Introducing the Salary Trends report, published three time a year with data on salary trends in the health and community services sector in Western Australia.

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Salary Trends provides comprehensive and insightful data on
remuneration trends in the health and community services
sectors in Western Australia. Published three times a year in
March, May and September.
• The March edition provides useful salary data and trend forecasts to assist employers to set
annual pay increases for executives and other employees on common law employment contracts.
• The May edition gives a summary of any Federal Budget changes impacting on pay, fringe
benefits or superannuation.
• The September edition provides a half yearly update on key remuneration data and a summary
of annual online salary surveys for corporate service roles.
Julian Keys has been providing remuneration and management consulting services in Western
Australia for 19 years, including 8 years as Managing Director of STeP Salary Packaging. Connect
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CONTENT INCLUDES:
• Consumer Price Index
• Average Weekly Earnings Index
• Wage Price Index
• SEEK Salary Snapshot
• FairWork decisions
• Enterprise Agreement Pay Rises
• Other Remuneration Trends –
pay, fringe benefits, superannuation
• Online salary surveys published by recruitment firms
All the key salary data for health
and community services in one
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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 - 13
Annual 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)
AUSTRALIA
WA
4.8%
3.4%
3.7%
2.9%
ANNUAL CHANGE %
ANNUAL CHANGE %
2.0
2.5
5.5
4.5
3.5
5.0
4.0
3.0
2011 2012
WAGE PRICE INDEX(JUNE)
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SALARY TRENDS
STATE / WA
INDUSTRY / HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES
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In May 2013, AWE in WA were
$1,64
6 a week
,
16% highe
r than the national avera
ge of $1,42
2
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 highe
r than
2012
but the 5 year
trend
line is down
.(Ref:
ABS,
Cat 6401.0,
all groups
season
ally adjuste
d)
(Ref:
ABS,
Cat 6302.0,
trend
series,
full time,
ordinar
y time)ea
rnings)
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS INDEX
National
National
Perth
WA
Linea
r (Perth)
Variance
2011
2008
2009
2010
2013
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
$1,00
0
$1,20
0
$1,40
0
$1,60
0
$1,80
0
• The forecast for the next 6 m
onths is for annual pay increases in the range 2.5% to 3.0%.
• CPI for Perth and nationally has been in the range 2.1% to 3.0% for the past 4 years.
• Average full time wages in WA continue to trend 10% - 15% above the
national average. After a strong increase in the wage price index in 2012, selected
industries all recorded under 3.5% growth in the year to June 2013.
• Median salaries for advertised vacancies on SEEK between Septem
ber and December
2013 increased for Com
munity Services, Adm
inistration and Accounting; but fell for
Mining, Engineering, Education and Customer Service.
• Enterprise agreements in the health and comm
unity services sector in 2013 were in the
range 3.0% to 4.0%. In at least one case, the increase was higher to meet the
Equal Remuneration Order.
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