Sources

$3,224 a week (about $167,600 a year): average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adults in mining, before overtime and tax, the highest of any industry (all industries: $2,084). Australian Bureau of Statistics, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2026.

$2,832 a week: median weekly earnings in the mining industry (all industries: $1,741). Jobs and Skills Australia, Mining industry profile.

$65 an hour: median hourly earnings of drillers, miners and shot firers (all jobs: $47). Jobs and Skills Australia, ANZSCO 7122 profile, from the ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025.

Advertised rates in 25 entry-level FIFO job ads that stated a rate, read on Jora in October 2026:

• Camp, utility and housekeeping: $75,000–$98,000 a year
• Trades assistant: $40–$60 an hour
• Entry driller's offsider: $38–$45 an hour

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