Posted on September 10 2019

Which are the highest paying industries in Australia?

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated July 25 2023

Salary is a big attraction when one considers attracting new talented workers. Australian recruiters are very well aware of how good salaries attract the best talents from around the globe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRPfslpC0DE Read on to know which are the highest paying industries in Australia: Industry-wise The Information and Communications Technology industry takes the top spot for the highest paying industry in Australia. This industry has more than 19.2% of job roles that earn more than $200,000 per year. The second spot for the highest paying industry goes to the Healthcare and Medical industry. 17.8% of job roles in this industry earn salaries of more than $200,000 per year. Construction takes the third spot with 13.2% job roles earning more than $200,000 every year. The top-paying job roles in the ICT industry are as follows:

Program and Project Management: 16%

Architects: 15%

Management: 13%

The highest-paying job roles in the Health & Medical sector are:

General Practitioners: 53%

Medical Specialists: 26%

Dental: 5%

The highest-paying job roles in Construction are:

Project Management: 46%

Management: 16%

Contracts Management: 10%

Location-wise When we look at the highest paying job roles in Australia, we see that most of these are based in New South Wales. Victoria and Queensland follow. Region-wise, here is the breakup: New South Wales: 43.9% Victoria: 24.4% Queensland: 15.1% Y-Axis offers a wide range of visa services and products for aspiring overseas immigrants including Australia General Skilled Migration Program via RMA, Australia Skilled Regional Visa, Australia Temporary Skilled Work Visa, Australia Visitor Visa, and Australia Temporary Graduate Visa Subclass 485. We work with Registered Migration Agents in Australia.   If you are looking to Visit, Study, Work, Invest or Migrate to Australia, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No.1 Immigration & Visa Consultant.   If you found this blog engaging, you may also like…   Australia will soon review its migration program

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