Mean weekly earnings of employees in all jobs have increased from $532 in August 1995, an increase of 52 percent over the decade. However, it should be noted that changes in average earnings may be affected not only by changes in the level of earnings but also by changes in the overall composition of the employee workforce The median weekly earnings of employees in their main job was $700. Median weekly earnings for employees in their main job were $800 for males and $576 for females.
LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS
In August 2005, 73 percent (or 6,244,400) of the 8,526,600 employees were entitled to either paid holiday leave or paid sick leave, or both, in their main job (referred to as Employees with leave entitlements). This represents an increase of one percentage point from August 2004.
LEAVE BENEFITS
In August 2005, 76 percent of employees were provided with one or more types of paid leave (i.e. holiday, sick, long service or maternity/paternity leave). This represents an increase of one percentage point from August 2004.
In August 2005, there were 1,911,900 employees who were trade union members in conjunction with their main job, a 4 percent increase on the 1,842,100 trade union members recorded in August 2004. While the number of employees who were trade union members increased, the proportion of employees who were trade union members remained relatively stable between August 2004 (22.7 percent) and August 2005 (22.4 percent). The proportion of trade union memberships has decreased from 33 percent in August 1995, a fall of one third over the past decade.
The proportion of full-time employees who were trade union members was higher than for part-time employees (25 percent and 17 percent respectively). A higher proportion of public sector employees were trade union members (47 percent) than private sector employees (17 percent).
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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