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Average Weekly Earnings

ABS Average Weekly Earnings

Average Weekly Earnings - May 2026

Updated through May 2026
How to read the table: Percentage movement compares the latest published observation with the previous published observation and with the same period one year earlier.

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Average Weekly Earnings - Aust

Sector Previous period
Nov 2025
Year on year
May 2025
Transport, Postal and Warehousing 3.2% 5.1%
Wholesale Trade 2.5% 6.0%
Retail Trade 1.1% 4.8%
Administrative and Support Services -1.2% 3.7%

Showing the latest 5 years. All data sourced from: ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics.