Northern Territory economy · Wage growth
Northern Territory wage data covers a compact and distinctive employee-job market. The index and two growth rates show whether a quarterly movement is also visible over the year.
3 published series · derived-shorted-economy, abs-wage-price-index
wages.real_wpi_yoy.nt
Latest value
-1.8%
Change from prior period
-0.4%
from Oct 2025
wages.wpi.nt
Latest value
158.1
Change from prior period
+0.8
from Oct 2025
wages.wpi_yoy.nt
Latest value
2.3%
Change from prior period
+0.1%
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.
NST Northern Star ResourcesMaterials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Tanami gold mine operations
RIO Rio TintoMaterials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Gove bauxite operations
STO SantosEnergy
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Barossa and Darwin LNG interests
S32 South32Materials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Groote Eylandt manganese operations
TBN Tamboran ResourcesEnergy
Majority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Northern Territory shale gas exploration
ARU Arafura Rare EarthsMaterials
Majority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Nolans rare earths project development
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.
