2.1 Average weekly ordinary time earnings

(a) Annual average of bi-annual data.
(b) Average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adult employees.
Care should be taken when comparing average weekly earnings of states over time due to compositional changes
Source: ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Nov 2015, cat. no. 6302.0

2.2 Real average weekly ordinary time earnings

(a) Annual average. 
(b) Average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adult employees expressed in average 2013–14 dollars; converted to real terms using the Consumer Price Index.
Care should be taken when comparing average weekly earnings of states over time due to compositional changes
Sources: ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Nov 2015, cat. no. 6302.0; ABS, Consumer Price Index, Dec 2015, cat. no. 6401.0

2.3 Male total average weekly earnings

(a) Annual average of bi-annual data.
(b) Total average weekly earnings for all male employees.
Source: ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, November 2015, cat. no. 6302.0

2.4 Female total average weekly earnings

(a) Annual average of bi-annual data.
(b) Total average weekly earnings for all female employees.
Source: ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, November 2015, cat. no. 6302.0

2.5 Wage price index

(a) Index value at December
(b) Total hourly rate of pay index excluding bonuses, all sectors. Base: 2008–09 = 100.0.
Source: ABS, Wage Price Index, December 2015, cat. no. 6345.0

2.6 Consumer price index

(a) Annual average of quarterly data; base year for CPI is 2011-12
(b) Change in the annual averages of table above.
Source: ABS, Consumer Price Index, December 2015, cat. no. 6401.0

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