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Highest Wages in Australia

Top 100 cities ranked by highest wages

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Highest Wages — Australia

1 Rockingham city centre 08 $1,251
2 Tuggeranong Administrative District 01 $1,251
3 Mandurah city centre 08 $1,251
4 Geelong city centre 07 $1,251
5 Perth city centre 08 $1,251
6 Townsville 04 $1,251
7 Gladstone 04 $1,251
8 Canberra 01 $1,251
9 Rockhampton 04 $1,251
10 Bundaberg 04 $1,251
11 Glenferrie 07 $1,251
12 Adelaide Hills 05 $1,251
13 Phillip Island 07 $1,251
14 Kingswood Park 02 $1,251
15 Hawthorn South 07 $1,251
16 Brisbane central business district 04 $1,251
17 Gold Coast 04 $1,251
18 Brisbane 04 $1,251
19 Ballarat 07 $1,251
20 Central Coast 02 $1,251
21 Yeppoon city centre 04 $1,251
22 Charters Towers 04 $1,251
23 Hervey Bay 04 $1,251
24 Kwinana 08 $1,251
25 Adelaide city centre 05 $1,251
26 City of Port Phillip 07 $1,251
27 Sunshine Coast 04 $1,251
28 Wollongong city centre 02 $1,251
29 Bendigo city centre 07 $1,251
30 Sydney Central Business District 02 $1,251
31 Palmerston 03 $1,251
32 Kosciuszko National Park 02 $1,251
33 Toowoomba 04 $1,251
34 Frankston East 07 $1,251
35 Nambucca 02 $1,251
36 Logan City 04 $1,251
37 Cairns 04 $1,251
38 Bathurst city centre 02 $1,251
39 Darwin 03 $1,251
40 Canberra City 01 $1,251
41 Toongabbie West 02 $1,251
42 Melbourne City Centre 07 $1,251
43 Port Hedland 08 $1,208
44 Mount Isa 04 $1,178
45 Newman 08 $1,153
46 Erskineville 02 $1,108
47 Paddington 02 $1,104
48 Elizabeth Bay 02 $1,089
49 Teneriffe 04 $1,079
50 Rozelle 02 $1,074
51 Woollahra 02 $1,065
52 Alexandria 02 $1,059
53 St Leonards 02 $1,058
54 Cammeray 02 $1,048
55 Manly 02 $1,037
56 Naremburn 02 $1,035
57 Wollstonecraft 02 $1,034
58 Bondi Beach 02 $1,029
59 Balmain 02 $1,025
60 Bellevue Hill 02 $1,024
61 North Sydney 02 $1,018
62 Bronte 02 $1,015
63 Coogee 02 $1,011
64 Neutral Bay 02 $1,009
65 Moranbah 04 $1,009
66 Darlinghurst 02 $998
67 Potts Point 02 $997
68 East Melbourne 07 $996
69 Braddon 01 $983
70 Cremorne 02 $976
71 North Bondi 02 $970
72 Fairlight 02 $969
73 Mosman 02 $967
74 Jerrabomberra 02 $965
75 Cottesloe 08 $948
76 Greenwich 02 $947
77 Annandale 02 $937
78 Surry Hills 02 $937
79 Toorak 07 $928
80 South Hedland 08 $920
81 Rose Bay 02 $909
82 South Yarra 07 $907
83 Vaucluse 02 $905
84 Bulimba 04 $905
85 Clifton Hill 07 $902
86 Drummoyne 02 $902
87 Bondi 02 $901
88 Prahran 07 $896
89 Leichhardt 02 $895
90 Lane Cove 02 $895
91 Northbridge 02 $894
92 Lane Cove North 02 $893
93 Port Melbourne 07 $888
94 Elwood 07 $887
95 Richmond 07 $881
96 Freshwater 02 $881
97 Watson 01 $880
98 Abbotsford 07 $880
99 Armadale 07 $880
100 Casey 01 $877

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest wages in Australia.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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