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**Table 1: Summary of median key remuneration components by classification, 2020**
Classification	Median Base Salary	% change from 2019	Median TRP	% change from 2019	Median TR	% change from 2019
Graduate	$66,313	-0.2%	$76,230	-0.5%	$76,230	-0.5%
APS 1	$51,484	6.1%	$59,430	4.0%	$59,430	4.0%
APS 2	$57,122	-1.4%	$66,340	-2.5%	$66,354	-2.8%
APS 3	$65,270	0.7%	$76,524	0.0%	$76,524	0.0%
APS 4	$73,472	0.3%	$84,787	0.0%	$84,787	0.0%
APS 5	$79,725	1.1%	$93,021	0.9%	$93,026	0.7%
APS 6	$93,112	1.0%	$108,705	0.1%	$108,793	0.2%
EL 1	$115,762	0.7%	$136,598	0.7%	$136,693	0.8%
EL 2	$144,837	1.6%	$170,148	0.6%	$170,592	0.1%
SES 1	$202,910	0.0%	$254,739	0.0%	$254,996	-0.1%
SES 2	$263,750	-0.5%	$322,733	-0.3%	$322,740	-0.5%
SES 3	$361,501	-0.2%	$439,777	0.8%	$442,155	1.2%
All employees	$88,114	1.9%	$102,717	2.1%	$102,871	2.2%

**Table 1a: Summary of median and average remuneration components, non-SES(a) and SES(b), 2020**
Classification	Median Base Salary	Average Base Salary	Median TRP	Average TRP	Median TR	Average TR
Non-SES	$86,715	$92,531	$101,445	$108,830	$101,640	$109,070
SES	$212,242	$225,126	$263,682	$279,483	$264,088	$281,026
All employees	$88,114	$95,194	$102,717	$112,257	$102,871	$112,523
^{(a) Non-SES includes Graduates, APS1 to APS6, EL1 and EL2}
^{(b) SES includes SES 1, SES 2, SES 3.}

**Table 1b: Proportional change in weighted median remuneration components(a), non-SES(b) and SES(c), 2019 to 2020**
Classification	Base Salary	TRP	TR
Non-SES	0.8	0.3	0.3
SES	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
All employees	0.8	0.3	0.3
^{(a) 2020 median remuneration weighted by average headcount 2019-2020}
^{(b) Non-SES includes Graduates, APS1 to APS6, EL1 and EL2}
^{(c) SES includes SES 1, SES 2, SES 3.}

**Table 2: Composition of median Total Reward (TR) by classification, 2020**
Classification	Median TR	Median Base Salary	Base Salary component %	Benefit Component $	Benefit component %	Bonus Component $	Bonus component %
Graduate	$76,230	$66,313	87.0%	$9,917	13.0%	$0	0.0%
APS 1	$59,430	$51,484	86.6%	$7,946	13.4%	$0	0.0%
APS 2	$66,354	$57,122	86.1%	$9,218	13.9%	$14	0.0%
APS 3	$76,524	$65,270	85.3%	$11,254	14.7%	$0	0.0%
APS 4	$84,787	$73,472	86.7%	$11,315	13.3%	$0	0.0%
APS 5	$93,026	$79,725	85.7%	$13,296	14.3%	$5	0.0%
APS 6	$108,793	$93,112	85.6%	$15,593	14.3%	$88	0.1%
EL 1	$136,693	$115,762	84.7%	$20,836	15.2%	$95	0.1%
EL 2	$170,592	$144,837	84.9%	$25,311	14.8%	$444	0.3%
SES 1	$254,996	$202,910	79.6%	$51,829	20.3%	$257	0.1%
SES 2	$322,740	$263,750	81.7%	$58,983	18.3%	$7	0.0%
SES 3	$442,155	$361,501	81.8%	$78,276	17.7%	$2,378	0.5%
All employees	$102,871	$88,114	85.7%	$14,603	14.2%	$153	0.1%

**Table 3: Summary of average key remuneration components by classification, 2020**
Classification	Average Base Salary	% change from 2019	Average TRP	% change from 2019	Average TR	% change from 2019
Graduate	$65,588	0.1%	$75,825	-0.3%	$75,828	-0.3%
APS 1	$50,617	5.3%	$59,474	5.4%	$59,589	5.4%
APS 2	$55,952	-1.8%	$66,027	-2.0%	$66,168	-2.2%
APS 3	$64,253	0.2%	$75,921	0.2%	$75,988	0.1%
APS 4	$72,363	0.7%	$85,087	0.7%	$85,144	0.7%
APS 5	$79,495	1.1%	$93,317	1.1%	$93,489	1.0%
APS 6	$92,285	0.6%	$108,378	0.5%	$108,558	0.4%
EL 1	$115,878	1.1%	$136,164	0.9%	$136,438	0.9%
EL 2	$145,389	0.8%	$171,885	0.6%	$172,951	0.5%
SES 1	$204,550	-0.2%	$255,732	-0.5%	$256,655	-0.5%
SES 2	$266,890	-0.3%	$328,320	-0.4%	$331,010	-0.7%
SES 3	$369,935	1.4%	$443,542	0.9%	$449,999	0.2%
All employees	$95,194	1.3%	$112,257	1.2%	$112,523	1.2%

**Table 4: Motor Vehicle Allowance (MVA) recipients by classification, 2020**
Classification	Total Employees	Employees with MVA^(a)	% with MVA	Percentile (5) of MVA	Percentile (25) of MVA	Median MVA	Percentile (75) of MVA	Percentile (95) of MVA	Average MVA
Graduate	1,537	0	0.0%
APS 1	343	0	0.0%
APS 2	2,033	0	0.0%
APS 3	11,975	0	0.0%
APS 4	25,379	0	0.0%
APS 5	20,454	0	0.0%
APS 6	33,569	0	0.0%
EL 1	26,761	20	0.1%	$0	$402	$1,635	$5,426	$12,002	$4,101
EL 2	11,931	207	1.7%	$1,118	$20,000	$25,000	$25,208	$26,102	$20,794
SES 1	2,038	1,007	49.4%	$20,000	$25,000	$25,208	$27,880	$29,205	$25,417
SES 2	588	268	45.6%	$20,017	$25,000	$27,000	$28,000	$30,501	$26,183
SES 3	120	45	37.5%	$22,083	$26,600	$28,646	$30,000	$34,600	$27,828
All employees	136,728	1,547	1.1%	$7,658	$24,300	$25,208	$27,880	$29,205	$24,498
^{(a) Values have been removed for the APS 4, APS 5 and APS 6 classifications due to low amounts. These values are reflected in Tables 25, 26 and 27.}

**Table 5: Performance bonus recipients by classification, 2020**
				Distribution of performance bonuses
Classification	Total Employees	Employees with performance bonuses	% with performance bonuses	Percentile (5)	Percentile (25)	Median	Percentile (75)	Percentile (95)	Average
Graduate	1,537	2	0.1%	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
APS 1	343	35	10.2%	$455	$672	$725	$725	$725	$668
APS 2	2,033	338	16.6%	$435	$725	$725	$725	$725	$711
APS 3	11,975	878	7.3%	$464	$725	$725	$725	$1,880	$843
APS 4	25,379	1,095	4.3%	$440	$733	$733	$733	$4,047	$1,260
APS 5	20,454	2,245	11.0%	$674	$789	$789	$1,405	$4,337	$1,461
APS 6	33,569	3,355	10.0%	$737	$922	$922	$922	$1,925	$1,584
EL 1	26,761	3,309	12.4%	$460	$1,150	$1,150	$2,196	$2,384	$1,933
EL 2	11,931	1,481	12.4%	$1,150	$1,421	$1,421	$2,908	$14,727	$7,135
SES 1	2,038	88	4.3%	$1,717	$3,649	$9,449	$15,996	$23,437	$10,321
SES 2	588	22	3.7%	$7,521	$20,000	$23,361	$29,552	$237,662	$59,175
SES 3	120	4	3.3%	$4,635	$18,289	$29,265	$183,150	$539,782	$172,173
All employees	136,728	12,852	9.4%	$609	$789	$922	$1,421	$3,801	$2,400

**Table 6: Employees by superannuation fund and age group, 2020**
	CSS		PSS		PSS-AP		Other
Age group	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Under 20					123	84.8%	22	15.2%
20-24					2,861	75.4%	934	24.6%
25-29					8,454	74.0%	2,970	26.0%
30-34			71	0.5%	11,929	78.3%	3,232	21.2%
35-39			2,287	11.8%	14,002	72.2%	3,107	16.0%
40-44			7,801	39.2%	9,826	49.3%	2,284	11.5%
45-49	46	0.2%	11,094	53.5%	7,541	36.3%	2,073	10.0%
50-54	731	3.8%	11,039	57.2%	5,742	29.7%	1,796	9.3%
55-59	352	2.2%	9,262	58.8%	4,461	28.3%	1,688	10.7%
60 & over	478	4.3%	5,293	48.1%	3,752	34.1%	1,477	13.4%
All employees	1,607	1.2%	46,847	34.3%	68,691	50.2%	19,583	14.3%

**Table 7: Employer superannuation contribution as a proportion of superannuation salary by classification, 2019 and 2020**
	Total employees		Percentile (5) of super contributions %		Percentile (25) of super contributions %		Median super contributions %		Percentile (75) of super contributions %		Percentile (95) of super contributions %				Average super contributions %
Classification	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020		2019		2020
Graduate	1,337	1,537	15.4	12.1	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	17.3	15.4	18.4	18.5		16.2		15.7
APS 1	482	343	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	18.9	19.5	20.5	20.6		16.5		16.6
APS 2	1,858	2,033	15.4	12.6	15.4	15.4	18.5	15.4	19.9	19.5	20.1	20.2		17.8		17.0
APS 3	12,024	11,975	15.2	12.1	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	19.3	18.5	19.9	19.9		16.8		16.7
APS 4	26,354	25,379	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	19.5	19.5	19.8	19.8		17.1		16.9
APS 5	19,915	20,454	15.1	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	19.5	19.5	19.9	19.9		16.9		16.8
APS 6	31,920	33,569	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	19.5	19.5	19.9	19.9		17.2		17.0
EL 1	25,601	26,761	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	18.1	18.1	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.7		17.4		17.3
EL 2	11,167	11,931	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	18.8	18.8	19.0	19.0	19.5	19.5		17.7		17.6
SES 1	2,022	2,038	15.4	15.4	17.4	15.4	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	19.5	19.5		18.0		17.9
SES 2	553	588	15.4	15.4	17.9	17.4	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	19.5	19.5		17.9		17.9
SES 3	123	120	15.3	15.4	16.7	18.1	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.8	19.5	19.5		17.7		17.8
All employees	133,356	136,728	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	16.6	15.4	19.5	19.5	19.8	19.8		17.2		17.0

**Table 8: Employees by superannuation fund and classification, 2020**
	CSS		PSS		PSS-AP		Other
Classification	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Graduate			1	0.1%	1,051	68.4%	485	31.6%
APS 1	8	2.3%	74	21.6%	187	54.5%	74	21.6%
APS 2	29	1.4%	490	24.1%	1,096	53.9%	418	20.6%
APS 3	81	0.7%	2,528	21.1%	7,322	61.1%	2,044	17.1%
APS 4	176	0.7%	8,000	31.5%	14,002	55.2%	3,201	12.6%
APS 5	149	0.7%	5,553	27.1%	11,361	55.5%	3,391	16.6%
APS 6	337	1.0%	10,639	31.7%	17,507	52.2%	5,086	15.2%
EL 1	345	1.3%	11,100	41.5%	11,984	44.8%	3,332	12.5%
EL 2	305	2.6%	6,632	55.6%	3,730	31.3%	1,264	10.6%
SES 1	112	5.5%	1,361	66.8%	364	17.9%	201	9.9%
SES 2	47	8.0%	394	67.0%	80	13.6%	67	11.4%
SES 3	18	15.0%	75	62.5%	7	5.8%	20	16.7%
All employees	1,607	1.2%	46,847	34.3%	68,691	50.2%	19,583	14.3%

**Table 9: Acting classification Base Salary by classification, 2020**
		Acting classification Base Salary
Acting classification	Number of employees	Percentile (5)	Percentile (25)	Median	Percentile (75)	Percentile (95)	Average
APS 2	32	$49,975	$49,975	$49,975	$49,975	$57,423	$51,076
APS 3	149	$57,064	$60,102	$61,825	$63,534	$66,200	$61,871
APS 4	898	$66,313	$68,301	$68,871	$71,048	$74,748	$69,562
APS 5	2,695	$73,309	$74,472	$76,770	$78,608	$81,394	$76,809
APS 6	3,832	$80,669	$82,500	$84,306	$87,271	$93,530	$85,412
EL 1	3,508	$100,482	$102,402	$106,183	$110,468	$116,090	$107,139
EL 2	1,705	$118,376	$121,762	$127,501	$133,176	$143,308	$128,481
SES 1	280	$167,600	$172,102	$178,718	$197,991	$209,389	$185,236
SES 2	48	$199,189	$223,700	$244,077	$260,069	$268,200	$240,054
SES 3	7	$265,638	$307,522	$315,300	$316,725	$326,159	$305,892
All employees	13,154	$68,871	$79,172	$87,271	$108,113	$135,208	$96,400

**Table 10: Geographical allowance recipients by classification, 2020**
				Distribution of geographic allowances
Classification	Total Employees	Employees with geographic allowances	% with geographic allowances	Percentile (5)	Percentile (25)	Median	Percentile (75)	Percentile (95)	Average
Graduate	1,537	190	12.4%	$419	$600	$850	$1,337	$3,614	$1,370
APS 1	343	62	18.1%	$513	$2,710	$9,157	$13,081	$27,715	$9,604
APS 2	2,033	407	20.0%	$68	$303	$505	$2,228	$14,197	$2,787
APS 3	11,975	1,693	14.1%	$140	$375	$454	$1,265	$13,269	$2,463
APS 4	25,379	1,171	4.6%	$155	$432	$1,170	$5,230	$15,157	$3,738
APS 5	20,454	1,700	8.3%	$105	$424	$738	$5,748	$29,095	$5,559
APS 6	33,569	1,525	4.5%	$89	$495	$1,838	$6,650	$40,905	$8,055
EL 1	26,761	1,110	4.1%	$80	$1,049	$7,043	$32,714	$76,090	$20,863
EL 2	11,931	577	4.8%	$179	$2,222	$24,091	$67,847	$208,821	$49,862
SES 1	2,038	172	8.4%	$2,081	$26,050	$50,984	$89,862	$256,749	$77,553
SES 2	588	53	9.0%	$1,384	$12,942	$40,338	$70,613	$411,422	$83,465
SES 3	120	22	18.3%	$6,450	$16,742	$30,251	$55,393	$109,441	$40,712
All employees	136,728	8,682	6.3%	$117	$430	$1,246	$8,347	$58,045	$11,847

**Table 11: Hardship allowance recipients by classification, 2020**
				Distribution of hardship allowances
Classification	Total Employees	Employees with hardship allowances	% with hardship allowances	Percentile (5)	Percentile (25)	Median	Percentile (75)	Percentile (95)	Average
Graduate	1,537	11	0.7%	$41	$210	$458	$5,397	$37,718	$8,037
APS 1	343	19	5.5%	$193	$1,570	$2,853	$2,936	$2,936	$2,195
APS 2	2,033	40	2.0%	$16	$50	$293	$1,613	$18,698	$3,524
APS 3	11,975	784	6.5%	$128	$488	$2,936	$44,959	$51,732	$19,060
APS 4	25,379	684	2.7%	$25	$232	$422	$907	$31,100	$3,557
APS 5	20,454	608	3.0%	$61	$630	$10,489	$49,821	$61,106	$23,338
APS 6	33,569	467	1.4%	$20	$1,178	$8,596	$44,401	$68,097	$21,952
EL 1	26,761	566	2.1%	$63	$5,850	$24,079	$65,914	$89,288	$37,811
EL 2	11,931	300	2.5%	$1,044	$11,134	$29,842	$64,991	$93,764	$41,234
SES 1	2,038	103	5.1%	$5,855	$23,487	$42,684	$78,856	$107,199	$56,063
SES 2	588	31	5.3%	$6,191	$17,950	$23,920	$72,241	$94,272	$40,122
SES 3	120	14	11.7%	$6,526	$17,816	$33,982	$44,658	$83,531	$36,766
All employees	136,728	3,627	2.7%	$50	$478	$6,345	$45,513	$77,231	$22,992

**Table 12: Additional duties/responsibilities allowance recipients by classification, 2020**
				Distribution of additional duties allowances
Classification	Total Employees	Employees with additional duties allowances	% with additional duties allowances	Percentile (5)	Percentile (25)	Median	Percentile (75)	Percentile (95)	Average
Graduate	1,537	15	1.0%	$294	$447	$634	$672	$785	$572
APS 1	343	22	6.4%	$455	$522	$548	$722	$995	$638
APS 2	2,033	116	5.7%	$387	$522	$615	$656	$1,919	$724
APS 3	11,975	1,261	10.5%	$356	$575	$666	$2,353	$2,353	$1,206
APS 4	25,379	2,622	10.3%	$333	$530	$666	$723	$1,346	$734
APS 5	20,454	2,222	10.9%	$356	$531	$665	$728	$2,353	$845
APS 6	33,569	3,133	9.3%	$356	$529	$655	$723	$2,353	$797
EL 1	26,761	2,054	7.7%	$356	$532	$665	$728	$1,681	$897
EL 2	11,931	645	5.4%	$356	$530	$666	$806	$20,933	$3,777
SES 1	2,038	66	3.2%	$524	$3,141	$6,530	$10,000	$28,216	$9,064
SES 2	588	11	1.9%	$773	$2,919	$32,617	$43,382	$50,015	$26,548
SES 3	120	3	2.5%	$39,340	$47,987	$58,796	$60,913	$62,607	$53,001
All employees	136,728	12,170	8.9%	$356	$536	$666	$763	$2,353	$1,089

**Table 13: Base Salary by primary employment instrument and classification, 2020**
Classification	Primary Employment Instrument	Number of employees	Percentile (5) of Base Salary	Percentile (25) of Base Salary	Median Base Salary	Percentile (75) of Base Salary	Percentile (95) of Base Salary
Graduate	EA	1,482	$61,170	$61,825	$66,454	$68,436	$71,641
Graduate	PSA	55	$59,498	$59,498	$66,313	$66,313	$66,313
APS 1	EA	266	$45,459	$47,759	$51,458	$51,583	$59,179
APS 1	PSA	77	$50,750	$51,499	$51,499	$51,499	$51,499
APS 2	CLA	2	$54,877	$57,982	$61,863	$65,744	$68,849
	EA	1,959	$49,975	$53,368	$56,405	$58,463	$60,202
	PSA	72	$57,849	$57,925	$57,925	$57,925	$57,925
APS 3	CLA	7	$62,700	$68,976	$72,969	$78,014	$84,375
	EA	8,612	$58,759	$61,825	$65,270	$66,670	$66,744
	PSA	3,356	$59,498	$59,498	$66,312	$66,312	$66,312
APS 4	CLA	58	$77,927	$86,807	$93,605	$101,845	$115,065
	EA	13,574	$66,443	$70,427	$72,890	$73,721	$75,638
	PSA	11,747	$68,137	$73,472	$73,472	$73,472	$73,472
APS 5	CLA	51	$88,206	$108,502	$128,133	$137,949	$158,428
	EA	16,921	$74,285	$77,960	$79,010	$81,394	$83,793
	PSA	3,482	$75,993	$79,806	$79,806	$79,806	$79,806
APS 6	AWA	1	$90,249	$90,249	$90,249	$90,249	$90,249
	CLA	70	$97,928	$114,483	$165,390	$191,327	$224,890
	EA	27,829	$82,898	$89,693	$92,540	$95,181	$99,680
	PSA	5,669	$84,122	$91,256	$94,670	$94,670	$94,670
EL 1	AWA	5	$113,644	$132,656	$134,771	$136,077	$137,938
	CLA	87	$136,016	$207,667	$230,349	$230,349	$300,734
	EA	23,744	$105,829	$112,500	$115,762	$119,208	$125,312
	PSA	2,925	$105,219	$113,471	$113,471	$113,471	$120,410
EL 2	AWA	1	$205,020	$205,020	$205,020	$205,020	$205,020
	CLA	65	$194,035	$255,944	$292,243	$381,328	$518,813
	EA	10,821	$126,593	$139,170	$144,837	$148,907	$161,065
	PSA	1,044	$121,762	$132,250	$140,926	$140,926	$149,230
SES 1	AWA	6	$226,125	$230,471	$243,507	$243,507	$243,507
	CLA	242	$167,810	$190,102	$206,324	$223,572	$237,499
	EA	19	$172,238	$172,238	$172,238	$172,238	$172,238
	PSA	1,771	$171,645	$193,800	$202,356	$219,320	$239,528
SES 2	AWA	4	$278,180	$278,180	$289,371	$300,561	$300,561
	CLA	71	$218,060	$248,716	$260,501	$274,928	$298,434
	EA	5	$209,936	$209,936	$209,936	$209,936	$209,936
	PSA	508	$227,311	$247,393	$263,861	$281,610	$311,944
SES 3	CLA	11	$326,074	$356,500	$389,171	$389,823	$558,226
SES 3	PSA	109	$317,750	$336,600	$361,446	$386,483	$434,801
All employees		136,728	$62,817	$73,472	$88,114	$113,471	$147,521

**Table 14: Base salary by classification and gender, 2020**
Classification	Gender	Number of employees^(a)	Percentile (5) of Base Salary	Percentile (25) of Base Salary	Median Base Salary	Female Median as % of male	Percentile (75) of Base Salary	Percentile (95) of Base Salary	Average Base Salary
Graduate	Male	775	$61,170	$61,825	$66,881		$68,436	$72,498	$65,823
Graduate	Female	758	$61,170	$61,825	$65,778	98.4%	$67,777	$70,718	$65,335
APS 1	Male	193	$45,856	$49,577	$51,499		$51,583	$56,991	$50,814
APS 1	Female	148	$44,681	$48,398	$51,458	99.9%	$51,499	$55,532	$50,355
APS 2	Male	800	$49,975	$52,004	$55,154		$58,463	$60,202	$55,376
APS 2	Female	1,232	$49,975	$54,321	$57,361	104.0%	$58,463	$60,202	$56,327
APS 3	Male	4,356	$59,334	$61,825	$65,270		$66,382	$66,701	$64,250
APS 3	Female	7,612	$59,498	$61,825	$65,270	100.0%	$66,382	$66,701	$64,259
APS 4	Male	7,866	$66,616	$70,988	$73,256		$73,472	$75,283	$72,380
APS 4	Female	17,496	$67,009	$71,097	$73,472	100.3%	$73,472	$74,929	$72,358
APS 5	Male	7,794	$73,959	$78,043	$78,873		$80,879	$83,248	$79,323
APS 5	Female	12,651	$74,628	$78,043	$79,806	101.2%	$81,394	$83,793	$79,602
APS 6	Male	14,005	$82,898	$90,219	$92,540		$94,670	$99,680	$92,303
APS 6	Female	19,556	$83,599	$89,718	$93,112	100.6%	$94,995	$97,710	$92,273
EL 1	Male	12,366	$105,829	$113,471	$115,762		$118,340	$125,312	$116,130
EL 1	Female	14,388	$105,575	$112,241	$115,762	100.0%	$119,208	$125,312	$115,662
EL 2	Male	6,069	$127,022	$140,411	$144,837		$148,907	$164,599	$146,563
EL 2	Female	5,860	$125,312	$137,493	$144,429	99.7%	$147,700	$158,120	$144,176
SES 1	Male	1,006	$171,917	$195,764	$203,015		$221,804	$241,775	$206,544
SES 1	Female	1,032	$170,820	$189,353	$201,408	99.2%	$218,180	$238,033	$202,606
SES 2	Male	328	$224,279	$247,393	$266,347		$283,459	$317,909	$269,419
SES 2	Female	260	$223,349	$247,393	$260,501	97.8%	$277,861	$304,615	$263,699
SES 3	Male	64	$323,478	$344,051	$369,380		$387,645	$478,370	$377,392
SES 3	Female	56	$315,300	$335,838	$358,366	97.0%	$389,500	$414,577	$361,413
All employees		136,671	$62,817	$73,472	$88,114		$113,471	$147,521	$95,200
^{(a) Gender comparison does not include employees who identify as indeterminate/intersex/unspecified due to these numbers being statistically small.}

**Table 15: Total Remuneration Package (TRP) by classification and gender, 2020**
Classification	Gender	Number of employees^(a)	Percentile (5) of TRP	Percentile (25) of TRP	Median TRP	Percentile (75) of TRP	Percentile (95) of TRP	Average TRP
Graduate	Male	775	$69,330	$73,287	$76,525	$78,701	$83,707	$76,128
Graduate	Female	758	$69,330	$72,231	$75,908	$78,212	$81,609	$75,499
APS 1	Male	193	$52,918	$57,408	$59,430	$62,224	$68,189	$59,919
APS 1	Female	148	$51,555	$55,814	$59,430	$61,541	$66,443	$58,902
APS 2	Male	800	$57,696	$60,026	$65,134	$69,728	$73,460	$65,367
APS 2	Female	1,232	$58,004	$63,568	$66,837	$70,263	$73,607	$66,457
APS 3	Male	4,356	$68,436	$73,029	$76,524	$80,040	$85,873	$76,492
APS 3	Female	7,612	$68,661	$72,339	$76,511	$78,974	$83,347	$75,600
APS 4	Male	7,866	$77,136	$82,619	$84,787	$87,864	$92,763	$85,259
APS 4	Female	17,496	$77,136	$82,739	$84,787	$87,799	$90,952	$85,014
APS 5	Male	7,794	$85,349	$90,682	$92,793	$96,370	$100,576	$93,338
APS 5	Female	12,651	$85,822	$90,447	$93,075	$96,128	$99,954	$93,306
APS 6	Male	14,005	$95,842	$104,352	$108,506	$112,694	$119,241	$108,479
APS 6	Female	19,556	$96,257	$104,213	$108,904	$112,954	$118,006	$108,305
EL 1	Male	12,366	$122,127	$131,586	$136,717	$139,730	$149,433	$136,564
EL 1	Female	14,388	$121,929	$130,946	$136,564	$139,706	$147,697	$135,820
EL 2	Male	6,069	$147,399	$163,370	$170,446	$177,210	$201,948	$173,408
EL 2	Female	5,860	$146,577	$161,131	$169,558	$175,928	$192,190	$170,315
SES 1	Male	1,006	$226,216	$243,214	$256,812	$268,854	$290,222	$257,737
SES 1	Female	1,032	$225,397	$239,527	$253,349	$265,214	$287,999	$253,778
SES 2	Male	328	$292,483	$311,842	$324,089	$344,248	$385,742	$331,483
SES 2	Female	260	$288,013	$306,087	$320,179	$340,033	$369,312	$324,330
SES 3	Male	64	$391,995	$418,309	$442,855	$460,046	$547,513	$449,997
SES 3	Female	56	$391,151	$412,416	$432,170	$457,962	$490,031	$436,164
All employees		136,671	$73,287	$87,557	$102,753	$132,133	$174,834	$112,265
^{(a) Gender comparison does not include employees who identify as indeterminate/intersex/unspecified due to these numbers being statistically small.}

**Table 16: Total Reward (TR) by classification and gender, 2020**
Classification	Gender	Number of employees^(a)	Percentile (5) of TR	Percentile (25) of TR	Median TR	Percentile (75) of TR	Percentile (95) of TR	Average TR
Graduate	Male	775	$69,330	$73,287	$76,525	$78,701	$83,707	$76,131
Graduate	Female	758	$69,330	$72,231	$75,908	$78,212	$81,609	$75,501
APS 1	Male	193	$52,918	$57,766	$59,430	$62,949	$68,189	$60,069
APS 1	Female	148	$51,555	$55,814	$59,430	$61,541	$66,443	$58,971
APS 2	Male	800	$57,696	$60,069	$65,212	$69,728	$73,717	$65,522
APS 2	Female	1,232	$58,004	$63,568	$66,837	$70,657	$74,014	$66,590
APS 3	Male	4,356	$68,436	$73,127	$76,524	$80,040	$85,880	$76,554
APS 3	Female	7,612	$68,661	$72,487	$76,524	$78,974	$83,462	$75,669
APS 4	Male	7,866	$77,136	$82,637	$85,074	$88,098	$92,817	$85,318
APS 4	Female	17,496	$77,136	$82,739	$84,787	$87,799	$91,041	$85,070
APS 5	Male	7,794	$85,437	$90,691	$92,882	$96,370	$100,866	$93,537
APS 5	Female	12,651	$85,822	$90,478	$93,102	$96,350	$100,428	$93,462
APS 6	Male	14,005	$95,865	$104,425	$108,590	$112,907	$119,415	$108,711
APS 6	Female	19,556	$96,285	$104,274	$109,029	$113,131	$118,257	$108,449
EL 1	Male	12,366	$122,127	$131,586	$136,717	$140,122	$149,855	$136,910
EL 1	Female	14,388	$121,936	$130,946	$136,564	$140,122	$148,338	$136,032
EL 2	Male	6,069	$147,744	$163,443	$170,823	$177,896	$203,558	$174,734
EL 2	Female	5,860	$146,583	$161,182	$170,307	$176,619	$194,289	$171,110
SES 1	Male	1,006	$226,367	$243,620	$256,950	$270,887	$294,587	$258,600
SES 1	Female	1,032	$226,282	$239,806	$253,890	$266,043	$290,557	$254,759
SES 2	Male	328	$292,483	$312,772	$324,408	$346,327	$404,401	$334,689
SES 2	Female	260	$288,013	$306,087	$320,179	$340,201	$370,411	$326,370
SES 3	Male	64	$391,995	$418,792	$443,753	$460,046	$547,513	$461,461
SES 3	Female	56	$391,151	$413,332	$432,170	$457,962	$500,786	$436,900
All employees		136,671	$73,396	$87,602	$102,893	$132,169	$175,312	$112,532
^{(a) Gender comparison does not include employees who identify as indeterminate/intersex/unspecified due to these numbers being statistically small.}

**Table 17: Base Salary by employment category and classification, 2020**
	Number of employees		Percentile (5) of Base Salary		Percentile (25) of Base Salary		Median of Base Salary		Percentile (75) of Base Salary		Percentile (95) of Base Salary		Average Base Salary
Classification	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing
Graduate	1,532	5	$61,170	$61,653	$61,825	$67,763	$66,313	$67,763	$68,153	$74,958	$71,641	$74,958	$65,576	$69,113
APS 1	260	83	$45,856	$44,921	$50,351	$47,378	$51,499	$49,649	$51,583	$51,458	$59,179	$51,458	$50,990	$49,450
APS 2	1,508	525	$50,801	$49,975	$54,321	$50,451	$57,925	$52,325	$58,463	$54,321	$60,202	$57,361	$57,016	$52,896
APS 3	9,718	2,257	$59,510	$58,123	$63,422	$59,498	$66,312	$60,666	$66,382	$61,825	$66,701	$66,319	$64,967	$61,179
APS 4	23,699	1,680	$67,687	$65,395	$71,667	$66,335	$73,472	$68,859	$73,472	$70,988	$74,929	$74,117	$72,592	$69,145
APS 5	19,251	1,203	$74,628	$73,141	$78,043	$74,881	$79,806	$76,920	$81,394	$79,798	$83,793	$82,928	$79,633	$77,283
APS 6	32,255	1,314	$83,600	$80,665	$90,362	$83,624	$93,112	$88,127	$95,000	$93,530	$99,095	$96,837	$92,425	$88,851
EL 1	25,921	840	$105,829	$101,373	$113,471	$106,570	$115,762	$112,214	$119,208	$117,535	$125,312	$131,799	$115,899	$115,220
EL 2	11,525	406	$126,402	$123,747	$138,996	$136,924	$144,837	$142,728	$148,000	$148,997	$161,065	$183,462	$145,367	$146,004
SES 1	1,986	52	$171,645	$167,810	$192,888	$178,914	$202,910	$198,447	$220,882	$216,487	$239,614	$235,860	$204,692	$199,107
SES 2	558	30	$223,700	$218,054	$247,393	$247,284	$263,750	$250,883	$279,330	$284,718	$307,800	$360,479	$266,830	$268,006
SES 3	109	11	$317,750	$323,478	$346,443	$323,478	$362,100	$323,478	$389,500	$394,992	$420,780	$515,634	$369,437	$374,869
All employees	128,322	8,406	$65,270	$53,895	$73,472	$61,825	$90,492	$71,641	$113,730	$86,630	$147,580	$137,146	$96,171	$80,272

**Table 18: Median Base Salary by classification 2016 to 2020**
	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
Classification	Median Base Salary	% change from previous year	Median Base Salary	% change from previous year	Median Base Salary	% change from previous year	Median Base Salary	% change from previous year	Median Base Salary	% change from previous year
Graduate	$62,493	3.9%	$62,698	0.3%	$63,030	0.5%	$66,443	5.4%	$66,313	-0.2%
APS 1	$47,567	-0.4%	$48,194	1.3%	$49,460	2.6%	$48,521	-1.9%	$51,484	6.1%
APS 2	$54,588	0.0%	$56,220	3.0%	$56,694	0.8%	$57,925	2.2%	$57,122	-1.4%
APS 3	$61,512	0.0%	$61,970	0.7%	$63,952	3.2%	$64,799	1.3%	$65,270	0.7%
APS 4	$69,239	0.0%	$71,317	3.0%	$72,531	1.7%	$73,256	1.0%	$73,472	0.3%
APS 5	$74,451	0.0%	$76,561	2.8%	$78,092	2.0%	$78,873	1.0%	$79,725	1.1%
APS 6	$87,263	0.4%	$89,449	2.5%	$91,238	2.0%	$92,150	1.0%	$93,112	1.0%
EL 1	$108,796	0.4%	$111,633	2.6%	$113,866	2.0%	$115,005	1.0%	$115,762	0.7%
EL 2	$135,583	1.3%	$138,195	1.9%	$140,680	1.8%	$142,556	1.3%	$144,837	1.6%
SES 1	$184,626	2.0%	$189,353	2.6%	$196,609	3.8%	$202,910	3.2%	$202,910	0.0%
SES 2	$239,272	2.8%	$245,348	2.5%	$256,491	4.5%	$265,091	3.4%	$263,750	-0.5%
SES 3	$327,000	4.8%	$336,876	3.0%	$350,000	3.9%	$362,100	3.5%	$361,501	-0.2%
All employees	$78,457	2.1%	$81,206	3.5%	$83,347	2.6%	$86,436	3.7%	$88,114	1.9%

**Table 19: Median Total Remuneration Package (TRP) by classification 2016 to 2020**
	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
Classification	Median TRP	% change from previous year	Median TRP	% change from previous year	Median TRP	% change from previous year	Median TRP	% change from previous year	Median TRP	% change from previous year
Graduate	$72,974	5.1%	$72,354	-0.9%	$72,862	0.7%	$76,643	5.2%	$76,230	-0.5%
APS 1	$55,371	0.0%	$56,275	1.6%	$57,077	1.4%	$57,136	0.1%	$59,430	4.0%
APS 2	$63,581	0.0%	$65,488	3.0%	$65,559	0.1%	$68,052	3.8%	$66,340	-2.5%
APS 3	$72,116	0.0%	$73,206	1.5%	$74,576	1.9%	$76,525	2.6%	$76,524	0.0%
APS 4	$80,031	-0.2%	$82,300	2.8%	$83,947	2.0%	$84,787	1.0%	$84,787	0.0%
APS 5	$87,762	0.4%	$89,679	2.2%	$91,254	1.8%	$92,151	1.0%	$93,021	0.9%
APS 6	$103,305	0.9%	$106,046	2.7%	$107,136	1.0%	$108,603	1.4%	$108,705	0.1%
EL 1	$128,987	1.3%	$131,714	2.1%	$133,609	1.4%	$135,598	1.5%	$136,598	0.7%
EL 2	$160,578	1.2%	$164,067	2.2%	$166,891	1.7%	$169,070	1.3%	$170,148	0.6%
SES 1	$243,083	1.3%	$247,732	1.9%	$251,141	1.4%	$254,739	1.4%	$254,739	0.0%
SES 2	$305,066	1.7%	$310,641	1.8%	$316,953	2.0%	$323,857	2.2%	$322,733	-0.3%
SES 3	$410,874	3.9%	$420,420	2.3%	$426,771	1.5%	$436,338	2.2%	$439,777	0.8%
All employees	$92,736	0.7%	$95,287	2.8%	$97,586	2.4%	$100,557	3.0%	$102,717	2.1%

**Table 20: Median Total Reward (TR) by classification 2016 to 2020**
	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
Classification	Median TR	% change from previous year	Median TR	% change from previous year	Median TR	% change from previous year	Median TR	% change from previous year	Median TR	% change from previous year
Graduate	$72,974	5.1%	$72,354	-0.9%	$72,862	0.7%	$76,643	5.2%	$76,230	-0.5%
APS 1	$55,550	-0.1%	$56,511	1.7%	$57,077	1.0%	$57,136	0.1%	$59,430	4.0%
APS 2	$64,306	0.0%	$66,091	2.8%	$65,729	-0.5%	$68,286	3.9%	$66,354	-2.8%
APS 3	$72,116	-0.1%	$73,839	2.4%	$74,995	1.6%	$76,525	2.0%	$76,524	0.0%
APS 4	$80,395	0.0%	$82,300	2.4%	$83,947	2.0%	$84,787	1.0%	$84,787	0.0%
APS 5	$87,952	0.5%	$89,807	2.1%	$91,344	1.7%	$92,370	1.1%	$93,026	0.7%
APS 6	$103,305	0.6%	$106,046	2.7%	$107,463	1.3%	$108,603	1.1%	$108,793	0.2%
EL 1	$129,433	1.4%	$131,946	1.9%	$133,825	1.4%	$135,598	1.3%	$136,693	0.8%
EL 2	$162,103	1.7%	$165,446	2.1%	$168,298	1.7%	$170,397	1.2%	$170,592	0.1%
SES 1	$243,467	1.1%	$248,251	2.0%	$251,519	1.3%	$255,317	1.5%	$254,996	-0.1%
SES 2	$305,616	1.6%	$311,013	1.8%	$317,159	2.0%	$324,212	2.2%	$322,740	-0.5%
SES 3	$411,667	3.8%	$421,800	2.5%	$430,080	2.0%	$436,856	1.6%	$442,155	1.2%
All employees	$92,881	0.7%	$95,416	2.7%	$97,847	2.5%	$100,700	2.9%	$102,871	2.2%

**Table 21: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
Graduate
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	1537	$56,630	$61,170	$61,825	$66,313	$68,153	$71,641	$83,086	$65,588
Agency superannuation contribution	1537	$5,022	$7,505	$9,620	$10,333	$10,696	$11,462	$20,666	$10,208
Cost of motor vehicle	0
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	91	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285
Personal benefits	31	$100	$100	$177	$299	$299	$2,147	$3,500	$479
Other supplementary payments	7	$157	$181	$327	$425	$487	$1,705	$2,213	$632
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	1537	$65,265	$69,330	$73,287	$76,230	$78,439	$82,973	$95,881	$75,825
Performance bonus paid	2	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Retention bonus paid	0
Productivity bonus	0
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	0
Total Reward (TR)	1537	$65,265	$69,330	$73,287	$76,230	$78,439	$82,973	$95,881	$75,828
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	15	$226	$294	$447	$634	$672	$785	$835	$572
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	13	$314	$339	$533	$2,849	$4,712	$9,077	$9,087	$3,387
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	0
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	0
Hours of duty allowances	272	$26	$31	$32	$82	$219	$811	$5,806	$285
Expense allowances	63	$17	$110	$146	$185	$332	$866	$1,856	$320
Geographic/locality allowances	190	$15	$419	$600	$850	$1,337	$3,614	$23,849	$1,370
Hardship allowances	11	$36	$41	$210	$458	$5,397	$37,718	$63,601	$8,037
Health and lifestyle allowances	213	$101	$200	$291	$500	$600	$600	$600	$418
Individual performance related allowances	5	$943	$977	$1,114	$1,657	$2,229	$2,800	$2,943	$1,777
Annual leave loading	0
TR + Allowances	1537	$65,265	$69,330	$73,287	$76,656	$78,878	$83,983	$178,683	$76,216

**Table 22: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 1
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	343	$44,028	$45,680	$49,511	$51,484	$51,583	$55,532	$59,179	$50,617
Agency superannuation contribution	343	$3,761	$6,814	$7,472	$7,931	$10,294	$13,203	$17,936	$8,857
Cost of motor vehicle	0
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	0
Personal benefits	0
Other supplementary payments	0
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	343	$50,808	$52,715	$57,063	$59,430	$61,992	$68,048	$74,351	$59,474
Performance bonus paid	35	$406	$455	$672	$725	$725	$725	$725	$668
Retention bonus paid	8	$1,489	$1,549	$1,904	$1,986	$2,234	$2,242	$2,246	$1,978
Productivity bonus	0
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	0
Total Reward (TR)	343	$50,808	$52,715	$57,063	$59,430	$62,306	$68,048	$74,351	$59,589
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	22	$387	$455	$522	$548	$722	$995	$1,037	$638
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	3	$1,467	$1,533	$1,798	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$1,909
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	0
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	1	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469	$11,469
Hours of duty allowances	41	$30	$31	$63	$459	$7,937	$11,208	$12,447	$3,396
Expense allowances	0
Geographic/locality allowances	62	$314	$513	$2,710	$9,157	$13,081	$27,715	$33,231	$9,604
Hardship allowances	19	$58	$193	$1,570	$2,853	$2,936	$2,936	$2,936	$2,195
Health and lifestyle allowances	4	$40	$57	$123	$175	$324	$620	$694	$271
Individual performance related allowances	0
Annual leave loading	0
TR + Allowances	343	$50,808	$52,920	$58,143	$59,430	$63,148	$82,381	$104,109	$61,946

**Table 23: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 2
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	2033	$49,975	$49,975	$53,895	$57,122	$58,463	$60,202	$69,625	$55,952
Agency superannuation contribution	2033	$900	$7,228	$8,241	$9,280	$11,678	$14,789	$27,460	$10,070
Cost of motor vehicle	0
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	0
Personal benefits	38	$112	$124	$149	$275	$289	$299	$299	$232
Other supplementary payments	11	$0	$0	$2	$5	$67	$201	$334	$51
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	2033	$54,715	$57,696	$62,293	$66,340	$70,093	$73,541	$87,662	$66,027
Performance bonus paid	338	$213	$435	$725	$725	$725	$725	$5,367	$711
Retention bonus paid	19	$1,779	$1,852	$2,319	$2,475	$2,537	$2,821	$2,895	$2,438
Productivity bonus	0
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	3	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300
Total Reward (TR)	2033	$54,715	$57,696	$62,293	$66,354	$70,289	$73,779	$87,662	$66,168
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	116	$356	$387	$522	$615	$656	$1,919	$3,855	$724
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	3	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130	$2,130
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	0
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	1	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807	$6,807
Hours of duty allowances	419	$13	$31	$63	$128	$500	$2,531	$24,509	$704
Expense allowances	8	$19	$56	$254	$356	$438	$519	$521	$325
Geographic/locality allowances	407	$2	$68	$303	$505	$2,228	$14,197	$63,309	$2,787
Hardship allowances	40	$6	$16	$50	$293	$1,613	$18,698	$60,779	$3,524
Health and lifestyle allowances	73	$100	$199	$320	$320	$320	$534	$600	$341
Individual performance related allowances	0
Annual leave loading	1	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100
TR + Allowances	2033	$54,734	$58,649	$62,588	$66,837	$70,988	$75,311	$132,026	$67,002

**Table 24: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 3
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	11975	$55,359	$59,498	$61,825	$65,270	$66,382	$66,701	$85,399	$64,253
Agency superannuation contribution	11975	$1,432	$8,004	$9,620	$10,493	$12,931	$18,570	$31,081	$11,634
Cost of motor vehicle	0
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	41	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$2,496	$2,564	$450
Personal benefits	209	$27	$98	$149	$285	$289	$299	$564	$231
Other supplementary payments	539	$0	$16	$120	$287	$555	$2,923	$9,674	$643
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	11975	$61,470	$68,661	$72,491	$76,524	$79,241	$85,073	$99,596	$75,921
Performance bonus paid	878	$73	$464	$725	$725	$725	$1,880	$7,685	$843
Retention bonus paid	20	$156	$156	$2,097	$2,812	$2,970	$3,404	$6,537	$2,522
Productivity bonus	0
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	12	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300
Total Reward (TR)	11975	$61,470	$68,661	$72,491	$76,524	$79,243	$85,096	$99,596	$75,988
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	1261	$3	$356	$575	$666	$2,353	$2,353	$5,418	$1,206
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	171	$358	$666	$1,014	$1,014	$2,079	$3,203	$17,009	$1,730
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	3	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316	$1,316
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	1	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033	$1,033
Hours of duty allowances	4342	$1	$31	$64	$192	$600	$3,299	$29,979	$803
Expense allowances	154	$0	$42	$171	$407	$413	$1,096	$3,504	$401
Geographic/locality allowances	1693	$3	$140	$375	$454	$1,265	$13,269	$51,715	$2,463
Hardship allowances	784	$11	$128	$488	$2,936	$44,959	$51,732	$75,922	$19,060
Health and lifestyle allowances	253	$21	$83	$220	$320	$500	$653	$1,496	$363
Individual performance related allowances	0
Annual leave loading	66	$20	$39	$90	$228	$460	$1,115	$1,368	$336
TR + Allowances	11975	$62,854	$68,661	$72,953	$76,555	$80,040	$89,430	$164,246	$78,041

**Table 25: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 4
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	25379	$61,698	$67,009	$71,048	$73,472	$73,472	$74,929	$119,291	$72,363
Agency superannuation contribution	25379	$640	$10,093	$11,078	$11,539	$14,327	$17,411	$45,209	$12,706
Cost of motor vehicle	1	$698	$698	$698	$698	$698	$698	$698	$698
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	81	$285	$285	$285	$285	$1,495	$2,564	$4,138	$770
Personal benefits	345	$43	$100	$149	$270	$299	$444	$6,620	$295
Other supplementary payments	372	$0	$28	$223	$558	$870	$2,736	$8,571	$770
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	25379	$69,582	$77,136	$82,704	$84,787	$87,799	$91,365	$137,400	$85,087
Performance bonus paid	1095	$20	$440	$733	$733	$733	$4,047	$16,065	$1,260
Retention bonus paid	23	$131	$146	$1,831	$3,085	$3,364	$3,662	$3,887	$2,389
Productivity bonus	1	$806	$806	$806	$806	$806	$806	$806	$806
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	6	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300
Total Reward (TR)	25379	$69,582	$77,136	$82,707	$84,787	$87,799	$91,484	$141,701	$85,144
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	2622	$25	$333	$530	$666	$723	$1,346	$4,888	$734
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	445	$81	$1,014	$1,126	$2,702	$2,702	$2,702	$9,188	$2,213
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	15	$1,428	$1,459	$1,473	$1,473	$1,473	$1,858	$2,756	$1,555
Superannuation allowances	2	$567	$572	$591	$616	$640	$660	$664	$616
Income maintenance allowance	9	$58	$169	$335	$401	$950	$3,942	$4,115	$1,190
Hours of duty allowances	10819	$11	$31	$94	$254	$723	$2,145	$21,979	$639
Expense allowances	448	$2	$55	$150	$289	$490	$911	$4,655	$399
Geographic/locality allowances	1171	$7	$155	$432	$1,170	$5,230	$15,157	$39,031	$3,738
Hardship allowances	684	$4	$25	$232	$422	$907	$31,100	$65,004	$3,557
Health and lifestyle allowances	1211	$13	$100	$200	$275	$346	$821	$4,089	$336
Individual performance related allowances	3	$1,395	$1,570	$2,268	$3,140	$3,633	$4,027	$4,126	$2,887
Annual leave loading	409	$2	$24	$117	$300	$603	$1,154	$2,391	$419
TR + Allowances	25379	$69,582	$77,328	$83,015	$85,498	$88,502	$93,118	$194,104	$85,831

**Table 26: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 5
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	20454	$61,488	$74,472	$78,043	$79,725	$81,394	$83,766	$167,140	$79,495
Agency superannuation contribution	20454	$0	$11,194	$12,057	$12,663	$15,562	$19,340	$55,899	$13,776
Cost of motor vehicle	5	$0	$3	$12	$823	$838	$7,700	$9,416	$2,218
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	740	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$3,273	$340
Personal benefits	565	$38	$109	$249	$299	$299	$720	$10,500	$412
Other supplementary payments	440	$0	$29	$234	$552	$957	$4,513	$11,960	$989
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	20454	$70,957	$85,606	$90,498	$93,021	$96,280	$100,234	$183,018	$93,317
Performance bonus paid	2245	$81	$674	$789	$789	$1,405	$4,337	$52,879	$1,461
Retention bonus paid	51	$95	$133	$2,000	$3,435	$3,942	$4,338	$4,570	$2,782
Productivity bonus	11	$1,159	$1,390	$2,637	$8,756	$11,445	$20,071	$26,288	$8,564
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	23	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$930	$1,000	$361
Total Reward (TR)	20454	$70,957	$85,709	$90,542	$93,026	$96,370	$100,601	$235,897	$93,489
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	2222	$58	$356	$531	$665	$728	$2,353	$9,612	$845
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	249	$94	$714	$1,014	$2,500	$4,084	$9,188	$19,622	$3,145
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	51	$1,252	$1,612	$1,612	$1,612	$1,612	$2,828	$8,776	$1,909
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	13	$390	$1,233	$2,347	$6,000	$7,000	$9,660	$13,650	$5,169
Hours of duty allowances	4952	$1	$31	$63	$219	$688	$4,813	$35,983	$1,031
Expense allowances	372	$4	$49	$225	$308	$590	$1,424	$8,399	$521
Geographic/locality allowances	1700	$2	$105	$424	$738	$5,748	$29,095	$89,126	$5,559
Hardship allowances	608	$11	$61	$630	$10,489	$49,821	$61,106	$157,979	$23,338
Health and lifestyle allowances	1544	$6	$150	$200	$215	$300	$600	$1,859	$283
Individual performance related allowances	24	$876	$1,546	$3,944	$4,338	$4,338	$4,757	$6,134	$3,977
Annual leave loading	124	$6	$48	$253	$404	$554	$1,397	$1,695	$487
TR + Allowances	20454	$73,636	$85,903	$90,959	$93,708	$96,909	$103,359	$273,243	$95,071

**Table 27: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
APS 6
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	33569	$67,100	$83,000	$89,936	$93,112	$94,815	$98,816	$253,961	$92,285
Agency superannuation contribution	33569	$0	$12,383	$14,024	$14,810	$18,305	$22,026	$43,081	$16,027
Cost of motor vehicle	9	$0	$0	$0	$0	$170	$1,189	$1,500	$277
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	0
Motor vehicle parking	729	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$1,524	$7,688	$404
Personal benefits	1233	$3	$109	$268	$299	$626	$3,055	$48,779	$899
Other supplementary payments	524	$1	$70	$334	$668	$1,597	$5,829	$17,658	$1,489
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	33569	$77,433	$96,250	$104,278	$108,705	$112,796	$118,474	$275,655	$108,378
Performance bonus paid	3355	$20	$737	$922	$922	$922	$1,925	$119,458	$1,584
Retention bonus paid	103	$39	$105	$659	$2,456	$4,606	$5,068	$10,965	$2,678
Productivity bonus	41	$150	$402	$2,299	$7,343	$17,903	$25,882	$36,920	$10,910
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	38	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$1,000	$1,000	$374
Total Reward (TR)	33569	$77,433	$96,250	$104,278	$108,793	$113,078	$118,769	$375,231	$108,558
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	3133	$22	$356	$529	$655	$723	$2,353	$43,287	$797
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	308	$649	$995	$1,277	$2,226	$4,084	$10,000	$26,562	$3,528
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	76	$1,849	$1,849	$1,849	$1,849	$1,849	$5,722	$20,047	$2,562
Superannuation allowances	1	$222	$222	$222	$222	$222	$222	$222	$222
Income maintenance allowance	21	$9	$61	$1,091	$3,055	$7,056	$12,376	$14,441	$4,615
Hours of duty allowances	6452	$1	$31	$63	$220	$887	$7,891	$83,020	$1,449
Expense allowances	568	$2	$40	$164	$300	$480	$1,509	$5,712	$470
Geographic/locality allowances	1525	$1	$89	$495	$1,838	$6,650	$40,905	$122,613	$8,055
Hardship allowances	467	$11	$20	$1,178	$8,596	$44,401	$68,097	$94,254	$21,952
Health and lifestyle allowances	3180	$13	$143	$200	$200	$300	$600	$1,980	$285
Individual performance related allowances	48	$133	$434	$1,662	$3,915	$5,068	$9,968	$10,411	$4,012
Annual leave loading	74	$25	$118	$198	$404	$584	$1,249	$1,960	$493
TR + Allowances	33569	$77,433	$96,474	$104,807	$109,249	$113,287	$120,464	$375,231	$109,665

**Table 28: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
EL 1
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	26761	$90,308	$105,664	$113,057	$115,762	$119,208	$125,312	$363,747	$115,878
Agency superannuation contribution	26761	$0	$15,611	$17,594	$19,479	$22,640	$25,885	$65,615	$20,141
Cost of motor vehicle	19	$0	$0	$335	$1,378	$4,503	$10,323	$11,370	$3,054
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	1	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000	$24,000
Motor vehicle parking	1314	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$285	$7,688	$362
Personal benefits	830	$35	$100	$249	$299	$911	$10,449	$296,794	$2,911
Other supplementary payments	386	$9	$120	$484	$1,092	$2,450	$8,986	$39,861	$2,304
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	26761	$101,955	$122,127	$131,190	$136,598	$139,730	$148,397	$438,449	$136,164
Performance bonus paid	3309	$11	$460	$1,150	$1,150	$2,196	$2,384	$202,686	$1,933
Retention bonus paid	119	$56	$212	$955	$4,065	$6,325	$11,378	$16,528	$4,157
Productivity bonus	46	$300	$700	$2,936	$5,710	$11,190	$32,230	$37,721	$8,959
Sign on bonus	1	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	55	$300	$300	$300	$300	$300	$1,000	$1,000	$440
Total Reward (TR)	26761	$101,955	$122,127	$131,190	$136,693	$140,122	$149,048	$525,614	$136,438
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	2054	$16	$356	$532	$665	$728	$1,681	$22,753	$897
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	366	$105	$838	$2,226	$4,084	$6,126	$13,783	$40,064	$5,177
Market related allowances – specific job	6	$4,650	$4,820	$5,864	$7,767	$9,542	$10,034	$10,034	$7,597
Market related allowances – specific individual	57	$2,281	$2,281	$3,280	$10,000	$16,879	$30,195	$40,000	$11,554
Superannuation allowances	4	$218	$244	$346	$537	$793	$1,054	$1,119	$603
Income maintenance allowance	38	$395	$819	$2,326	$4,877	$7,018	$20,727	$36,586	$6,874
Hours of duty allowances	2814	$0	$31	$125	$630	$2,853	$11,872	$48,966	$2,581
Expense allowances	519	$3	$25	$227	$338	$480	$1,820	$9,723	$508
Geographic/locality allowances	1110	$5	$80	$1,049	$7,043	$32,714	$76,090	$349,065	$20,863
Hardship allowances	566	$11	$63	$5,850	$24,079	$65,914	$89,288	$231,090	$37,811
Health and lifestyle allowances	3152	$13	$150	$200	$200	$300	$600	$1,595	$291
Individual performance related allowances	69	$200	$643	$1,891	$4,951	$6,038	$14,469	$14,952	$4,934
Annual leave loading	6	$128	$135	$155	$287	$483	$989	$1,150	$419
TR + Allowances	26761	$101,955	$122,127	$131,592	$136,834	$141,184	$153,494	$525,614	$138,607

**Table 29: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
EL2
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	11931	$105,582	$126,402	$138,658	$144,837	$148,115	$161,065	$568,489	$145,389
Agency superannuation contribution	11931	$0	$18,867	$22,279	$26,229	$27,951	$32,609	$87,495	$25,572
Cost of motor vehicle	42	$0	$4	$1,113	$5,532	$9,092	$25,667	$26,000	$6,871
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	165	$5,159	$20,000	$24,300	$25,000	$25,780	$26,102	$35,000	$24,338
Motor vehicle parking	704	$52	$285	$285	$285	$285	$6,006	$16,474	$1,152
Personal benefits	1760	$8	$295	$1,740	$1,740	$1,740	$4,219	$143,400	$2,632
Other supplementary payments	362	$54	$273	$668	$1,500	$2,597	$16,273	$51,346	$3,567
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	11931	$121,841	$147,059	$162,389	$170,148	$176,643	$196,129	$593,489	$171,885
Performance bonus paid	1481	$14	$1,150	$1,421	$1,421	$2,908	$14,727	$512,092	$7,135
Retention bonus paid	138	$50	$522	$2,876	$7,480	$11,847	$31,735	$94,719	$10,313
Productivity bonus	54	$65	$745	$3,182	$7,057	$17,006	$32,144	$57,183	$11,404
Sign on bonus	6	$7,815	$7,963	$8,510	$9,409	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$9,173
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	29	$300	$300	$300	$1,000	$1,000	$9,400	$15,000	$1,676
Total Reward (TR)	11931	$121,841	$147,083	$162,541	$170,592	$177,050	$198,853	$1,105,581	$172,951
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	645	$54	$356	$530	$666	$806	$20,933	$99,153	$3,777
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	244	$434	$1,316	$3,152	$5,898	$10,500	$28,628	$63,236	$8,538
Market related allowances – specific job	6	$11,047	$11,950	$14,659	$14,659	$17,663	$58,496	$71,774	$24,244
Market related allowances – specific individual	117	$2,281	$2,789	$11,000	$20,000	$32,635	$65,449	$195,928	$25,979
Superannuation allowances	1	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528	$1,528
Income maintenance allowance	30	$671	$886	$3,504	$7,975	$12,997	$17,876	$20,317	$8,564
Hours of duty allowances	783	$9	$32	$313	$1,476	$3,761	$11,966	$43,589	$3,180
Expense allowances	374	$6	$58	$300	$412	$911	$4,996	$25,169	$1,300
Geographic/locality allowances	577	$5	$179	$2,222	$24,091	$67,847	$208,821	$678,096	$49,862
Hardship allowances	300	$13	$1,044	$11,134	$29,842	$64,991	$93,764	$252,067	$41,234
Health and lifestyle allowances	1394	$5	$150	$200	$275	$300	$600	$1,396	$306
Individual performance related allowances	121	$375	$600	$3,000	$7,104	$10,329	$24,920	$55,000	$9,113
Annual leave loading	3	$194	$220	$324	$454	$584	$688	$714	$454
TR + Allowances	11931	$121,841	$147,185	$162,740	$171,308	$179,345	$218,877	$1,105,581	$177,444

**Table 30: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
SES 1
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	2038	$153,774	$171,645	$192,657	$202,910	$220,245	$239,408	$332,183	$204,550
Agency superannuation contribution	2038	$13,777	$27,459	$33,021	$37,039	$40,312	$45,402	$58,549	$36,702
Cost of motor vehicle	27	$2,792	$3,188	$4,081	$12,233	$26,000	$26,558	$29,947	$14,781
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	980	$1,004	$21,086	$25,000	$25,208	$27,880	$29,205	$36,625	$25,710
Motor vehicle parking	658	$202	$919	$2,698	$2,789	$3,746	$8,289	$22,483	$3,589
Personal benefits	138	$41	$111	$295	$720	$2,975	$68,036	$194,420	$10,108
Other supplementary payments	53	$70	$199	$410	$753	$3,343	$14,982	$18,731	$2,979
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	2038	$185,656	$225,904	$241,929	$254,739	$266,756	$289,204	$416,492	$255,732
Performance bonus paid	88	$738	$1,717	$3,649	$9,449	$15,996	$23,437	$32,700	$10,321
Retention bonus paid	6	$2,656	$3,345	$6,550	$10,273	$13,301	$19,363	$21,081	$10,650
Productivity bonus	61	$258	$1,722	$6,067	$12,208	$22,032	$32,970	$61,395	$14,896
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	0
Total Reward (TR)	2038	$185,656	$226,282	$242,576	$254,996	$267,394	$291,719	$416,492	$256,655
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	66	$299	$524	$3,141	$6,530	$10,000	$28,216	$51,994	$9,064
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	73	$372	$1,158	$3,833	$8,931	$15,000	$44,746	$56,427	$14,151
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	3	$16,687	$16,943	$17,967	$19,248	$24,674	$29,015	$30,100	$22,012
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	1	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880	$27,880
Hours of duty allowances	39	$344	$460	$1,102	$1,567	$3,722	$6,657	$8,962	$2,523
Expense allowances	130	$29	$107	$300	$349	$1,809	$12,398	$25,670	$2,172
Geographic/locality allowances	172	$60	$2,081	$26,050	$50,984	$89,862	$256,749	$574,490	$77,553
Hardship allowances	103	$901	$5,855	$23,487	$42,684	$78,856	$107,199	$269,925	$56,063
Health and lifestyle allowances	14	$80	$125	$200	$295	$436	$599	$600	$321
Individual performance related allowances	2	$645	$1,113	$2,984	$5,323	$7,661	$9,532	$10,000	$5,323
Annual leave loading	0
TR + Allowances	2038	$197,183	$227,358	$243,619	$258,152	$273,342	$351,214	$924,824	$267,074

**Table 31: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
SES 2
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	588	$199,189	$223,472	$247,393	$263,750	$280,752	$310,991	$607,055	$266,890
Agency superannuation contribution	588	$21,694	$35,220	$42,932	$47,355	$52,105	$57,771	$93,085	$47,440
Cost of motor vehicle	13	$2,782	$3,561	$5,436	$9,475	$16,758	$27,570	$28,000	$13,215
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	255	$18,641	$22,155	$25,000	$27,000	$28,000	$30,501	$35,000	$26,844
Motor vehicle parking	178	$44	$572	$2,698	$3,120	$4,357	$13,051	$22,274	$3,982
Personal benefits	32	$114	$167	$504	$1,277	$4,219	$64,763	$137,105	$11,788
Other supplementary payments	20	$55	$69	$393	$993	$8,344	$21,405	$45,567	$6,156
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	588	$255,008	$289,109	$309,475	$322,733	$341,928	$379,438	$642,222	$328,320
Performance bonus paid	22	$6,923	$7,521	$20,000	$23,361	$29,552	$237,662	$421,997	$59,175
Retention bonus paid	2	$11,904	$12,116	$12,965	$14,026	$15,087	$15,936	$16,148	$14,026
Productivity bonus	13	$141	$1,385	$7,300	$20,666	$29,694	$37,007	$37,634	$19,380
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	0
Total Reward (TR)	588	$255,008	$289,109	$309,475	$322,740	$343,705	$387,126	$1,064,219	$331,010
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	11	$704	$773	$2,919	$32,617	$43,382	$50,015	$56,648	$26,548
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	20	$827	$1,048	$3,403	$7,777	$14,248	$49,841	$49,868	$12,774
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	2	$6,126	$6,570	$8,345	$10,563	$12,782	$14,556	$15,000	$10,563
Superannuation allowances	1	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762	$10,762
Income maintenance allowance	1	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880	$29,880
Hours of duty allowances	6	$331	$533	$1,225	$1,481	$2,838	$6,673	$7,800	$2,587
Expense allowances	23	$65	$65	$300	$345	$1,820	$6,964	$26,845	$2,143
Geographic/locality allowances	53	$64	$1,384	$12,942	$40,338	$70,613	$411,422	$808,372	$83,465
Hardship allowances	31	$3,524	$6,191	$17,950	$23,920	$72,241	$94,272	$107,250	$40,122
Health and lifestyle allowances	1	$273	$273	$273	$273	$273	$273	$273	$273
Individual performance related allowances	1	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968	$9,968
Annual leave loading	0
TR + Allowances	588	$255,008	$291,694	$311,611	$327,175	$350,600	$428,592	$1,079,292	$341,813

**Table 32: Remuneration findings by classification, 2020**
SES 3
	Number of employees	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max	Average
Base Salary	120	$287,323	$317,750	$336,806	$361,501	$389,500	$443,636	$703,306	$369,935
Agency superannuation contribution	120	$21,694	$32,453	$57,647	$66,372	$70,251	$75,384	$85,041	$62,152
Cost of motor vehicle	2	$4,081	$5,377	$10,561	$17,040	$23,520	$28,704	$30,000	$17,040
Cash in lieu of motor vehicle	43	$10,000	$22,647	$26,600	$28,646	$30,000	$34,800	$35,000	$28,329
Motor vehicle parking	33	$53	$552	$2,012	$3,120	$3,746	$5,339	$16,474	$3,247
Personal benefits	2	$114	$135	$218	$323	$427	$511	$532	$323
Other supplementary payments	4	$77	$156	$473	$2,192	$5,334	$9,067	$10,000	$3,615
Total Remuneration Package (TRP)	120	$353,370	$391,499	$415,117	$439,777	$459,079	$530,174	$725,000	$443,542
Performance bonus paid	4	$1,222	$4,635	$18,289	$29,265	$183,150	$539,782	$628,940	$172,173
Retention bonus paid	1	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000
Productivity bonus	1	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214	$46,214
Sign on bonus	0
Group or whole of agency performance bonuses	0
Total Reward (TR)	120	$353,370	$391,499	$415,423	$442,155	$459,079	$530,174	$1,353,940	$449,999
Additional duties/responsibilities allowances	3	$37,178	$39,340	$47,987	$58,796	$60,913	$62,607	$63,030	$53,001
Qualifications and/or skills based allowances	3	$1,791	$2,020	$2,938	$4,084	$27,042	$45,408	$50,000	$18,625
Market related allowances – specific job	0
Market related allowances – specific individual	0
Superannuation allowances	0
Income maintenance allowance	0
Hours of duty allowances	1	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776	$2,776
Expense allowances	8	$65	$89	$181	$360	$708	$20,255	$30,696	$4,166
Geographic/locality allowances	22	$5,513	$6,450	$16,742	$30,251	$55,393	$109,441	$112,668	$40,712
Hardship allowances	14	$5,658	$6,526	$17,816	$33,982	$44,658	$83,531	$93,019	$36,766
Health and lifestyle allowances	0
Individual performance related allowances	0
Annual leave loading	0
TR + Allowances	120	$353,370	$393,840	$423,530	$453,140	$472,614	$565,502	$1,353,940	$463,844

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