Compensation of employees in Australia
Australia: Compensation of employees was 9.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Australia, 1990–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, compensation of employees in Australia stood at 9.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Australia peaked at 12.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1990.
That places Australia 142nd out of 155 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.1% | — |
| 1991 | 2.2% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 2.2% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2.2% | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2.3% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 2.3% | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 2.2% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +28.8% |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | +298.1% |
| 2000 | 10.7% | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 9.9% | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 10.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 9.5% | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.1% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.6% | 10.3% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.8% | 10.0% | 3 |
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More public sector data for Australia
- Arms imports 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 36.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 159.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,244 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0192 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 33.82 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 49.27 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Australia?
- Compensation of employees in Australia was 9.5% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for compensation of employees?
- Australia ranks 142nd out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.