APS outpaces national public sector wages

By Julian Bajkowski

August 22, 2022

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Public sector employees across the nation average earnings of $2,006 per week. (Blue Planet Studio/Adobe)

Federal public servant wages have, on average, consistently out-earned their state and local colleagues for the past four years, a comparison of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) wage data reveals, as pressure for public sector wage rises increases sharply.

According to ABS Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) data released this month for the bi-annual period to May 2022, public sector employees across the nation averaged earnings of $2,006 per week, or $104,312 annually, a rise of 3.3%

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