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Permanent: Annual × 1.12 ÷ 261 working days ÷ 8 hrs
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Market Benchmark
Your Market Position
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Methodology: Permanent rates are annual base salary (excl. super). Contract daily rates are calculated as Annual × 1.12 ÷ 261 working days (261 = 365 days minus weekends and 10 public holidays, with 12% super loading). Hourly rates = Daily ÷ 8 hours.
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Historical market movement
See How Salaries Have Moved
Explore published Australian salary-guide benchmarks over time. Each point retains its source, role definition and market; where comparable data does not exist, the gap is shown rather than estimated.
About the Data
How We Build the Benchmark
Market Research
Benchmarks are built from extensive market research covering real placements and live market offers across Australia. Data reflects mid-market benchmarks.
Candidate Submissions
Anonymised salary submissions from professionals like you continuously enrich the dataset, keeping benchmarks current and representative.
Methodology
Contract daily rates use the corrected market formula: Annual × 1.12 ÷ 220 actual working days × 1.25 market loading. Hourly = Daily ÷ 8 hours. All figures exclude superannuation.
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