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REMUNERATION & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

SALARY TRENDS STATE / WA INDUSTRY / HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES

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$0

$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

-15%

-25%

15%

5%

-5%

10%

0%

-10%

-20%

Mining & Resources

Engineering Healthcare & Medical

Government & Defence

Accounting Education & Training

Community Services

Customer Service &

Call Centres

Office & Administration

Dec - 13Sept - 13Annual Increase

2013

State VS Nation Comparison Industry Comparison

20.5%EDUCATION

HEALTH & MEDICAL 2.4%

MINING 14.4%COMMUNITY SERVICES 13.2%Every job listed on seek.com.au is required to specify

a minimum and maximum salary range. This table

shows median salaries in September and December

2013 for advertised vacancies, and the annualised

percentage change.

Community Services salaries increased 13.2% while

Mining jobs fell 14.4%, Education jobs fell 20.5% and

Healthcare & Medical jobs fell 2.4%.

SEEK SALARY SNAPSHOT

The Wage Price Index in WA fell from an annual average

of 4.8% in June 2012 to 3.4% in June 2013. The national

average dropped to 2.9% from 3.7% the previous year. 1

Health & SocialMining Education

ConstructionFinance All

ProfessionalAdmin Linear (All)

The trend line for the Wage Price Index for selected industries is down,

with marked reductions in mining and other industries. The health care

and social assistance sector bucked the trend with 3.4% increase over

12 months compared to 2.6% in the previous year. 2

1. (Ref: ABS, Cat 6345.0, original series, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses)

2. (Ref: ABS, Cat 6345.0, original series, total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses)

AUSTRALIAWA

4.8%

3.4%3.7%

2.9%

ANNUAL CHANGE % ANNUAL CHANGE %

2.02.5

5.5

4.5

3.5

5.0

4.0

3.0

2011 2012

WAGE PRICE INDEX (JUNE)

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In May 2013, AWE in WA were $1,646 a week,

16% higher than the national average of $1,422

a week. WA has been 10% or more above the

national AWE for the past three years.

The CPI index for the year to December 2013

was 2.9% for Perth and 2.6% nationally.

This was higher than 2012 but the 5 year

trend line is down.(Ref: ABS, Cat 6401.0, all groups seasonally adjusted)

(Ref: ABS, Cat 6302.0, trend series, full time, ordinary time)earnings)

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS INDEX

National

National

Perth

WA

Linear (Perth)

Variance

2011

2008 2009 20102013 2013

0.0%

0.0%

1.0%

5.0%

2.0%

10.0%

3.0%

15.0%

4.0%

20.0%

2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2013

$1,000

$1,200

$1,400

$1,600

$1,800

• Theforecastforthenext6monthsisforannualpayincreasesintherange2.5%to3.0%.

• CPIforPerthandnationallyhasbeenintherange2.1%to3.0%forthepast4years.

• AveragefulltimewagesinWAcontinuetotrend10%-15%abovethe

nationalaverage.Afterastrongincreaseinthewagepriceindexin2012,selected

industriesallrecordedunder3.5%growthintheyeartoJune2013.

• MediansalariesforadvertisedvacanciesonSEEKbetweenSeptemberandDecember

2013increasedforCommunityServices,AdministrationandAccounting;butfellfor

Mining,Engineering,EducationandCustomerService.

• Enterpriseagreementsinthehealthandcommunityservicessectorin2013wereinthe

range3.0%to4.0%.Inatleastonecase,theincreasewashighertomeetthe

EqualRemunerationOrder.

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