Monthly Statistical Bulletin
2.2 Male total average weekly earnings
Quarter	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
MTAWE – $ per week
September	900.70	957.10	995.00	1 050.50	1 090.80
December	905.90	957.30	1 007.00	1 051.20	1 100.60
March	930.00	976.30	1 020.90	1 067.80	1 112.20
June	936.60	977.20	1 032.50	1 069.00	1 109.80
Annual average	918.30	967.00	1 013.90	1 059.60	1 103.40
MTAWE annual change – per cent
September	2.9	6.3	4.0	5.6	3.8
December	1.8	5.7	5.2	4.4	4.7
March	3.9	5.0	4.6	4.6	4.2
June	5.7	4.3	5.7	3.5	3.8
Annual average	3.6	5.3	4.9	4.5	4.1
Real MTAWE (a) – $ per week
September	1 030.90	1 063.30	1 063.50	1 102.30	1 090.31
December	1 029.10	1 057.90	1 077.70	1 092.70	1 103.42
March	1 049.30	1 069.70	1 091.90	1 095.60	1 113.71
June	1 050.40	1 054.00	1 091.00	1 080.90	1 105.98
Annual average	1 040.00	1 061.21	1 081.14	1 092.76	1 103.40
Real MTAWE annual change – per cent
September	0.5	3.1	0.0	3.6	-1.1
December	-0.8	2.8	1.9	1.4	1.0
March	1.5	1.9	2.1	0.3	1.7
June	3.2	0.3	3.5	-0.9	2.3
Annual average	1.1	2.0	1.9	1.1	1.0
(a) Expressed in average 2008–09 dollars; converted to real terms using the consumer price index.
Sources: ABS, Average weekly earnings, Cat. no. 6302.0
ABS, Consumer price index, Cat. no. 6401.0
								Update
								19 November 2009