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Key Pay Indicators Online

Last updated 25 September 2009

KPI Online includes data available as at 25 September 2009 and has been developed by the Workplace Relations Implementation Group (WRIG) in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

KPI Online seeks to inform Australian Government agencies of key indicators to assist their understanding of the wider environment in which agreement making about pay and conditions of employment is occurring.

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30 June 2009 Summary 

Collective Agreements made under the Australian Government Employment Bargaining Framework (AGEBF)

Agreements' average annualised wage increase (AAWI) is the primary indicator used in measuring salary increases under collective agreements. AAWI figures are calculated using an agreement duration based on the commencement of the agreement and its Nominal Expiry Date (NED).  

  • The AAWI for AGEBF agreements commencing between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009 was 4.5 per cent.
  • The AAWI for all APS agreements commencing between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009 was 4.4 per cent.
  • The AAWI for all APS agreements commencing between1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 was 4.4 per cent.

Workplace Agreements

Trends In Enterprise Bargaining

In the June 2009 quarter, the AAWI for:

  • All current (both public and private) wage agreements was 4.1 per cent

  • All current public sector wage agreements was 4.1 per cent

  • Public sector wage agreements formalised in the quarter was 3.9 per cent

  • Private sector wage agreements formalised in the quarter was 4.0 per cent
  • AGEBF wage agreements formalised in the quarter was 4.4 per cent

 

Other economic indicators (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

 

Inflation

 

Over the year to the June quarter 2009 the All Groups CPI rose by 1.5 per cent.

Labour Price Index

The Labour Price Index shows that over the year to the June quarter 2009:

  • Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses grew by 3.9 per cent
  • Public sector total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses grew by 4.5 per cent
  • Private sector total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses grew by 3.6 per cent.

Average Weekly Earnings

The Average Weekly Earnings Survey shows that over the year to May 2009 (seasonally adjusted):

  • Full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 6.1 per cent
  • Public sector full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 5.7 per cent.
  • Private sector full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 6.1 per cent.