# What are salaries like in Australia?

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**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-salaries-like-in-australia/343700 "2006-02-09T17:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-salaries-like-in-australia/343700/1 "2006-02-09T17:00:28Z")

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I’m doing some background research on Australian firms. And I’m having trouble getting a feel for pay and benefits and such in Australia.

So what are salaries like. And what are the levels? Entry level? Working class? Professional class?

What would a medium level editor make doing basic editorial work? Anyone have any idea?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-salaries-like-in-australia/343700/2 "2006-02-09T19:06:14Z")

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[Real-time Salary Survey Information for:  
Location:State=Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (Australia)](http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-36971/fid-7636)

Currently

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> FXConverter - 164 Currency Converter Results
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> Thursday, February 9, 2006  
> 1 US Dollar = 1.35320 Australian Dollar  
> 1 Australian Dollar (AUD) = 0.73899 US Dollar (USD)

[Australian real estate costs](http://www.property.com.au/)

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-salaries-like-in-australia/343700/3 "2006-02-09T21:13:09Z")

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For what occupations/professions?