Indicator 8.5.1

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Data has been drawn from a national indicator or dataset and is an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. We will work to develop an Australian dataset that meets the globally agreed methodology for this UN SDG Indicator.

Wages by gender

	Female wage	Male wage	Persons wage
2004	21.04	24.27	22.71
2005	21.89	24.73	23.36
2006	22.37	25.46	23.97
2007	24.26	27.78	26.09
2008	24.65	28.74	26.78
2009	25.42	29.59	27.56
2010	26.75	30.99	28.94
2011	27.73	32.71	30.3
2012	28.84	33.79	31.39
2013	29.5	34.03	31.82
2014	32.63	36.7	34.71
2015	33.46	37	35.27
2016	33.96	36.95	35.48
2017	35.65	39.05	37.37

Wages by gender

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for female employees by occupation

	Female managers	Female professionals	Female technicians and trade workers	Female community and personal service workers	Female clerical and administrative workers	Female sales workers	Female machinery operators and drivers	Female labourers
2004	26.14	29.02	17.9	18.01	19.98	14.79	16.27	16.48
2005	28.1	30	18.86	18.2	20.95	15.39	21.49	16.71
2006	28.6	30.56	19.64	18.84	21.73	16.19	17.37	16.32
2007	36.43	31.93	20.98	19.85	23.27	16.78	18.04	17.54
2008	32.68	32.93	20.3	20.97	23.67	17.44	20.27	17.27
2009	33.3	34.72	20.19	21	23.81	18.02	21.46	17.9
2010	34.41	35.52	22.86	21.97	25.74	19.15	22.74	19.18
2011	35.22	36.48	23.19	23.25	26.85	19.87	22.92	19.82
2012	36.24	37.72	23.95	23.52	28.35	20.82	24.46	20.99
2013	37.26	38.95	23.9	24.5	28.38	21.61	25.02	21.75
2014	42.63	44.13	27.86	25.01	31.52	22.28	29.84	22.64
2015	42.12	44.75	27.5	26.87	31.68	22.99	31.91	23.66
2016	44.35	45.17	26.28	26.54	32.35	23.39	29.73	24.19
2017	46.02	47.04	28.3	27.84	33.54	26.11	30.07	24.9

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for female employees by occupation

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for male employees by occupation

	Male managers	Male professionals	Male technicians and trade workers	Male community and personal service workers	Male clerical and administrative workers	Male sales workers	Male machinery operators and drivers	Male labourers
2004	33.02	34.03	22.15	21.18	23.19	18.51	20.92	17.21
2005	33.13	34.2	21.87	22.52	23.94	19.01	21.04	17.85
2006	35.16	34.34	22.64	22.74	26.15	19.99	21.36	18.18
2007	38.85	38.85	23.97	24.56	28.52	20.82	23.06	19.68
2008	38.34	39.4	24.81	31.35	28.04	22.58	23.7	19.79
2009	41.67	40.12	26.62	25.1	28.25	21.6	25.44	19.96
2010	41.28	41.49	27.95	26.99	30.69	23.22	27.25	21.69
2011	43.87	45.78	29.26	26.41	32.77	23.99	27.16	22.16
2012	44.24	45.24	30.94	29.03	32.9	24.49	28.88	24.18
2013	44.85	45.03	30.82	29.2	33.88	24.55	29.83	24.25
2014	49.55	50.45	31.95	31.96	35.85	25.99	30.48	25.22
2015	49.02	51.05	33.27	30.74	35.72	26.89	30.92	24.73
2016	49.77	49.49	31.97	33.35	37.77	29.62	29.65	25.64
2017	52.51	52.91	34.25	32.63	39.4	29.28	33.12	27.28

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for male employees by occupation

National Metadata

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Australia closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Australian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Australia-specific metadata information.

Responsible agency

The agency responsible for this data entry is Department of Jobs and Small Business

Reporting Year

2018

Indicator used

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation

Caveat

Indicator status

Reported online

Indicator description

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation

Geographic Coverage

Australia

Unit of measurement

average hourly earnings

Methodology

nominal dollars

Other information

nil

Most recent data release

2017

Page updated

17 July 2018

Global Metadata

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation

Indicator number

8.5.1

Target number

8.5

Target name

By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

Global indicator description

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

UN designated tier

Tier 2

UN custodian agency

International Labour Organisation

Link to UN metadata

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 324.9kb)

Sources

Source 1

Dataset title

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation

Update frequency

Annually

Earliest available data

2004

Geographical coverage

Australia

Link to data source

4 Historical Data: EMPLOYEES (excluding OMIEs) IN MAIN JOB: Weekly and hourly earnings in main job – Selected characteristics –

Most recent data release

2018

Tier

Tier 2

Other

No other information for this indicator

Historic

No historic information for this indicator

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Wages by gender

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for female employees by occupation

2004-2017-Average hourly earnings for male employees by occupation

National Metadata

Global Metadata

Sources

Other

Historic