CANBERRA / SALARY
AUSTRALIA

SALARY SURVEYS

118

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Net (after tax)

1.47 AUD = 1 USD

126,963 AUD

$86,489 USD

Sydney

136,541 AUD

68,994 AUD

$47,000 USD

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Average Salary / Canberra

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Average salary in Canberra is 126,963 AUD per year. The most typical earning is 68,994 AUD. All data are based on 118 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 138,723 AUD. Women receive a salary of 98,207 AUD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 227,975 AUD and Human Resources with income 172,780 AUD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 191,129 AUD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 136,227 AUD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 182,468 AUD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 147,090 AUD.

Levels / Canberra (Gross AUD)

Salary Levels (AUD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
14,700 AUD - 21,999 AUD	0	n/a
22,000 AUD - 29,399 AUD	1	100% 0.85%
29,400 AUD - 36,699 AUD	2	99.15% 1.69%
36,700 AUD - 43,999 AUD	2	97.46% 1.69%
44,000 AUD - 51,399 AUD	2	95.76% 1.69%
51,400 AUD - 58,699 AUD	4	94.07% 3.39%
58,700 AUD - 66,099 AUD	8	90.68% 6.78%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
66,100 AUD - 73,399 AUD	10	83.9% 8.47%
73,400 AUD - 80,699 AUD	8	75.42% 6.78%
80,700 AUD - 88,099 AUD	3	68.64% 2.54%
88,100 AUD - 95,399 AUD	7	66.1% 5.93%
95,400 AUD - 102,799 AUD	8	60.17% 6.78%
102,800 AUD - 110,099 AUD	5	53.39% 4.24%
110,100 AUD - 117,399 AUD	10	49.15% 8.47%
117,400 AUD - 124,799 AUD	6	40.68% 5.08%
124,800 AUD - 132,099 AUD	2	35.59% 1.69%
132,100 AUD - 139,499 AUD	3	33.9% 2.54%
139,500 AUD - 146,799 AUD	5	31.36% 4.24%
146,800 AUD - 154,099 AUD	3	27.12% 2.54%
154,100 AUD - 161,499 AUD	3	24.58% 2.54%
161,500 AUD - 168,799 AUD	0	n/a
168,800 AUD - 176,199 AUD	3	22.03% 2.54%
176,200 AUD - 183,499 AUD	4	19.49% 3.39%
183,500 AUD - 190,799 AUD	0	n/a
190,800 AUD - 198,199 AUD	3	16.1% 2.54%
198,200 AUD - 205,499 AUD	0	n/a
205,500 AUD - 212,899 AUD	2	13.56% 1.69%
212,900 AUD - 220,199 AUD	2	11.86% 1.69%
HIGH SALARIES
220,200 AUD - 234,899 AUD	2	10.17% 1.69%
234,900 AUD - 249,599 AUD	1	8.47% 0.85%
249,600 AUD - 264,199 AUD	1	7.63% 0.85%
264,200 AUD - 278,899 AUD	2	6.78% 1.69%
278,900 AUD - 293,599 AUD	1	5.08% 0.85%
293,600 AUD - 308,299 AUD	0	n/a
308,300 AUD - 322,999 AUD	2	4.24% 1.69%
323,000 AUD - 337,599 AUD	1	2.54% 0.85%
337,600 AUD - 352,299 AUD	0	n/a
352,300 AUD - 366,999 AUD	0	n/a
367,000 AUD - 513,799 AUD	2	1.69% 1.69%

Gender / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	76	138,723 AUD
2	Women	30	98,207 AUD

Education / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	8	191,129 AUD
2	Masters Degree	37	136,227 AUD
3	Bachelors Degree	52	125,217 AUD
4	Some College	11	105,400 AUD
5	High School	8	75,453 AUD
6	Bellow H. School	2	68,113 AUD

Experience / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	23	182,468 AUD
2	16-20 Years	9	147,090 AUD
3	12-16 Years	17	142,393 AUD
4	4-8 Years	14	139,016 AUD
5	8-12 Years	19	116,556 AUD
6	0-1 Year	13	81,912 AUD
7	2-4 Years	12	81,912 AUD
8	1-2 Years	11	76,040 AUD

Age / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	7	199,790 AUD
2	36-40	13	171,899 AUD
3	61-65	2	155,164 AUD
4	31-35	19	145,329 AUD
5	41-45	14	139,310 AUD
6	46-50	9	132,704 AUD
7	51-55	4	128,006 AUD
8	n/a	12	124,777 AUD
9	14-20	5	88,371 AUD
10	26-30	18	88,224 AUD
11	21-25	15	72,958 AUD

Work Type / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	84	135,053 AUD
2	Self Employed	5	131,383 AUD
3	Contract	19	117,584 AUD
4	Part Time	10	74,719 AUD

Career Groups / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	5	227,975 AUD
2	Human Resources	5	172,780 AUD
3	Engineers & Technicians V	2	170,578 AUD
4	IT & Programming II	11	169,990 AUD
5	Media	2	146,797 AUD
6	Military	3	146,063 AUD
7	IT & Programming	18	142,393 AUD
8	Health Care & Medical II	3	140,337 AUD
9	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	133,732 AUD
10	Law	6	131,676 AUD
11	Finance & Banking	7	130,796 AUD
12	Aviation & Shipping	1	116,850 AUD
13	Properties & Real Estates	1	116,703 AUD
14	Fashion	1	114,501 AUD
15	Health Care & Medical	1	111,712 AUD
16	Engineers & Technicians	3	111,125 AUD
17	Education & University	6	110,097 AUD
18	Public Sector	14	105,547 AUD
19	Accounting & Administration	10	103,345 AUD
20	Organization & Coordination	1	101,289 AUD
21	Sports & Recreation	3	79,123 AUD
22	Construction & Labor Workers	3	78,829 AUD
23	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	3	71,196 AUD
24	Archaeology & History	1	69,875 AUD
25	Customer Services	3	64,737 AUD
26	Insurance	1	63,563 AUD
27	Security & Fireguard	1	62,241 AUD
28	Salesmen & Saleswomen	1	34,350 AUD
29	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	1	33,616 AUD

Careers / Canberra (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	1	458,593 AUD
2	Physician	1	336,752 AUD
3	IT Project Manager	1	282,143 AUD
4	Economist	1	244,270 AUD
5	Security Specialist	5	211,240 AUD
6	Hardware Repair	1	208,745 AUD
7	Human Resources Manager	3	203,901 AUD
8	IT Manager	7	179,532 AUD
9	Manager	1	177,917 AUD
10	System Analyst	2	171,165 AUD
11	Other Law Career	1	170,871 AUD
12	Other Engineer Career	2	170,578 AUD
13	Human Resource Hunter	1	151,347 AUD
14	Account Manager	3	151,054 AUD
15	Project Manager	1	149,439 AUD
16	Finance Manager	1	145,916 AUD
17	Lawyer	4	143,127 AUD
18	.NET Developer	1	140,925 AUD
19	Education Coordinator	1	139,310 AUD
20	Software Developer	3	124,483 AUD
21	Public Administration Lead	1	119,052 AUD
22	Other Education Career	3	118,611 AUD
23	Computer Architect	1	118,318 AUD
24	Airport Manager	1	116,850 AUD
25	Other Property Career	1	116,703 AUD
26	Other Public Sector Career	5	114,942 AUD
27	Other Fashion Career	1	114,501 AUD
28	Technician	1	112,593 AUD
29	Secondary School Teacher	1	111,712 AUD
30	Python Developer	1	103,051 AUD
31	Engineer	1	102,317 AUD
32	Human Resource	1	100,996 AUD
33	Chartered Accountant	1	99,675 AUD
34	Accountant	1	98,794 AUD
35	Public Administration	8	97,913 AUD
36	Coach	2	86,316 AUD
37	Tax Accountant	1	84,555 AUD
38	Bank Manager	2	80,738 AUD
39	Marketing Manager	1	79,710 AUD
40	Database Administrator	1	73,251 AUD
41	Construction Labor Worker	1	70,902 AUD
42	Lead Historian	1	69,875 AUD
43	Sales Representative	1	69,141 AUD
44	C, C++ Developer	1	68,700 AUD
45	Market Research	1	64,737 AUD
46	Sport Center Employee	1	64,590 AUD
47	Service Coordinator	1	64,150 AUD
48	Network Administrator	1	63,709 AUD
49	Insurance	1	63,563 AUD
50	Financial Analyst	1	62,975 AUD
51	Policeman	1	62,241 AUD
52	Infantryman	2	61,654 AUD
53	Claims Administrator	1	53,874 AUD
54	Daycare Teacher	1	53,434 AUD
55	Paralegal	1	46,975 AUD
56	Other Medical Career	2	42,130 AUD
57	Sales in Dress & Shoe Shops	1	34,350 AUD
58	Waiter or Waitress	1	33,616 AUD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

National Team Head Coach

Posted 16 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Olympic team non team sport."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	66,100 AUD

General Manager

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	197,800 AUD

General Manager

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	79,700 AUD

Head Of Department

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of Department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	139,300 AUD

Law Graduare

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Legal."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	88,300 AUD

Officer

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Basic	62,300 AUD

Airport Manager

Posted 13 February 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	116,800 AUD

Director

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Expert knowledge and experience in Program and Project Management
Change and Stakeholder management
Excellent communicator and leadership skills."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	172,300 AUD

Software Engineer

Posted 16 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bug fixing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	68,700 AUD

Data Analyst

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyse Data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	103,000 AUD

Club Leader

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cleaner, administration, clean toilets, sell memberships, increase membership numbers, marketing, letter box information drop, maintenance, pick up wipes from floor, motivate people, give free sessions, recruit personal trainers for burgers, recruit staff for free membership use."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	64,600 AUD

Senior Lawyer

Posted 23 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advisory."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	127,000 AUD

Public

Posted 27 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Everything."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	80,100 AUD

Ceo Of Business

Posted 11 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management
Employment
Accounting Etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	458,600 AUD

Counsel

Posted 26 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Legal advice."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	178,500 AUD

Counsel

Posted 25 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Legal advice."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	178,500 AUD

Hr Director

Posted 12 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"IR, HR, ER."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	194,600 AUD

It Manager

Posted 10 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Management and database management, wireless, infrastructure,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	112,700 AUD

Systems Admin

Posted 08 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Systems administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	73,300 AUD

Project Accountant

Posted 27 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"VBA program and BI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	98,700 AUD

Postdoc

Posted 04 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research, co-supervising undergraduates and PhD students, publishing research articles."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	104,800 AUD

Science Teacher

Posted 14 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teacher of 7-10 Science and 11-12 chemistry and physics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	111,700 AUD

Graduate

Posted 17 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Policy, operations, project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	66,200 AUD

Technical Officer

Posted 12 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Plumbing, asset management, database management, inspection, testing, reports."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	112,700 AUD

Security Officer

Posted 23 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Military."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	44,500 AUD

Sales Consultant

Posted 13 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales representative sales representative sales representative sales representative sales representative."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	69,200 AUD

Lead Educator

Posted 29 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management, Planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	53,400 AUD

Senior Manager

Posted 04 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overseas development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	177,900 AUD

Repair

Posted 12 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"It telecomunications hardware repair."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	208,700 AUD

Professor

Posted 04 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching and research at a large university."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	244,200 AUD

Paralegal

Posted 01 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Client liaison, drafting court documents, legal research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	47,000 AUD

Cyber Security

Posted 21 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Information security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	313,100 AUD

Software Engineer

Posted 10 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming and Integration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	102,300 AUD

Security Engineer

Posted 08 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Configuring, supporting and Security technology systems to protect customer networks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	114,800 AUD

Executive Director

Posted 13 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Consultant & Data Scientist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	282,200 AUD

Librarian

Posted 15 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Providing access to clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	69,900 AUD

Professional Services Manager

Posted 12 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Professional services manager Over 200 staff."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	276,500 AUD

Accountant

Posted 16 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compliance tax returns."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	84,500 AUD

Cyber Security Engineer

Posted 02 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deployment, Maintenance and support of SIEM products (Vendor Specific), working with customers to improve their cyber security posture and operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	104,400 AUD

Sap Consultant

Posted 28 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"ABAP programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	146,100 AUD

Senior Developer

Posted 26 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	140,900 AUD

Placement Manager

Posted 16 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Seek out overseas skilled workers, work with suppliers to ensure applications are vetted and verified, match candidates to vacancies with employers for skilled workers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	151,300 AUD

Research Consultant

Posted 15 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	64,700 AUD

Business Analyst

Posted 04 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	260,900 AUD

Teachnician

Posted 24 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working in this industry from last 4 years. Working normally on main network of copper pillar termination, jointing and fault finding also got 1 year experience on fibrw as wee."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	63,700 AUD

Head Of Hr And Culture

Posted 10 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead governance and delivery of HR Functions across company
Set Remuneration Levels
Recruitment
Contracts
Terminations
Performance Management
WHSE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	278,200 AUD

Senior Dynamics 365 Architect

Posted 07 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design Dynamics 365 Solutions Manage Delivery and Customization and configuration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	219,000 AUD