Australia - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Australia was 53,661,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53,661,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,891,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 1,891,000,000
1991 2,089,000,000
1992 2,246,000,000
1993 2,472,000,000
1994 2,728,000,000
1995 2,857,000,000
1996 2,918,000,000
1997 3,832,000,000
1998 3,831,000,000
1999 18,488,000,000
2000 17,073,000,000
2001 18,393,000,000
2002 19,615,000,000
2003 21,423,000,000
2004 23,079,000,000
2005 24,117,000,000
2006 25,628,000,000
2007 27,915,000,000
2008 30,054,000,000
2009 32,848,000,000
2010 35,830,000,000
2011 38,798,000,000
2012 41,284,000,000
2013 45,674,000,000
2014 44,434,000,000
2015 45,343,000,000
2016 47,610,000,000
2017 49,819,000,000
2018 49,981,000,000
2019 53,661,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Australia was 10.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 12.13 in 1999, while its lowest value was 2.14 in 1990.

Definition: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 2.14
1991 2.17
1992 2.17
1993 2.23
1994 2.33
1995 2.27
1996 2.25
1997 2.89
1998 3.05
1999 12.13
2000 10.72
2001 9.93
2002 9.84
2003 10.38
2004 10.43
2005 10.20
2006 10.30
2007 10.49
2008 10.47
2009 9.84
2010 10.29
2011 10.52
2012 10.53
2013 11.48
2014 10.58
2015 10.43
2016 10.64
2017 10.64
2018 10.35
2019 10.53

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance