Prime Minister Scott Morrison's annual salary is $549,250, or $1,505 a day (because he gets a base salary of $211,250 and an additional salary of $338,000). That puts them comfortably at the 98th percentile, as a starting point.īut in addition to their base salary, certain parliamentarians get an "additional salary" by virtue of being a minister (including a parliamentary secretary) or holding a specified office. They also get an electorate allowance of $32,000 a year (for a member of the House of Representatives with a geographically-large electorate, their electorate allowance will be $38,000 or $46,000, depending on the size of their electorate). Our federal politicians get an annual base salary of $211,250. Where's the middle of the income distribution?Īccording to the ATO, if you earned between $59,538 and $60,432 you're right in the middle. Notice how, if your taxable income is between $41,017 and $41,758, which means you're at the 26 per cent mark, there are far more women in that group: 63,298 women, 47,309 men.īut see how, if you earned $350,134 or more, which means you're in the top 1 per cent, there are far more men in that group: 82,258 men, 28,335 women. If you play around with the table, and work your way up the income distribution, you may notice a pattern. Notice how the table tells you how many women and men are in the same group as you. If you have trouble getting your income to show up, try toggling through the page numbers until you see your income. So, for example, for $45,000, type in $45 and the page will reflect that range. Before you get startedĪ quick note on how to use the table: this is powered by a text-search function. Type your taxable income into the "search" box below, and see what it tells you. Now, have a guess of where you think you'll be on the income distribution before you find out.ĭo you think you'll be in the bottom 40 per cent? Below 70 per cent? There's no way you'd be in the top 10 per cent, right? If you're at the "99th percentile", you earned more than 99 per cent, and just 1 per cent earned more than you. You earned more than 50 per cent, and 50 per cent earned more than you. If you're at the "50th percentile," you're bang in the middle. If you're at the "30th percentile," that means you had an annual taxable income higher than 30 per cent of people who were required to pay income tax, while 70 per cent earned more than you. That means it's divided it into 100 equal groups. The ATO has then divided this distribution into "percentiles." The ATO has collected data on 14.68 million individuals, but it's removed 3.62 million non-taxpaying individuals, so this income distribution is based on the annual taxable incomes of 11.06 million individuals who paid income tax. This unique dataset refers to the taxpaying population. It's based on data provided by the Australian Taxation Office for the 2018-19 financial year ( the most recent year for which we have the most complete tax data). How much do you earn?īelow is a searchable table of the income distribution of Australia's taxpayers. It will help you understand how you're faring, compared to other taxpayers in the country. I'm going to show you something about your income.
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