Australia’s Top 20 Highest Paying Industries Of 2018 Revealed
And the lowest.
Australian job hunting website SEEK has today revealed which industries are seeing Australians bring home the top dollars.
The list was compiled by ranking the average advertised salaries across 28 industries, with the Mining, Resources & Energy industry taking out the top spot.
On the other side, the industries with the lowest average advertise salaries were also revealed, with Sport & Recreation ranked the lowest.
Take a look:
The top 5 paying industries with the highest average advertised salary:
Mining, Resources & Energy: $116,108
Consulting & Strategy: $110,045
Construction: $109,325
Engineering: $105,810
Information & Communication Technology: $104,874
The industries with the lowest average advertise salaries:
Sport & Recreation: $65,900
Hospitality & Tourism: $61,944
Retail & Consumer Products: $60,704
Call Centre & Customer Service: $58,942
Administration & Office Support: $58,671
The industries with the greatest change in average advertised salary over a five year period were also released.
Most significant increase in salary:
- Education & Training: 19.15%
- Community Services & Development: 16.06%
- Design & Architecture: 15.78%
- Administration & Office Support: 13.64%
- Real Estate & Property: 13.60 %
Most significant decrease in salary:
- Mining, Resources & Energy: -13.96%
- Engineering: -6.91%
- Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: -2.27%
- Construction: -1.77%
- Science & Technology -0.94%
The top five highest salaries in 2018 are as follows:
- Information & Communication Technology - Architects: $138,144
- Engineering - Management: $133,927
- Information & Communication Technology Management: $132,307
- Mining, Resources & Energy - Management: $131,462
- Legal - Generalists, In-house: $128,988
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