SYDNEY / SALARY
AUSTRALIA

SALARY SURVEYS

1,075

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March 2023
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 1.44 AUD = 1 USD
134,490 AUD $93,121 USD		75,101 AUD $52,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 1.44 AUD = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Sydney

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Average salary in Sydney is 134,490 AUD per year. The most typical earning is 75,101 AUD. All data are based on 1,075 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 143,847 AUD. Women receive a salary of 117,417 AUD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 179,809 AUD and Sports & Recreation with income 175,909 AUD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 165,799 AUD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 153,090 AUD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 185,586 AUD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 183,708 AUD.

Levels / Sydney (Gross AUD)

Salary Levels (AUD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
14,400 AUD - 21,699 AUD	0	n/a
21,700 AUD - 28,899 AUD	1	100% 0.09%
28,900 AUD - 36,099 AUD	5	99.91% 0.47%
36,100 AUD - 43,299 AUD	10	99.44% 0.93%
43,300 AUD - 50,499 AUD	13	98.51% 1.21%
50,500 AUD - 57,799 AUD	37	97.3% 3.44%
57,800 AUD - 64,999 AUD	43	93.86% 4%
65,000 AUD - 72,199 AUD	58	89.86% 5.4%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
72,200 AUD - 79,399 AUD	75	84.47% 6.98%
79,400 AUD - 86,699 AUD	47	77.49% 4.37%
86,700 AUD - 93,899 AUD	74	73.12% 6.88%
93,900 AUD - 101,099 AUD	52	66.23% 4.84%
101,100 AUD - 108,299 AUD	63	61.4% 5.86%
108,300 AUD - 115,499 AUD	61	55.53% 5.67%
115,500 AUD - 122,799 AUD	46	49.86% 4.28%
122,800 AUD - 129,999 AUD	52	45.58% 4.84%
130,000 AUD - 137,199 AUD	50	40.74% 4.65%
137,200 AUD - 144,399 AUD	28	36.09% 2.6%
144,400 AUD - 151,599 AUD	30	33.49% 2.79%
151,600 AUD - 158,899 AUD	46	30.7% 4.28%
158,900 AUD - 166,099 AUD	26	26.42% 2.42%
166,100 AUD - 173,299 AUD	31	24% 2.88%
173,300 AUD - 180,499 AUD	33	21.12% 3.07%
180,500 AUD - 187,799 AUD	19	18.05% 1.77%
187,800 AUD - 194,999 AUD	10	16.28% 0.93%
195,000 AUD - 202,199 AUD	7	15.35% 0.65%
202,200 AUD - 209,399 AUD	22	14.7% 2.05%
209,400 AUD - 216,599 AUD	8	12.65% 0.74%
HIGH SALARIES
216,600 AUD - 231,099 AUD	28	11.91% 2.6%
231,100 AUD - 245,499 AUD	14	9.3% 1.3%
245,500 AUD - 259,999 AUD	14	8% 1.3%
260,000 AUD - 274,399 AUD	6	6.7% 0.56%
274,400 AUD - 288,799 AUD	11	6.14% 1.02%
288,900 AUD - 303,299 AUD	6	5.12% 0.56%
303,300 AUD - 317,699 AUD	4	4.56% 0.37%
317,700 AUD - 332,199 AUD	9	4.19% 0.84%
332,200 AUD - 346,599 AUD	11	3.35% 1.02%
346,600 AUD - 361,099 AUD	1	2.33% 0.09%
361,100 AUD - 505,499 AUD	24	2.23% 2.23%

Gender / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	607	143,847 AUD
2	Women	243	117,417 AUD

Education / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	43	165,799 AUD
2	Masters Degree	293	153,090 AUD
3	Bachelors Degree	508	129,838 AUD
4	High School	78	118,284 AUD
5	Some College	145	115,828 AUD
6	Bellow H. School	8	80,733 AUD

Experience / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	77	185,586 AUD
2	20+ Years	162	183,708 AUD
3	12-16 Years	129	164,933 AUD
4	8-12 Years	196	138,070 AUD
5	4-8 Years	197	124,927 AUD
6	2-4 Years	141	98,353 AUD
7	1-2 Years	95	82,611 AUD
8	0-1 Year	78	75,245 AUD

Age / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	6	206,672 AUD
2	46-50	67	199,306 AUD
3	51-55	42	183,708 AUD
4	56-60	25	169,410 AUD
5	41-45	85	167,966 AUD
6	36-40	138	146,302 AUD
7	31-35	179	136,626 AUD
8	n/a	225	127,527 AUD
9	61-65	10	124,205 AUD
10	26-30	180	109,185 AUD
11	21-25	105	82,322 AUD
12	14-20	13	69,035 AUD

Work Type / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	36	150,779 AUD
2	Permanent	914	136,914 AUD
3	Contract	78	135,470 AUD
4	Part Time	47	72,645 AUD

Career Groups / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	139	179,809 AUD
2	Sports & Recreation	1	175,909 AUD
3	Health Care & Medical	29	154,823 AUD
4	Insurance	18	154,101 AUD
5	Finance & Banking	73	153,957 AUD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	10	151,068 AUD
7	IT & Programming II	65	148,180 AUD
8	IT & Programming	134	143,558 AUD
9	Health Care & Medical II	27	139,225 AUD
10	Engineers & Technicians V	18	138,503 AUD
11	Engineers & Technicians	54	135,615 AUD
12	Aviation & Shipping	11	131,860 AUD
13	Human Resources	40	131,571 AUD
14	Law	18	127,816 AUD
15	Logistics, Road, Railway	13	127,382 AUD
16	Public Sector	14	126,516 AUD
17	Construction & Labor Workers	33	123,194 AUD
18	Education & University	40	122,039 AUD
19	Media	25	120,161 AUD
20	Accounting & Administration	78	118,139 AUD
21	Engineers & Technicians II	3	117,706 AUD
22	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	51	117,561 AUD
23	Properties & Real Estates	11	117,273 AUD
24	Architect Constructions	12	116,839 AUD
25	Arts, Culture, Performance	6	115,395 AUD
26	Military	2	113,084 AUD
27	Agriculture & Fishing	3	112,073 AUD
28	Customer Services	22	104,852 AUD
29	Engineers & Technicians III	2	103,408 AUD
30	Security & Fireguard	5	98,209 AUD
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	10	96,764 AUD
32	Making Design	15	96,620 AUD
33	Hotels & Tourism	16	93,154 AUD
34	Organization & Coordination	13	93,009 AUD
35	Salesmen & Saleswomen	16	89,976 AUD
36	Automobile	4	88,532 AUD
37	Fashion	8	73,367 AUD
38	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	36	70,479 AUD

Careers / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	5	296,648 AUD
2	Director	21	262,997 AUD
3	General Manager	26	242,778 AUD
4	Computer Architect	8	226,025 AUD
5	Engineering Manager	10	224,003 AUD
6	Doctor	5	192,085 AUD
7	University Professor	6	188,763 AUD
8	Finance Manager	8	182,986 AUD
9	Financial Adviser	4	182,119 AUD
10	IT Project Manager	30	177,209 AUD
11	Human Resources Manager	14	175,909 AUD
12	Other Medical Career	8	173,887 AUD
13	IT Manager	24	172,010 AUD
14	Private Practice Lawyer	5	168,399 AUD
15	Civil Engineer	5	165,366 AUD
16	Lead Developer	10	152,946 AUD
17	Healthcare Management	5	151,212 AUD
18	Other Human Resource Career	9	149,624 AUD
19	Sales Manager	6	148,902 AUD
20	Chartered Accountant	10	142,980 AUD
21	Consulting, Speaker	6	141,103 AUD
22	Software Engineer	11	139,947 AUD
23	Audit Manager	10	139,658 AUD
24	Operations Manager	8	138,214 AUD
25	Tax Accountant	8	137,925 AUD
26	Manager	17	136,481 AUD
27	Other Management Career	13	136,048 AUD
28	Other Public Sector Career	9	134,026 AUD
29	Marketing Manager	14	132,726 AUD
30	Financial Analyst	15	132,148 AUD
31	Business Development Manager	7	131,715 AUD
32	Other Engineer Career	17	131,571 AUD
33	Other Finance Career	10	131,571 AUD
34	Risk Manager	7	130,849 AUD
35	Software Developer	25	126,660 AUD
36	Construction Project Manager	7	125,649 AUD
37	C, C++ Developer	7	124,927 AUD
38	Project Manager	12	122,905 AUD
39	Other IT Career	11	120,739 AUD
40	Customer Service Manager	10	118,861 AUD
41	Engineer	17	114,673 AUD
42	System Analyst	7	112,362 AUD
43	Hotel Manager	6	107,307 AUD
44	System Administrator	5	106,152 AUD
45	Other Tourism Career	5	99,219 AUD
46	Electrical Engineer	5	98,642 AUD
47	Architect	7	97,342 AUD
48	Salesmen or Saleswomen	6	94,887 AUD
49	Accountant	13	94,309 AUD
50	Human Resource	7	93,154 AUD
51	Other Sales Career	7	92,865 AUD
52	Lawyer	7	92,287 AUD
53	Marketing	6	82,611 AUD
54	Human Resource Coordinator	5	77,700 AUD
55	Other Education Career	4	76,111 AUD
56	Cook	17	75,101 AUD
57	Restaurant Manager	6	71,923 AUD
58	Administrative Assistant	5	65,280 AUD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Principle Consultant

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"AWS, Cloud Architecture, DevOps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	186,800 AUD

Student Recruitment Manager

Posted 12 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"International Education 
Sales & Marketing
Student Recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	93,200 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	91,200 AUD

Head Of Content

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social Media, Digital Media, Owned, Earned, Paid. Communications Strategy, Connections Strategy, Social Strategy. Content Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	127,500 AUD

Education Consultant

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Education Counselling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	82,000 AUD

Enterprise Architect

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	195,600 AUD

Regional Director Of People & Performance, Asia Pacific

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Executive Leadership."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	376,200 AUD

Portfolio Manager

Posted 25 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management, Finance, Risk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	191,300 AUD

Senior Project Manager

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management and mechanical engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	163,400 AUD

Graduate Software Engineer

Posted 23 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	73,600 AUD

National Director

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leadership, management, strategic planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	101,100 AUD

Music

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Music."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	92,200 AUD

Tool Maker

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Press tools moulds and injection moulding processing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	103,000 AUD

Director

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assess financial information for investment banking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	392,500 AUD

Bid Manager

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ground Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	218,000 AUD

Software Engineer

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop APIs, Automate Test Cases, QA Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	110,100 AUD

Supervisor

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervisor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	63,600 AUD

Estimator

Posted 11 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Estimate building cost."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	101,000 AUD

Buyer's Agent

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Help buyers to buy the right property faster with best price."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	155,400 AUD

Leader

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am a professional."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	254,700 AUD

Digital Analyst

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analysis of digital marketing initiatives."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	93,300 AUD

Service Desk Analyst

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Desktop support, network support, application support, system admin."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	67,400 AUD

Regional Technical Lead

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Managed Services - people and technical management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	162,700 AUD

Not Sure

Posted 11 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Intermediate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	42,500 AUD

Android Developer

Posted 10 June 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	155,400 AUD

Operations Manager

Posted 09 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"MANAGE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	124,300 AUD

Porfolio Delivery Manager

Posted 30 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Agile program delivery."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	279,600 AUD

Associate Adviser

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Helping Adviser."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	80,600 AUD

Research Manager

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research coordination, data collection, analysis, report."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	105,300 AUD

Financial Analyst

Posted 28 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyst the market."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	139,800 AUD

Audit Manager

Posted 26 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	118,300 AUD

Manager

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	182,800 AUD

Programmer

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	376,300 AUD

Senior Transport Engineer

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage 6 engineers and business and skills development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	172,000 AUD

It Manager

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Management, Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	198,800 AUD

Manager

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bellow H. School	0-1 Year	Basic	65,900 AUD

Associate Cons

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hiring for NFP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	68,000 AUD

Contract Administrator

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quantity Surveying
Contract Law
Negotations
Variations
Measurement
Procurement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	142,700 AUD

Engineer

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	57,600 AUD

Sales Manager

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales Skills."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	1-2 Years	Intermediate	52,300 AUD

Account Manager

Posted 10 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Account Management of existing accounts and business development for new business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	88,900 AUD

Claims Officer

Posted 08 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Claims in property."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	75,300 AUD

Talent Advisor

Posted 20 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruiting and coaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	91,900 AUD

It Manager

Posted 20 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	16-20 Years	Advanced	361,100 AUD

Business Management

Posted 20 February 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	113,500 AUD

Teacher

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Vehicle."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	122,600 AUD

General Manager

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, Business Management, Marketing, Business Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Some College	8-12 Years	Advanced	156,800 AUD

Front End Developer

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Implement software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	92,900 AUD

Project Manager

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Medical."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	102,200 AUD

Customer Service Representative

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Answering Calls
Processing Orders
Responding To Emails
Running Reports
Liaising with Service Partners
Providing Support to Territory Business Managers
Releasing Credit/Debits
Generating Invoices."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	12-16 Years	Intermediate	67,600 AUD

ECONOMY / Sydney

Average IT salary in Sydney is around 88.000 AUD, while IT project managers in Sydney earn in average around 100.000 AUD and more.

Sydney is financial and economy capital of Australia.

More than 50% of the headquarters of the Australian companies are located in Sydney. Sydney has most important Australian banks as well.

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People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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