Index (2012=100) - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's real wages index was 97.4 Index (2012=100) as of January 2026. The Wage Price Index deflated by CPI, showing the purchasing power of wages over time. A value above 100 means wages have grown faster than prices since 2012; below 100 means they have fallen behind. Tracks whether workers are getting richer or poorer in real terms over the long run. Australia's real wages have been essentially flat for a decade — one of the worst outcomes in the OECD. Data is sourced from Derived: ABS Wage Price Index (Cat. 6345.0) deflated by ABS CPI (Cat. 6401.0) and updated quarterly.
The Wage Price Index deflated by CPI, showing the purchasing power of wages over time. A value above 100 means wages have grown faster than prices since 2012; below 100 means they have fallen behind.
Tracks whether workers are getting richer or poorer in real terms over the long run. Australia's real wages have been essentially flat for a decade — one of the worst outcomes in the OECD.
Higher is better
Source: Derived: ABS Wage Price Index (Cat. 6345.0) deflated by ABS CPI (Cat. 6401.0)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Derived: ABS Wage Price Index (Cat. 6345.0) deflated by ABS CPI (Cat. 6401.0)), updated quarterly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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