Income distribution | Tax, Super + You

Table 1: The annual salaries of 25 people in one street in a new suburb of Canberra

$71,562

$49,587

$53,654

$102,658

$42,985

$31,595

$24,450

$26,860

$55,614

$56,555

$50,500

$37,951

$44,214

$64,195

$81,687

$41,665

$59,654

$18,671

$54,450

$42,900

$61,460

$38,523

$78,159

$52,365

$67,22

Table 2: Average and median taxable income by selected occupation 2019-2020¹

Occupation	No of individuals	Average taxable income ($)	Median taxable income ($)
Occupation code blank	3,064,704	38,108	19,530
Sales assistant - general	359,780	34,100	131,212
Administration assistant or office worker	309,162	51,809	45,908
General manager	246,308	118,999	85,192
Office administrator or manager	221,553	61,532	53,497
Chief executive officer or managing director	217,959	155,425	74,447
Infant or primary school teacher	182,117	71,463	74,012
Contract, program or project administrator	170,024	71,826	66,237
Advertising and sales manager	168,995	111,584	87,521
Aged or disabled carer	160,871	40,772	38,002
Secondary school teacher	157,843	80,863	83,961
Truck driver	155,673	71,179	70,087
Store person	155,163	48,098	47,854
Child carer	140,277	38,665	39,024
Waiter	136,372	25,501	22,811
Accountant	133,137	99,426	77,414
Cleaner - commercial	129,494	34,598	32,292
Retail manager	112,738	58,667	53,643
Chef	107,534	45,757	45,286
Electrician	106,434	97,540	91,532
Call or contact centre or customer service manager	106,215	59,902	55,002
Checkout operator or office cashier	104,321	26,150	23,508
Kitchen hand	102,624	26,451	24,108
Registered nurse	101,497	69,083	67,680

Source: ATO. Retrieved from https://www.ato.gov.au

Table 3: Median and average taxable income 2013-2020

Source: ATO. Retrieved from https://www.ato.gov.au/About-ATO/Research-and-statistics/In-detail/Taxation-statistics/

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