Monthly Statistical Bulletin
2.2 Male total average weekly earnings
Quarter	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
MTAWE – $ per week
September	958.00	995.70	1 050.60	1 090.90	1 141.00
December	958.50	1 007.70	1 051.70	1 101.10	1 162.70
March	977.30	1 021.20	1 067.80	1 112.20
June	978.50	1 033.00	1 069.10	1 110.30
Annual average	968.10	1 014.40	1 059.80	1 103.60
MTAWE annual change – per cent
September	6.2	3.9	5.5	3.8	4.6
December	5.6	5.1	4.4	4.7	5.6
March	4.9	4.5	4.6	4.2
June	4.3	5.6	3.5	3.9
Annual average	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.1
Real MTAWE (a) – $ per week
September	1 064.30	1 064.30	1 102.40	1 090.41	1 126.28
December	1 059.20	1 078.50	1 093.20	1 103.92	1 141.61
March	1 070.80	1 092.20	1 095.60	1 113.71
June	1 055.40	1 091.50	1 081.00	1 106.48
Annual average	1 062.42	1 081.67	1 092.96	1 103.60
Real MTAWE annual change – per cent
September	3.1	0.0	3.6	-1.1	3.3
December	2.7	1.8	1.4	1.0	3.4
March	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.7
June	0.3	3.4	-1.0	2.4
Annual average	2.0	1.8	1.0	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
								20 May 2010