MNI BRIEF: Aussie Q3 Wages Grow 0.8% Q/Q

Australia’s Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.8% in the September quarter 2025, in line with expectations and unchanged from the June quarter, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.

“Annual wage growth to the September quarter 2025 was 3.4%. Annual wage growth remained steady compared to the June quarter but was slightly lower than this time last year,” said Michelle Marquardt, head of prices statistics at the ABS. 

A similar share of jobs recorded a wage change compared with a year earlier (44% versus 45%), though the average hourly wage increase eased to 3.5% from 3.7%. Private-sector wages rose 0.7% in the quarter and remained the main driver of growth. Annually, private wages increased 3.2%, down from 3.5% a year earlier. Public-sector wages rose 0.9% in the quarter, with annual growth at 3.8%, edging up from 3.7% in the September quarter 2024.