The gender pay gap has also shrunk to a record low, while wage growth slowed slightly.
for a full-time worker comes to just under $2000, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed.
But growth is slowing, with wages in the six months to May this year lifting 1.8 per cent, compared to 2.8 per cent in the six months to November 2023.WHO declares global health emergency as new form of virus spreads"While growth in average weekly earnings slowed over the first half of 2024, we still saw relatively strong annual growth to May 2024 of 4.6 per cent, or an extra $85 a week," ABS head of labour statistics Kate Lamb said.
Meanwhile, the gender pay gap shrank a little further, from 12 per cent in November last year, to a "record low" of 11.5 per cent in May. It was the fourth biannual drop in a row.Workers were paid most per week on average in the Australian Capital Territory , followed by Western Australia .Across industries, mining stayed at the top of the pile, with a $3015 weekly wage.READ MORE:
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