Real average earnings still below 2013 levels

Thursday 21 February 2019

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) data for the six months to November 2018. A breakdown of the key changes are provided below:

According to the ABS, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, national total AWE increased by 1.2% in the six months to May 2018 and by 2.4% year-on-year.

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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.