SYDNEY / SALARY
AUSTRALIA

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 1.47 AUD = 1 USD
136,540 AUD $93,013 USD		76,334 AUD $52,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 1.47 AUD = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Sydney

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Average salary in Sydney is 136,540 AUD per year. The most typical earning is 76,334 AUD. All data are based on 1,084 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 146,209 AUD. Women receive a salary of 119,052 AUD.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 183,643 AUD and Sports & Recreation with income 178,798 AUD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 168,522 AUD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 155,311 AUD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 190,836 AUD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 186,725 AUD.

Levels / Sydney (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% 0.09%
29,400 AUD - 36,699 AUD	5	99.91% 0.46%
36,700 AUD - 43,999 AUD	10	99.45% 0.92%
44,000 AUD - 51,399 AUD	14	98.52% 1.29%
51,400 AUD - 58,699 AUD	38	97.23% 3.51%
58,700 AUD - 66,099 AUD	43	93.73% 3.97%
66,100 AUD - 73,399 AUD	60	89.76% 5.54%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
73,400 AUD - 80,699 AUD	76	84.23% 7.01%
80,700 AUD - 88,099 AUD	47	77.21% 4.34%
88,100 AUD - 95,399 AUD	74	72.88% 6.83%
95,400 AUD - 102,799 AUD	52	66.05% 4.8%
102,800 AUD - 110,099 AUD	63	61.25% 5.81%
110,100 AUD - 117,399 AUD	62	55.44% 5.72%
117,400 AUD - 124,799 AUD	46	49.72% 4.24%
124,800 AUD - 132,099 AUD	54	45.48% 4.98%
132,100 AUD - 139,499 AUD	50	40.5% 4.61%
139,500 AUD - 146,799 AUD	28	35.89% 2.58%
146,800 AUD - 154,099 AUD	30	33.3% 2.77%
154,100 AUD - 161,499 AUD	46	30.54% 4.24%
161,500 AUD - 168,799 AUD	26	26.29% 2.4%
168,800 AUD - 176,199 AUD	31	23.89% 2.86%
176,200 AUD - 183,499 AUD	33	21.03% 3.04%
183,500 AUD - 190,799 AUD	19	17.99% 1.75%
190,800 AUD - 198,199 AUD	10	16.24% 0.92%
198,200 AUD - 205,499 AUD	7	15.31% 0.65%
205,500 AUD - 212,899 AUD	22	14.67% 2.03%
212,900 AUD - 220,199 AUD	8	12.64% 0.74%
HIGH SALARIES
220,200 AUD - 234,899 AUD	28	11.9% 2.58%
234,900 AUD - 249,599 AUD	14	9.32% 1.29%
249,600 AUD - 264,199 AUD	14	8.03% 1.29%
264,200 AUD - 278,899 AUD	6	6.73% 0.55%
278,900 AUD - 293,599 AUD	11	6.18% 1.01%
293,600 AUD - 308,299 AUD	6	5.17% 0.55%
308,300 AUD - 322,999 AUD	4	4.61% 0.37%
323,000 AUD - 337,599 AUD	9	4.24% 0.83%
337,600 AUD - 352,299 AUD	11	3.41% 1.01%
352,300 AUD - 366,999 AUD	2	2.4% 0.18%
367,000 AUD - 513,799 AUD	24	2.21% 2.21%

Gender / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	612	146,209 AUD
2	Women	247	119,052 AUD

Education / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	43	168,522 AUD
2	Masters Degree	294	155,311 AUD
3	Bachelors Degree	512	131,676 AUD
4	Some College	146	119,492 AUD
5	High School	81	118,171 AUD
6	Bellow H. School	8	82,059 AUD

Experience / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	78	190,836 AUD
2	20+ Years	162	186,725 AUD
3	12-16 Years	129	167,642 AUD
4	8-12 Years	197	140,191 AUD
5	4-8 Years	198	126,979 AUD
6	2-4 Years	144	99,675 AUD
7	1-2 Years	97	83,674 AUD
8	0-1 Year	79	76,187 AUD

Age / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	6	210,066 AUD
2	46-50	67	202,579 AUD
3	51-55	42	186,725 AUD
4	56-60	25	172,192 AUD
5	41-45	86	169,550 AUD
6	36-40	140	148,264 AUD
7	61-65	11	147,971 AUD
8	31-35	180	138,429 AUD
9	n/a	225	129,621 AUD
10	26-30	181	110,978 AUD
11	21-25	107	83,233 AUD
12	14-20	14	68,700 AUD

Work Type / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	36	153,256 AUD
2	Permanent	920	139,163 AUD
3	Contract	80	136,374 AUD
4	Part Time	48	73,398 AUD

Career Groups / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	141	183,643 AUD
2	Sports & Recreation	1	178,798 AUD
3	Health Care & Medical	29	157,366 AUD
4	Insurance	18	156,632 AUD
5	Finance & Banking	73	156,485 AUD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	10	153,549 AUD
7	IT & Programming II	65	150,613 AUD
8	IT & Programming	135	145,769 AUD
9	Health Care & Medical II	27	141,512 AUD
10	Engineers & Technicians V	18	140,778 AUD
11	Engineers & Technicians	54	137,842 AUD
12	Aviation & Shipping	11	134,025 AUD
13	Human Resources	41	132,410 AUD
14	Law	18	129,915 AUD
15	Logistics, Road, Railway	13	129,474 AUD
16	Public Sector	14	128,594 AUD
17	Construction & Labor Workers	33	125,217 AUD
18	Education & University	40	124,043 AUD
19	Media	25	122,135 AUD
20	Accounting & Administration	79	120,226 AUD
21	Engineers & Technicians II	3	119,639 AUD
22	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	51	119,492 AUD
23	Properties & Real Estates	11	119,199 AUD
24	Architect Constructions	13	115,235 AUD
25	Military	2	114,942 AUD
26	Agriculture & Fishing	3	113,914 AUD
27	Engineers & Technicians III	2	105,106 AUD
28	Customer Services	23	104,079 AUD
29	Arts, Culture, Performance	8	103,198 AUD
30	Security & Fireguard	5	99,821 AUD
31	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	10	98,353 AUD
32	Making Design	15	98,207 AUD
33	Hotels & Tourism	16	94,684 AUD
34	Organization & Coordination	13	94,537 AUD
35	Salesmen & Saleswomen	16	91,454 AUD
36	Automobile	4	89,986 AUD
37	Fashion	8	74,572 AUD
38	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	36	71,636 AUD

Careers / Sydney (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	5	301,521 AUD
2	Director	21	267,317 AUD
3	General Manager	27	251,169 AUD
4	Computer Architect	8	229,737 AUD
5	Engineering Manager	10	227,682 AUD
6	Doctor	5	195,240 AUD
7	University Professor	6	191,863 AUD
8	Finance Manager	8	185,991 AUD
9	IT Project Manager	30	180,119 AUD
10	Human Resources Manager	14	178,798 AUD
11	Other Medical Career	8	176,743 AUD
12	IT Manager	24	174,835 AUD
13	Private Practice Lawyer	5	171,165 AUD
14	Civil Engineer	5	168,082 AUD
15	Lead Developer	10	155,458 AUD
16	Healthcare Management	5	153,696 AUD
17	Sales Manager	6	151,347 AUD
18	Chartered Accountant	10	145,329 AUD
19	Other Human Resource Career	10	144,741 AUD
20	Consulting, Speaker	6	143,420 AUD
21	Software Engineer	11	142,246 AUD
22	Audit Manager	10	141,952 AUD
23	Operations Manager	8	140,484 AUD
24	Tax Accountant	8	140,191 AUD
25	Manager	17	138,723 AUD
26	Other Management Career	13	138,282 AUD
27	Other Public Sector Career	9	136,227 AUD
28	Marketing Manager	14	134,906 AUD
29	Financial Analyst	15	134,319 AUD
30	Business Development Manager	7	133,878 AUD
31	Other Engineer Career	17	133,732 AUD
32	Other Finance Career	10	133,732 AUD
33	Risk Manager	7	132,998 AUD
34	Software Developer	26	128,594 AUD
35	Construction Project Manager	7	127,713 AUD
36	C, C++ Developer	7	126,979 AUD
37	Project Manager	13	124,190 AUD
38	Other IT Career	11	122,722 AUD
39	Customer Service Manager	10	120,813 AUD
40	Engineer	17	116,556 AUD
41	System Analyst	7	114,208 AUD
42	Senior Accountant	5	112,740 AUD
43	Hotel Manager	6	109,070 AUD
44	System Administrator	5	107,895 AUD
45	Other Tourism Career	5	100,849 AUD
46	Electrical Engineer	5	100,262 AUD
47	Salesmen or Saleswomen	6	96,445 AUD
48	Accountant	13	95,858 AUD
49	Architect	8	95,564 AUD
50	Human Resource	7	94,684 AUD
51	Other Sales Career	7	94,390 AUD
52	Lawyer	7	93,803 AUD
53	Marketing	6	83,967 AUD
54	Human Resource Coordinator	5	78,976 AUD
55	Other Education Career	4	77,362 AUD
56	Cook	17	76,334 AUD
57	Restaurant Manager	6	73,104 AUD
58	Administrative Assistant	5	66,352 AUD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Recruitment

Posted 16 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	2-4 Years	Intermediate	79,000 AUD

Managing Director

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the strategy, sales, operations and P and L of the business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	365,200 AUD

Project Manager

Posted 18 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing IT projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	116,300 AUD

Software Engineer

Posted 15 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Backend."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	126,000 AUD

Dj & Producer

Posted 14 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"EDM Producer and DJ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	53,300 AUD

Designer

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	72,700 AUD

Insights And Analytics Lead - Finanace

Posted 11 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Analytics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	129,800 AUD

Casual Team Member

Posted 18 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Help with customers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	0-1 Year	Basic	48,700 AUD

Dance Teacher

Posted 17 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Know how to dance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	High School	1-2 Years	Basic	68,200 AUD

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	189,900 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	94,700 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

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	129,600 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	83,300 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	198,900 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	382,400 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	194,500 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	166,100 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	74,800 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	102,700 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	93,700 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	104,700 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	398,900 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	221,600 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	111,900 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	64,700 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	102,600 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	158,000 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	258,900 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	94,800 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	68,500 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	165,400 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	43,200 AUD

Android Developer

Posted 10 June 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	158,000 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	126,400 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	284,200 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	82,000 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	107,100 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	142,100 AUD

Audit Manager

Posted 26 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	120,200 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	185,800 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	382,500 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	174,900 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	202,100 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	67,000 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	69,100 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	145,000 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	58,500 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	53,200 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	90,400 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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