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Median salary in Australia

What does the middle earner actually make in a month?

Australia's median salary is $3,324 PPP/mo — #25 of 78 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2021.

$3,324PPP/mo

Checked 4 Sept 2026Period 2021

Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)

Half of Australia's employees earn less than $3,324 a month, half earn more — the middle of the pay scale, in local buying power.

Among 78 countries

11 of 78 countries between $188 PPP/mo and $457 PPP/mo5 of 78 countries between $457 PPP/mo and $726 PPP/mo14 of 78 countries between $726 PPP/mo and $994 PPP/mo8 of 78 countries between $994 PPP/mo and $1,263 PPP/mo5 of 78 countries between $1,263 PPP/mo and $1,532 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $1,532 PPP/mo and $1,800 PPP/mo2 of 78 countries between $1,800 PPP/mo and $2,069 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $2,069 PPP/mo and $2,338 PPP/mo2 of 78 countries between $2,338 PPP/mo and $2,606 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $2,606 PPP/mo and $2,875 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $2,875 PPP/mo and $3,144 PPP/mo3 of 78 countries between $3,144 PPP/mo and $3,412 PPP/mo6 of 78 countries between $3,412 PPP/mo and $3,681 PPP/mo2 of 78 countries between $3,681 PPP/mo and $3,950 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $3,950 PPP/mo and $4,218 PPP/mo3 of 78 countries between $4,218 PPP/mo and $4,487 PPP/mo3 of 78 countries between $4,756 PPP/mo and $5,024 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $5,024 PPP/mo and $5,293 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $5,293 PPP/mo and $5,562 PPP/mo1 of 78 countries between $5,562 PPP/mo and $5,830 PPP/mo2 of 78 countries between $6,099 PPP/mo and $6,368 PPP/mo4 of 78 countries between $6,368 PPP/mo and $6,636 PPP/momedian $1,349 PPP/moAustralia: ahead of 68 % of the 78 countries with a published median earningsAustralia $3,324 PPP/mo$188 PPP/mo$6,636 PPP/mo
Half of all 78 countries sit between $756 PPP/mo and $3,620 PPP/mo. Australia is ahead of 68 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#25 of 78
higher is better
Ranked behind
68 %
53 of 78 countries

vs median $1,379 PPP/mo: +141 % (better)

The neighbourhood

#CountryMedian earningsvs Australia
23 Croatia$3,526 PPP/mo+$203 PPP/mo
24 Latvia$3,483 PPP/mo+$159 PPP/mo
25 Australia$3,324 PPP/mo—
26 United Kingdom$3,313 PPP/mo−$11 PPP/mo
27 Romania$3,183 PPP/mo−$141 PPP/mo

Median monthly earnings of employees, PPP dollars (ILO) — the middle earner, not the average. The gap to mean earnings is the skew: the US mean is a third above its median, and that difference is real information.

How to read this figure

Median monthly earnings from the ILO’s twin flow — same collection and unit as the mean, but the MIDDLE earner: half earn less, half earn more. Compare the two and the gap is the pay-scale skew itself (the US mean sits about a third above its median; Norway’s barely a tenth). Distinct from median income, which is equivalised disposable household income after tax and transfers — this is gross pay per employee.

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