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

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    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
 
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