New South Wales economy · Wage growth
New South Wales wage growth spans a large and diverse employee-job market. The index level and its quarterly and annual changes show the same price movement at three useful horizons.
3 published series · derived-shorted-economy, abs-wage-price-index
wages.real_wpi_yoy.nsw
Latest value
-0.9%
Change from prior period
-1.0%
from Oct 2025
wages.wpi.nsw
Latest value
159.3
Change from prior period
+0.6
from Oct 2025
wages.wpi_yoy.nsw
Latest value
3.2%
Change from prior period
-0.5%
from Oct 2025
The Wage Price Index measures changes in the price employers pay for a fixed basket of jobs, holding job quality and quantity as constant as practical. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes it quarterly from a survey of employee jobs, with state series covering the index, annual growth and a derived real annual growth measure. These state series are original and not seasonally adjusted, a status printed beside every chart. The employee-job sample and expenditure weights are periodically updated, while published history can change if the ABS corrects source data or methods and if the derived real measure receives revised inflation inputs. The index is designed to remove compositional shifts, so it is not average earnings, household income, take-home pay or the wage received by a typical worker. It excludes changes caused solely by workers moving between differently paid jobs. These historical price measures do not forecast inflation, employment, interest rates or an individual's next pay decision.
Coarse operating-exposure bands are AI estimates based on public company information. Headquarters-only matches are withheld.
CBA Commonwealth Bank Of Australia.Banks
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Large customer base and branch network
WBC Westpac BankingBanks
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Large customer base and lending
NAB National Australia BankBanks
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Large customer base and lending
WES WesfarmersConsumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Large store network and sales
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Large customer and commercial banking base
EVN Evolution MiningMaterials
Majority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Cowal gold mine operations
TLS Telstra GroupTelecommunication Services
Significant operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Sydney network, enterprise, major customers
Every chart reports its source, unit, frequency, adjustment and source licence from the economic-series catalogue. Latest periods may be preliminary or revised by the publisher. Historical data only; not a forecast or financial advice.
