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Key Pay Indicators Online

Last updated 9 March 2010

KPI Online includes data available as at 9 March 2010 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 September 2009 Summary 

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

The AGEBF applies to employment arrangements for all Australian Public Service (APS) Agencies and the Members of Parliament Staff.  Non-APS Commonwealth Authorities and other Government employers apply the AGEBF as directed by their responsible Minister.  Where the responsible Minister does not have power to direct a non-APS Commonwealth Authority to apply the AGEBF those Authorities are encouraged to voluntarily apply the 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 all agreements made under the AGEBF commencing between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009 was 4.1 per cent.*
  • The AAWI for all APS agreements commencing between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009 was 4.4 per cent.
  • The AAWI for all APS agreements commencing between1 October 2007 and 30 September 2008 was 4.4 per cent.

* Note: No comparable data is available for previous years as AGEBF commenced 29 February 2008.

Workplace Agreements

Trends In Enterprise Bargaining

In the September 2009 quarter, the AAWI for:

  • All current (both public and private) wage agreements was 4.0 per cent

  • All current public sector wage agreements was 4.0 per cent

  • Public sector wage agreements approved in the quarter was 3.5 per cent

  • Private sector wage agreements approved in the quarter was 3.6 per cent
  • AGEBF wage agreements approved in the quarter was 3.5 per cent

 

Other economic indicators (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

 

Inflation

 

Over the year to the September quarter 2009 the All Groups CPI rose by 1.3 per cent.

Labour Price Index

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

  • Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses grew by 3.4 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 3.1 per cent.

Average Weekly Earnings

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

  • Full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 5.2 per cent
  • Public sector full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 5.8 per cent.
  • Private sector full-time adult ordinary time earnings grew by 4.9 per cent.