Real average weekly earnings fall again

Thursday 25 February 2016

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) data for the six months to November 2015. A breakdown of the key changes are provided below:

According to the ABS, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, national total AWE increased by just 0.8% in the six months to November 2015, to be just 1.5% higher year-on-year.

The full text of this article is available to MacroBusiness subscribers

$1 for your first month, then:

$24.99 / month

$249 / year

Cancel at any time through our billing provider, Stripe

About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.