In the financial year 2023, the total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia was approximately 15.42 billion Australian dollars. A consistent increase in wages was seen from the financial year 2017.
Total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia from the financial year 2012 to 2023
(in billion Australian dollars)
Characteristic
Earnings in billion Australian dollars
2023
15.42
2022
13.66
2021
12.44
2020
11.93
2019
10.31
2018
9.61
2017
9.32
2016
9.72
2015
10.08
2014
10.58
2013
9.7
2012
8.1
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (May 31, 2024). Total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia from the financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/692278/australia-earnings-in-metal-ore-mining-industry/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia from the financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars)." Chart. May 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692278/australia-earnings-in-metal-ore-mining-industry/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2024). Total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia from the financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692278/australia-earnings-in-metal-ore-mining-industry/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Total Value of Wages and Salaries in The Metal Ore Mining Industry in Australia from The Financial Year 2012 to 2023 (in Billion Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692278/australia-earnings-in-metal-ore-mining-industry/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Total value of wages and salaries in the metal ore mining industry in Australia from the financial year 2012 to 2023 (in billion Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692278/australia-earnings-in-metal-ore-mining-industry/ (last visited May 18, 2025)
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