Software Engineer Australia Salary
How much can you expect to pay or be paid for your work.
The following is a survey taken at June 2022 of what someone working as a Software Engineer in Australia is paid. The figures are obtained from multiple sources. Salaries are in thousands of Australian dollars. Medium values may be median or averages, depending on the source.
| Low | Med | High |
|------+------+------+
| | $100 | |
| $58 | $80 | $114 |
| $70 | $115 | $160 |
| $65 | $110 | $140 |
| $101 | $120 | $163 |
|------+------+------+Sources, by row: [1] Indeed, [2] Payscale, [3] Seek, [4] Glassdoor, [5] Talent.
It is interesting that the ranges vary so much by source. Payscale appears to be an outlier. If we compare with the average full-time salary for all job types, reported by the ABS, of $96,000 it appears that software engineering is a worthwhile job, providing a premium over the average for Australia.