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Average weekly Australian income rises to 1,477 Australian dollars

Xinhua, February 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

The average weekly earnings for full-time workers in Australia rose 2.8 percent to 1,477 Australian dollars (1,160 U.S. dollars) in the 12 months up to November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

That equates to an annual income of 76,804 Australian dollars ( 60,262 U.S. dollars).

The average ordinary full-time gross earnings for men came in at 1,587.50 Australian dollars (1,246.86 U.S. dollars) a week, while women earned 1,289.40 Australian dollars (1,012.09 U.S. dollars), the statistics agency said.

The agency said factors contributing to the pay rise include variations in the proportion of full-time, part-time, casual and junior employees, variations in the occupational distribution within and across industries, and variations in the distribution of employment between industries. Endi