Wage Price Index
Tracks the Wage Price Index (WPI) for Australia, measuring changes in the price of labour. When compared with CPI it shows whether wages are keeping pace with the cost of living — a critical measure of living standards. The annual growth series is the year-over-year percentage change. The index series is the absolute WPI level using 2008-09 as the base period (100).
Annual Wage Growth (%)
Change per government term
— green = improvement, red = worsening
Wage Price Index
Data
| Date | Annual wage growth (%) | Wage Price Index (2008-09 = 100) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 3.4 | 159.4 |
| 2025-09-30 | 3.4 | 158.3 |
| 2025-06-30 | 3.4 | 157.0 |
| 2025-03-31 | 3.4 | 155.8 |
| 2024-12-31 | 3.2 | 154.4 |
| 2024-09-30 | 3.5 | 153.2 |
| 2024-06-30 | 4.1 | 152.0 |
| 2024-03-31 | 4.0 | 150.6 |
| 2023-12-31 | 4.2 | 149.6 |
| 2023-09-30 | 4.0 | 148.0 |
| 2023-06-30 | 3.7 | 146.1 |
| 2023-03-31 | 3.7 | 144.9 |
| 2022-12-31 | 3.4 | 143.6 |
| 2022-09-30 | 3.2 | 142.3 |
| 2022-06-30 | 2.6 | 140.9 |
| 2022-03-31 | 2.4 | 139.8 |
| 2021-12-31 | 2.4 | 138.8 |
| 2021-09-30 | 2.2 | 137.8 |
| 2021-06-30 | 1.8 | 137.3 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1.5 | 136.6 |
| 2020-12-31 | 1.3 | 135.7 |
| 2020-09-30 | 1.4 | 135.0 |
| 2020-06-30 | 1.8 | 134.9 |
| 2020-03-31 | 2.2 | 134.6 |
| 2019-12-31 | 2.2 | 133.9 |
| 2019-09-30 | 2.2 | 133.2 |
| 2019-06-30 | 2.3 | 132.5 |
| 2019-03-31 | 2.3 | 131.7 |
| 2018-12-31 | 2.3 | 131.0 |
| 2018-09-30 | 2.3 | 130.3 |
| 2018-06-30 | 2.1 | 129.5 |
| 2018-03-31 | 2.0 | 128.7 |
| 2017-12-31 | 2.1 | 128.1 |
| 2017-09-30 | 2.0 | 127.3 |
| 2017-06-30 | 1.9 | 126.7 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1.9 | 126.1 |
| 2016-12-31 | 1.9 | 125.3 |
| 2016-09-30 | 1.9 | 124.7 |
| 2016-06-30 | 2.1 | 124.2 |
| 2016-03-31 | 2.1 | 123.6 |
| 2015-12-31 | 2.2 | 123.0 |
| 2015-09-30 | 2.3 | 122.4 |
| 2015-06-30 | 2.3 | 121.7 |
| 2015-03-31 | 2.3 | 121.1 |
| 2014-12-31 | 2.5 | 120.4 |
| 2014-09-30 | 2.6 | 119.7 |
| 2014-06-30 | 2.6 | 119.0 |
| 2014-03-31 | 2.7 | 118.4 |
| 2013-12-31 | 2.6 | 117.5 |
| 2013-09-30 | 2.6 | 116.7 |
| 2013-06-30 | 2.8 | 116.0 |
| 2013-03-31 | 3.1 | 115.3 |
| 2012-12-31 | 3.4 | 114.5 |
| 2012-09-30 | 3.8 | 113.7 |
| 2012-06-30 | 3.8 | 112.8 |
| 2012-03-31 | 3.6 | 111.8 |
| 2011-12-31 | 3.6 | 110.7 |
| 2011-09-30 | 3.6 | 109.6 |
| 2011-06-30 | 3.8 | 108.7 |
| 2011-03-31 | 3.9 | 107.9 |
| 2010-12-31 | 3.9 | 106.9 |
| 2010-09-30 | 3.6 | 105.8 |
| 2010-06-30 | 3.0 | 104.6 |
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