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Table 4.12 Income levels of recent Australian graduates working overseas, 1996
Salary All countries UK Hong Kong Singapore Japan US Canada
Number
Less than $20 000 69 14 6 4 1 6 5
$20 000–$29 999 134 33 19 26 5 4 7
$30 000–$39 999 85 22 2 13 11 7 3
$40 000–$49 999 66 11 7 3 12 6 1
$50 000–$59 999 28 4 3 – 2 5 –
$60 000–$69 999 28 3 11 4 2 2 –
$70 000 and more 56 3 15 4 4 1 1
Total 466 90 63 54 37 31 17
Per cent
Less than $20 000 14.8 15.6 9.5 7.4 2.7 19.4 29.4
$20 000–$29 999 28.8 36.7 30.2 48.1 13.5 12.9 41.2
$30 000–$39 999 18.2 24.4 3.2 24.1 29.7 22.6 17.6
$40 000–$49 999 14.2 12.2 11.1 5.6 32.4 19.4 5.9
$50 000–$59 999 6.0 4.4 4.8 – 5.4 16.1 –
$60 000–$69 999 6.0 3.3 17.5 7.4 5.4 6.5 –
$70 000 and more 12.0 3.3 23.8 7.4 10.8 3.2 5.9
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: GDS 1996
In 1996, the salary
distribution for Australian
graduates across all
countries was negatively
skewed, with the highest
proportions of graduates
earning between $20 000
and $29 999 per year.
The $70 000 and more
cohort at this level is,
however, quite high at 12
per cent.
In 1996 nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents provided information on the
salary level of the overseas job they had at 30 April 1996, and details of these
responses are shown in Table 4.12.
A number of observations can be made from Table 4.12:
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The salary distribution for Australian graduates across all countries is negatively
skewed, with the highest proportions of graduates earning between $20 000 and
$29 999 per year. The $70 000 and more cohort at this level is, however, quite high
at 12 per cent.
The UK salary distribution is also negatively skewed with highest concentrations in the
$ 2 0 000 to $29 999 (36.7 per cent) and $30 000 to $39 999 (24.4 per cent) ranges.
The Hong Kong distribution is unusual, in that the highest proportions are at
either end of the distribution. Clearly, average paid jobs and very highly paid jobs
are available to Australian graduates in Hong Kong.
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Singapore offer jobs to 48.1 per cent of Australian graduates employed there in the
$20 000 to $29 999 range.
Reasonably high salaries are paid to Australian graduates in Japan: 29.7 per cent
receive $30 000 to $39 999 per year and 32.4 receive between $40 000 and
$49 999 per year.
The US has a flat, fairly normal distribution, with four salary categories embracing
77.5 per cent of Australian working graduates.
The salary distribution among Australian graduates in Canada is very skewed
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