Average yearly Aussie wage hits $53,000
Thursday Nov 17 2005 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71971

The average Australian is bringing home $53,000 a year

New figures out on Thursday showed the average weekly wage hit $1,022, up 1.3 per cent over the last three months and 6.3 per cent higher than a year ago.

People in the ACT enjoy the best annual wage, earning almost $62,000, while the lowest annual wage is in Tasmania at just over the $47,000 mark.

Someone in the mining sector is now earning on average more than $81,000 a year,

But a person serving coffee and cake in the cafe and restaurant sector is earning an average wage of almost $36,500

Wages in the wholesale trade area have soared more than 10 per cent in the past year.

For those in accommodation and restaurants, the increase has been a touch under three per cent.

Over the past three years, average wages have grown by 16.4 per cent. During that same period, inflation has risen 8.2 per cent.