProfessionalsA$9,408
- 5.ManagersA$9,181
- 6.Arts and Media ProfessionalsA$8,535
- 7.Business, Human Resource and Marketing ProfessionalsA$8,433
- 8.ProfessionalsA$8,428
- 9.Protective Service WorkersA$8,233
- 10.Education ProfessionalsA$8,137
All roles
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- Arts and Media ProfessionalsA$8,535
- Automotive and Engineering Trades WorkersA$7,227
- Business, Human Resource and Marketing ProfessionalsA$8,433
- Carers and AidesA$4,333
- Chief Executives, General Managers and LegislatorsA$14,127
- Cleaners and Laundry WorkersA$4,333
- Clerical and Administrative WorkersA$6,067
- Clerical and Office Support WorkersA$5,589
- Community and Personal Service WorkersA$5,200
- Construction and Mining LabourersA$6,715
- Construction Trades WorkersA$5,995
- Design, Engineering, Science and Transport ProfessionalsA$9,408
- Education ProfessionalsA$8,137
- Electrotechnology and Telecommunications Trades WorkersA$7,992
- Engineering, ICT and Science TechniciansA$7,479
- Factory Process WorkersA$5,200
- Farm, Forestry and Garden WorkersA$5,633
- Food Preparation AssistantsA$3,374
- Food Trades WorkersA$5,417
- General Clerical WorkersA$5,633
- Health and Welfare Support WorkersA$6,933
- Health ProfessionalsA$7,583
- Hospitality WorkersA$3,900
- Hospitality, Retail and Service ManagersA$6,500
- ICT ProfessionalsA$9,915
- Inquiry Clerks and ReceptionistsA$4,983
- LabourersA$4,773
- Legal, Social and Welfare ProfessionalsA$7,800
- Machine and Stationary Plant OperatorsA$7,863
- Machinery Operators and DriversA$6,500
- ManagersA$9,181
- Mobile Plant OperatorsA$6,556
- Numerical ClerksA$6,182
- Office Managers and Program AdministratorsA$7,054
- Other Clerical and Administrative WorkersA$6,500
- Other LabourersA$4,415
- Other Technicians and Trades WorkersA$5,633
- Personal Assistants and SecretariesA$6,865
- ProfessionalsA$8,428
- Protective Service WorkersA$8,233
- Road and Rail DriversA$7,367
- Sales Assistants and SalespersonsA$4,117
- Sales Representatives and AgentsA$6,328
- Sales Support WorkersA$3,997
- Sales WorkersA$4,333
- Skilled Animal and Horticultural WorkersA$5,273
- Specialist ManagersA$10,104
- Sports and Personal Service WorkersA$5,455
- StorepersonsA$5,200
- Technicians and Trades WorkersA$6,500
Contains data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Characteristics of Employment survey (August 2025 release), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Occupations follow ABS's own groupings, which are broader than Singapore's — see the Australia salary guide for details. Figures are the survey's median weekly earnings, converted here to a monthly-equivalent (weekly × 52 ÷ 12) so they compare directly with other countries.