What you need to earn an hour to be considered above-average and the jobs paying six-figure salaries

What YOU need to earn per hour to be considered ‘above-average’ – and the jobs that are paying six figure salaries

  • Australians need to be earning more than $42.50 an hour to be above average
  • That translates into $77,350 for a full-time worker putting in 35 hours a week


Australians need to be earning more than $42.50 an hour or $77,350 a year to be considered above average and most likely need a degree to be on a six-figure salary.

New Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed how much workers are typically making before tax.

Managers, professionals and men typically made more.

Australians need to be earning more than $42.50 an hour or $77,350 a year to be considered above average and most likely need a degree to be on a six-figure salary (pictured are shoppers at Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall)

With the government classifying full-time work to be 35 hours or more a week, someone earning an hourly wage of $42.50 is average.

That works out at $1,487.50 a week or $77,350 a year provided someone is rostered on full-time.

Managers had the highest salaries, with their hourly wage of $65.10 translating into $2,278.50 a week or $118,482 a year. 

Professionals earned $57.90 an hour, working out at $2,026.50 a week or $105,378 annually.

At the bottom of the pay scale, sales representatives on average hourly wages of $30.50, or $1,067.50 a week, had the lowest salaries of $55,510.

Labourers on $31 an hour, or $1,085 a week, earned slightly more at $56,420.

Men, with typical hourly wages of $44.50, earned $80,990 a year on average if they worked full time. 

Professionals earned $57.90 an hour, working out at $2,026.50 a week or $105,378 annually (pictured are commuters at Martin Place in Sydney)

Professionals earned $57.90 an hour, working out at $2,026.50 a week or $105,378 annually (pictured are commuters at Martin Place in Sydney)

At the bottom of the pay scale, sales representatives on average hourly wages of $30.50, or $1,067.50 a week, had the lowest salaries of $5,510 (pictured is a waitress at Sydney's Opera Bar)

At the bottom of the pay scale, sales representatives on average hourly wages of $30.50, or $1,067.50 a week, had the lowest salaries of $5,510 (pictured is a waitress at Sydney’s Opera Bar)

New Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed how much workers are typically making before tax

New Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed how much workers are typically making before tax

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