Australia Publishes Weekly Earnings of Engineering Professionals Across 10 Roles
- The Australian government has released official weekly earnings figures for engineering professionals across multiple specialisations
- Engineering managers topped the list with the highest weekly pay, while engineering production workers recorded the lowest figures
- The data, published on the Jobs and Skills Australia website, covers roles ranging from aircraft maintenance engineers to electronics engineers
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The Australian government has released official data on what engineering professionals earn per week, offering a detailed breakdown of pay across more than 10 engineering roles.
Published on the Jobs and Skills Australia website, the figures reveal a wide earnings gap between the highest- and lowest-paid positions in the sector, with engineering managers sitting comfortably at the top of the scale.
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Australia publishes earnings of engineering professionals
According to the data, engineering managers take home $3,519 per week (N4,747,263.42), making them the highest earners among the engineering roles listed. Electrical engineering draftspersons and technicians follow closely at $2,854 per week (N3,851,559.72), with chemical and materials engineers earning $2,849 (N3,844,813.82) and electronics engineers $2,762 per week (N3,727,035.16).
Electrical engineers earn $2,553 weekly (N3,444,456.54), while civil engineering professionals receive $2,217 (N2,991,831.06). IT support and test engineers earn $2,115 per week (N2,853,515.70).
At the lower end of the scale, aircraft maintenance engineers earn $1,980 weekly (N2,671,376.40), civil engineering draftspersons and technicians take home $1,730 (N2,334,081.40), and engineering production workers record the lowest weekly pay at $1,656 (N2,234,242.08).
The government noted that the figures released cover only a portion of the engineering-related occupations tracked. A broader range of roles and their corresponding earnings data is available through the official Jobs and Skills Australia occupations portal, where both foreigners and citizens can search and filter by occupation title.
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