Each year the Australian Public Service Commission collects remuneration data from all agencies with employees engaged under the Public Service Act 1999.
This data release highlights headline remuneration trends based on data collected from APS agencies as at 31 December 2024. A full set of data tables is available at Appendix 3.
Valid data was received for 182,185 APS employees.[1] This includes 3,400 Senior Executive Service (SES) employees and 178,785 non-SES employees. Total headcount increased by 16,303 (or 9.8%) compared to December 2023 when it was 165,882. This is in line with the increase in APS headcount reported in the APSC’s 31 December 2024 APS Employment Data Release.
The data is presented using the classification system outlined in the Public Service Classification Rules 2000. A number of agencies use local classifications in addition to the approved APS classifications. Remuneration data for local classifications has been assigned to the corresponding APS classification for the purposes of this report.
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[1] This headcount is based on data from the APS Remuneration Survey which differs from the APS Employment Database due to a different collection scope.
