In the financial year 2023, the total value of wages and salaries in the mining industry in Australia amounted to around 34.42 billion Australian dollars. A consistent increase in the wages of the mining industry was seen from the financial year 2017.
Total value of wages and salaries in the mining industry in Australia from financial year 2012 to 2023
(in billion Australian dollars)
Characteristic
Earnings in billion Australian dollars
2023
34.42
2022
30.85
2021
28.27
2020
27.19
2019
25.05
2018
23.53
2017
23.04
2016
25.2
2015
26.43
2014
27.07
2013
25.83
2012
23.64
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (May 31, 2024). Total value of wages and salaries in the mining industry in Australia from financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/692213/australia-earnings-in-mining-industry/
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2024). Total value of wages and salaries in the mining industry in Australia from financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692213/australia-earnings-in-mining-industry/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Total Value of Wages and Salaries in The Mining Industry in Australia from Financial Year 2012 to 2023 (in Billion Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692213/australia-earnings-in-mining-industry/
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Total value of wages and salaries in the mining industry in Australia from financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, May 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/692213/australia-earnings-in-mining-industry/
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