Ahh yes! isn’t life at the top end great. The top 20% are...

Ahh yes! isn’t life at the top end great. The top 20% are laughing($7000 in cuts)
while the bottom 80% get around $10 a week.

The truth is that ABS statistics show that in 2010/11 around 80% of Australians received less
than $78,000. That will have changed in more recent years but it still gives an idea of the situation.

To get to $200,000 is an aspiration most likely have but the stats tell us that even with wage rises
most wont make it.

Table 2. PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNERS, SELECTED WAGES AND SALARIES INCOME RANGES, AUSTRALIA, 2010-11​

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
0	​
1	Region	$0 to less than$15 600(a)​	$15 600 to less than $31 200​	$31 200 to less than $52 000​	$52 000 to less than $78 000​	$78 000 and over​
2	%[/SIZE][/B][/RIGHT]	%​	%​	%​	%​
3	​
4	New South Wales	17.7​	17.1​	25.0​	20.5​	19.7​
5	Greater Sydney	16.9​	16.3​	24.0​	21.2​	21.7​
6	Rest of NSW	19.3​	18.8​	27.0​	19.0​	15.8​
7	Victoria	18.4​	17.5​	26.2​	21.1​	16.8​
8	Greater Melbourne	17.6​	16.9​	25.7​	21.7​	18.2​
9	Rest of Victoria	21.0​	19.6​	28.0​	19.4​	11.9​
10	Queensland	18.1​	17.3​	26.5​	21.0​	17.0​
11	Greater Brisbane	17.0​	16.2​	26.2​	22.6​	18.0​
12	Rest of Queensland	19.2​	18.4​	26.9​	19.5​	16.0​
13	South Australia	18.4​	18.0​	28.4​	21.2​	14.0​
14	Greater Adelaide	17.5​	17.5​	28.4​	21.9​	14.7​
15	Rest of South Australia	21.8​	19.9​	28.3​	18.7​	11.3​
16	Western Australia	17.5​	16.3​	22.2​	20.1​	23.9​
17	Greater Perth	17.2​	16.0​	22.2​	20.8​	23.8​
18	Rest of WA	19.0​	17.3​	22.0​	17.7​	24.0​
19	Tasmania	19.8​	18.9​	29.3​	20.4​	11.6​
20	Greater Hobart	18.8​	17.7​	28.7​	21.7​	13.1​
21	Rest of Tasmania	20.7​	19.9​	29.8​	19.3​	10.3​
22	Northern Territory	14.3​	15.0​	24.1​	25.6​	21.1​
23	Greater Darwin	12.8​	14.5​	23.8​	26.8​	22.0​
24	Rest of NT	18.0​	16.2​	24.7​	22.4​	18.7​
25	Australian Capital Territory	14.4​	12.6​	19.1​	25.3​	28.6​
26	Australia(b)	18.1​	17.2​	25.4​	20.9​	18.5​

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/5673.0.55.003