MANUFACTURING & LABOR WORKERS / SALARY
AUSTRALIA

SALARY SURVEYS

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1.47 AUD = 1 USD

88,402 AUD

$60,221 USD

Sydney

98,340 AUD

68,994 AUD

$47,000 USD

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Average Salary / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia

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Average salary for Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia is 88,402 AUD per year. The most typical earning is 68,994 AUD. All data are based on 64 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 91,160 AUD. Women receive a salary of 65,911 AUD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 97,032 AUD. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 95,564 AUD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 8-12 Years of experience receive salary of 107,895 AUD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 99,234 AUD.

Levels / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

Salary Levels (AUD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
14,700 AUD - 21,999 AUD	0	n/a
22,000 AUD - 29,399 AUD	0	n/a
29,400 AUD - 36,699 AUD	1	100% 1.56%
36,700 AUD - 43,999 AUD	1	98.44% 1.56%
44,000 AUD - 51,399 AUD	4	96.88% 6.25%
51,400 AUD - 58,699 AUD	2	90.63% 3.13%
58,700 AUD - 66,099 AUD	6	87.5% 9.38%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
66,100 AUD - 73,399 AUD	13	78.13% 20.31%
73,400 AUD - 80,699 AUD	11	57.81% 17.19%
80,700 AUD - 88,099 AUD	3	40.63% 4.69%
88,100 AUD - 95,399 AUD	5	35.94% 7.81%
95,400 AUD - 102,799 AUD	5	28.13% 7.81%
102,800 AUD - 110,099 AUD	3	20.31% 4.69%
110,100 AUD - 117,399 AUD	1	15.63% 1.56%
117,400 AUD - 124,799 AUD	2	14.06% 3.13%
124,800 AUD - 132,099 AUD	0	n/a
132,100 AUD - 139,499 AUD	0	n/a
139,500 AUD - 146,799 AUD	2	10.94% 3.13%
146,800 AUD - 154,099 AUD	1	7.81% 1.56%
154,100 AUD - 161,499 AUD	1	6.25% 1.56%
161,500 AUD - 168,799 AUD	0	n/a
168,800 AUD - 176,199 AUD	0	n/a
176,200 AUD - 183,499 AUD	1	4.69% 1.56%
183,500 AUD - 190,799 AUD	0	n/a
190,800 AUD - 198,199 AUD	0	n/a
198,200 AUD - 205,499 AUD	0	n/a
205,500 AUD - 212,899 AUD	0	n/a
212,900 AUD - 220,199 AUD	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
220,200 AUD - 234,899 AUD	1	3.13% 1.56%
234,900 AUD - 249,599 AUD	0	n/a
249,600 AUD - 264,199 AUD	0	n/a
264,200 AUD - 278,899 AUD	1	1.56% 1.56%
278,900 AUD - 293,599 AUD	0	n/a
293,600 AUD - 308,299 AUD	0	n/a
308,300 AUD - 322,999 AUD	0	n/a
323,000 AUD - 337,599 AUD	0	n/a
337,600 AUD - 352,299 AUD	0	n/a
352,300 AUD - 366,999 AUD	0	n/a
367,000 AUD - 513,799 AUD	0	n/a

Gender / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	49	91,160 AUD
2	Women	4	65,911 AUD

Education / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Some College	10	97,032 AUD
2	Bachelors Degree	23	95,564 AUD
3	Masters Degree	3	82,059 AUD
4	High School	27	80,444 AUD
5	Bellow H. School	1	70,756 AUD

Experience / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	8-12 Years	10	107,895 AUD
2	20+ Years	7	99,234 AUD
3	12-16 Years	5	95,858 AUD
4	4-8 Years	12	95,124 AUD
5	16-20 Years	9	87,491 AUD
6	2-4 Years	9	75,453 AUD
7	1-2 Years	7	72,224 AUD
8	0-1 Year	5	58,278 AUD

Age / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	61-65	1	116,997 AUD
2	31-35	7	112,299 AUD
3	14-20	1	104,372 AUD
4	51-55	3	104,079 AUD
5	36-40	14	88,812 AUD
6	26-30	6	88,812 AUD
7	41-45	9	86,316 AUD
8	n/a	11	84,114 AUD
9	46-50	3	79,563 AUD
10	56-60	3	75,747 AUD
11	21-25	6	65,471 AUD

Work Type / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	54	89,692 AUD
2	Contract	6	85,289 AUD
3	Part Time	3	79,857 AUD
4	Self Employed	1	62,975 AUD

Cities / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Sunshine Coast	1	141,659 AUD
2	Cairns	1	116,997 AUD
3	Sydney	10	98,353 AUD
4	--Other--	1	92,041 AUD
5	Newcastle	4	90,720 AUD
6	Melbourne	22	90,280 AUD
7	Brisbane	7	80,444 AUD
8	Adelaide	6	80,444 AUD
9	Gold Coast	3	80,004 AUD
10	Townsville	1	76,774 AUD
11	Perth	7	76,481 AUD
12	Wollongong	1	76,040 AUD

Careers / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Product Development	3	149,732 AUD
2	Manufacturing	14	104,959 AUD
3	Manufacturing Packaging Worker	2	100,555 AUD
4	Quality Coordinator	6	94,684 AUD
5	Other Manufacturing Career	8	91,160 AUD
6	Manufacturing Worker Lead	4	86,903 AUD
7	Quality Controller	2	79,270 AUD
8	Manufacturing Worker	9	78,976 AUD
9	Warehousing Employee Lead	4	69,434 AUD
10	Manufacturing Assembly Worker	6	63,563 AUD
11	Warehousing Employee	6	60,920 AUD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Stock Controller

Posted 17 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Stock controlling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	4-8 Years	Advanced	64,100 AUD

Specialist Chemist

Posted 12 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analytical chemistry in the alumina industry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	139,500 AUD

Project Manager

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Intermediate	92,700 AUD

Quality Assurance Associate

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Batch release - medical devices industry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	73,900 AUD

R&d Manager

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cairns	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	117,000 AUD

Operations Manager

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee operations of the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	4-8 Years	Expert	274,700 AUD

Sheet Metal Worker

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Adelaide	High School	0-1 Year	Intermediate	70,400 AUD

Cnc Operator

Posted 02 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operate CNC machine."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	72,400 AUD

Warehouse

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dispatch."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	2-4 Years	Basic	68,700 AUD

Quality Lead

Posted 17 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Welding Supervision
Welding Inspection."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newcastle	Some College	12-16 Years	Advanced	148,800 AUD

Luthier

Posted 05 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Guitar Making and Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newcastle	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	62,900 AUD

Product Development Technologist

Posted 21 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating new product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	101,900 AUD

Machine Operator

Posted 12 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	84,700 AUD

Machine Operator

Posted 23 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor degree of Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Gold Coast	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	78,900 AUD

Machine Operator

Posted 02 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine operator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	73,300 AUD

Senior Screen Printer

Posted 24 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cert III in screen printing and graphic arts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	44,300 AUD

Human Resources Manager

Posted 24 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Performance Management, Recruitment and Induction, WPH&S, Policy development and implementation, Payroll, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits, Organisational and resource planning, Performance appraisals, terminations, industrial relations,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Gold Coast	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	88,900 AUD

Order Picker

Posted 03 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Forklift licence. Night shift."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	64,200 AUD

Factory Hand

Posted 02 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assembly of Lighting systems, mainly LEDs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	38,700 AUD

Labourwe

Posted 09 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"General warehouse and yard work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	49,400 AUD

Warehouse Manager

Posted 18 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Warehouse manager and logistics manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	73,000 AUD

Signwriter

Posted 13 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Trade certificate in signwriting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Perth	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	50,100 AUD

Warehouse Manager

Posted 06 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overlook product distribution."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	62,100 AUD

Welder

Posted 19 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Welding different types of steels and Alloys such as Mild Steel, Stainless and Aluminium. Interpreting designs and build custom products for customers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	73,000 AUD

Qa Manager

Posted 17 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"It's been nearly 10 years since I graduated and I accomplished my nearly 80% of career goals."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	78,300 AUD

Store Worker

Posted 10 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I pack orders into boxes and ship them off to the customer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Adelaide	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	104,400 AUD

Quality Assurance

Posted 17 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsibilities: Calibration of Quality Assurance equipment
Inspection, sampling and test arrangement of incoming materials (Bulk and Raw material)
Incoming Goods release
Check and release packing batch records
Manufacture Initial setup check and approval
Return goods processing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	51,000 AUD

Welder

Posted 12 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Pressure welding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newcastle	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	91,600 AUD

Printer

Posted 20 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Print all types of office forms for all types of companies computer forms bank forms digital forms hospital forms."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	81,100 AUD

Printer

Posted 23 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital Printing and finishing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	75,300 AUD

Project Engineer

Posted 08 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Manager and Engineering for manufacturing sites."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	101,000 AUD

MANUFACTURING & LABOR WORKERS / SALARY AUSTRALIA

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88,402 AUD

98,340 AUD

68,994 AUD

Average Salary / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia

Levels / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

Gender / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

Education / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

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Age / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

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Careers / Manufacturing & Labor Workers / Australia (Gross AUD)

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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