AUD millions - Source frequency: semiannual · Methodology · Corrections
Estimated total salary cost of the Australian Public Service, derived from APSC headcount and median remuneration by agency and classification level.
The public service is one of the largest single expenditure items. Breaking it down by agency and classification level shows where the salary bill sits and whether workforce size is growing or shrinking.
Context-dependent
Source: APSC APS Employment Database; APSC Remuneration Reports
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (APSC APS Employment Database; APSC Remuneration Reports), updated every six months. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
