Need A New Job? Australia’s Top 10 Highest Paid Industries Have Been Revealed
Sick of ya day job? Time for a change? Well, it’s time to quit the procrastination, Australia’s Top 10 highest paid industries have been revealed for 2015 and will help you navigate your way to dem dollar, dollar bills.
Seek’s annual ‘Learning Figures Report’ was released yesterday, highlighting the Aussie industries which currently have the highest paid work in Australia. The results are based on the pay figures between July 2014 to July 2015.
Industries in which salaries grew noticeably included design & architecture, education, banking, real estate and sport & recreation. Designers were particularly fortunate, seeing the average advertised wage jumping by 5% across the 12 month period.
Talking to SmartCompany, Seek Learning general manager, Tony Barrett said that there has been some shifting in industry rankings from previous years, “Three of the top four industries have gone back a bit.”
“Mining, construction and engineering have dropped slightly, while consulting and strategies have remained flat.”
In what might be a huge surprise to former Treasurer, Joe Hockey, musicians didn’t make the list.
The Top 10 Highest Paid Industries For 2015:
- Mining
- Consulting and strategy
- Construction
- Engineering
- IT
- Legal
- Banking and financial services
- Healthcare and medical
- Government and defence
- Marketing and communications