As of 2023, the mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia with a postgraduate degree were roughly 1,893 Australian dollars. Comparatively, the mean weekly earnings of people without non-school qualifications were less than 1000 Australian dollars.
Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification
(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 (in Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification (in Australian dollars)." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification (in Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Mean Weekly Earnings of Employees in Australia in August 2023, by Educational Qualification (in Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification (in Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef (last visited August 30, 2024)
Mean weekly earnings of employees in Australia in August 2023, by educational qualification (in Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405051/australia-mean-weekly-earnings-of-employees-by-educational-qualification/?session=dc3a94279e28505d5da2c68139e1e6ef