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APS Remuneration Data 31 December 2025

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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 2025. A full set of data tables is available at Appendix 3.

Valid data was received for 187,279 APS employees1. This includes 3,460 Senior Executive Service (SES) employees and 183,819 non-SES employees. Total headcount increased by 5,094 (or 2.8%) compared to December 2024 when it was 182,185. This change is in line with the increase in non-casual APS headcount reported in the APSC’s 31 December 2025 APS Employment Data Release.

For further information on the 2025 remuneration data refer to the Australian Public Service 2025 Remuneration Survey Guide and Data Specifications.

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 data release.

Footnote

[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. ↩ Return to text

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Remuneration report
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APS employees
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