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Australian Wage Growth vs Inflation

Compare full-time adult Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings (AWOTE) with Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation. Average earnings reflect changes in workforce composition as well as pay; this is not a measure of an individual worker’s pay rise. The separate WPI dataset measures changes in wage rates.

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→ Wage Price Index (WPI) Dataset → Average Weekly Earnings (AWOTE) Dataset → Consumer Price Index (CPI) Dataset

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Nominal Earnings Growth -% $- → $- / wk

Cumulative CPI Inflation -% CPI Index movement

Real Purchasing Power Change -% Inflation-adjusted gain/loss