Wages for 95 Percent of Australia’s Labour Force in Line With Productivity: Report

Most Australian workers’ wages are in line with their productivity, except for the agriculture and mining industries.

Staff at Lux Cafe serve food in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 22, 2021. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

The wages of almost all Australian workers, except for the mining and agriculture sectors, are in line with their productivity levels, a new report has found.

The Productivity Commission has released new research (pdf) identifying the gap between wage growth and productivity growth across all sectors of the Australian economy.