Curious to see everyone's ages and incomes? Not your household income, just your own.
Promise I'm not the ATO ;)
ETA: Just a quick addition from the ATO website:
Employee median income was $54,161
Apparently, The Average OzBargainers Income Is 250k, What's Everyone's Ages and Incomes?
clownfish on 12/01/2023 - 09:47
Last edited 12/01/2023 - 10:22
Last edited 12/01/2023 - 10:22
Poll Options
- 54Under 50k & Under 30
- 5050-75k & Under 30
- 6475-100k & Under 30
- 114100-150k & Under 30
- 40150k-200k & Under 30
- 187Over 200k & Under 30
- 29Under 50k & 30-40
- 4050-75k & 30-40
- 11575-100k & 30-40
- 294100-150k & 30-40
- 145150k -200k & 30-40
- 113Over 200k & 30-40
- 36Under 50k & Over 40
- 2550-75k & Over 40
- 5575-100k & Over 40
- 110100-150k & Over 40
- 55150k-200k & Over 40
- 100Over 200k & Over 40
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I suspect this will be trolled :)
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Or people just wanting to flex
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Young, wealthy and absolutely dedicated to scoring the best possible price on Domino's Pizza.
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if the median personal income in aus is 52k according to the ATO, somehow, I don't think the majority of OzBargainers are in their 20s and on over 200k :)
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@clownfish: you're comparing the median income in an entire country to a niche community that probably attracts a certain type of person. not outside the realm of possibility that there are people on those salaries but definitely not the majority of OZBs.
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@coffeeinmyveins: True, there will be some, of course, but it's also a niche community that attracts trolls ;)
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@clownfish: If you remove that one entry, this might be a reasonable view of what ozbargainers actually earn at their age. A master stroke to have so many options and attract the trolls to one single outlier. Now to just summarise it so we don't care about age anymore and we have some good information
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@clownfish: That includes pensioners and 18yo students. A better measure is median full-time earnings, which is $78,900pa.
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@clownfish: yes I'm surprised that all of the 113 Oz people that are 'Over 200k & Under 30' are on OzBargain
methinks somebody's telling porkies ?
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@Brianqpr: Devils advocate here - the thing about income, is it doesn't represent wealth.
Especially if you're young, you can be earning a lot, but not have had the time to build up wealth yet. Being cheap, helps build wealth faster.
This is a big enough phenomenon that there's an acronym for it. HENRY (High Earners Not Rich Yet) and whole subreddits dedicated to this.
But yes - the title of this forum post would have definitely incited people to vote in that category as a joke..
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Or people just replying to a dumbass poll
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@cashless: Absolutely correct, - "its an internet poll…. therefore it MUST be accurate", sad but true.
Maybe we need a IQ or gullibility survey
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Our next poll should be "What's your age and how many beautiful women are you currently sleeping with?"
I think the very high numbers and supreme allure of OzBargainers might surprise some people.
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I've answered truthfully :)
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It's everyone coming over from Whirlpool to vote.
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Under 30 (majority teens or preteens),
many of those clicking 200k because they either:
A. don't understand what '200k' means,
B. millenials think that's what they're worth,
C. they wish they had a job that paid that much, or
D. they just wish they had a job.- 14
Definitely B. It's all about an individual's feelings these days over facts…then those feelings become fact đ¤Ł
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fAkE iT tIlL yOu MaKe It!1!1!!1
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They became entrepreneurs last week and so have projected their income over the next 12 months to be over 200k
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How does one not understand what '200k' mean..? Please explain.
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200k in unrealized gainz, like a high yield investment car.
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đ¤Ł
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Or they are just in mining or software
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We need a poll for this.
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E. People pick the most extreme option, like in every ozbargain poll ever.
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is this where i click to be over 200KG & looks under 30?
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80k cars and selling PlayStations. >200k ez
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Mr. Beast would like to know your location.
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I get a payrise whenever Centrelink payments get indexed.
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Government Arts Scholarship payment according to Steve Hughes.
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The stats show that a lot of respondents are whirlpool IT workers.
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As a broker who's done around 125 OzB home loans over the years, my anecdotal findings are this;
- lots of single guys or young couples around 25-35 bracket
- tend to sit in the $70k-$110k income bracket
- mostly out of the city centres, many live in regional towns
- strong income to debt ratio (generally good with money and not too overleveraged)
- have too many credit cards
Aidan.
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That sounds about right
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@sss333 yup, this is the bell curve, however maybe 5% of those have been on $200k+.
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Came for the memes but appreciated the interesting response.
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@ssfps I could insert an American Office GIF?
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Avg of $250,001
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This guy stats
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I think he's so mean, that his Standard Deviation is zero.
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This cracked me up. Time to wipe the coffee splatter off my monitor and keyboard! :D
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accurate
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$250,000.975 if you really want accuracy
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Guess I am in the majority group :-(
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What about us poor bastards?
You missed us out
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I included under 50k :D
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Now im sad
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OP also missing some important metrics, happiness, stress, relationships, and mental health. Only IF munies could be the sore metric for success … Also $$$ in # $$$ out
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Add over 1m and under 18 plz.
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I am sure there are some AFL players on the forum!
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afl players wished they got paid that at under 18
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Good to know I'm in good company in my under 30, over 200k bucket.
Shame the poll didn't have enough options so I could put under 20, and over 1 million but hey, I guess that just puts us in the 1% right?
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You just made $3.6k writing that comment.
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Nice try ATO.
Not falling for it.
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30% of people voted are Over 200k & Under 30 and can answer a poll on OZB during work hours on a Thurs
Sums it up nicely
:D
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I got my assistant to vote for me.
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…are Over 200k & Under 30 and can answer a poll on OZB during work hours on a Thurs
A big salary often comes with more 'responsibility', rather than more 'work'.
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ah yes, the "I'm too busy in meetings that don't produce any value" trope
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I guess employers value the brain's ability much higher than one's ability to produce physical output!
But then again, I can't blame them.. all you need to do is to take a quick look at some people out there! I'm not saying I'm smart, but geez, I often wonder how some people have survived as long as they have! đ- 1
For context, if youâre making over $250k youâre in the 99th percentile of earners in Australia.
Thatâs the top 1%. Weâre either a community of liars, or a community of outliers.
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'a community of outliers'
reminds me of my farm-raised father's dad joke - 'our cows are out-standing in their field !'
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We arnt a community
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I suspect the results will be as accurate as every other salary poll on ozbargain
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Promise I'm not the ATO ;)
About 10 years ago I faked my own death for tax reasons. I have been collecting benefits as my own widow ever since.
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you saw the widow of opportunity and went there !
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There's a lot of expats here on high salaries. It's one of the main reasons we moved here, being paid 50-60% more than UK salaries plus better weather and outdoors and lifestyle and quality food and higher standard of living and and and etc.
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In case anyone's wondering,
Expat = Fancy term for Immigrant :)- 26
Expat = Fancy term for Immigrant :)
That is, 'immigrant' on super high pay!
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I always thought expats were people who left âhereâ and are living overseas. âHereâ in this case being australia.
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thatâs what i thought expats meant too
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@TrustNoBody: Hybroid is a pommie.
For him, an expat is someone from the UK who immigrates overseas to enjoy a better financial lifestyle. Australia can be seen as "cheap" compared to certain parts of the UK, just like our Aussie Expats move and retire in the Phillipines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc etc.- 0
@Kangal: What?
People move to Australia for a "cheaper" lifestyle?Australia is expensive as f…
Especially if you are renting in a major city.- 1
People move to Australia for a "cheaper" lifestyle?
Australia is expensive as fâŚ
Especially if you are renting in a major city.I realise this is an old post, but Australia can absolutely be a cheaper lifestyle.
A friend of mine in IT moved here from London.
His salary went up by 50%, and he bought a 4 bedroom house with a garden in Melbourne.
Back in London, a 4 bedroom house with a garden is barely even a thing - the ones that do exist are priced way above what a "normal" worker could ever afford. House-with-land would only ever have been a dream for him unless he left London.
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@TrustNoBody: Expatriate means someone who lives outside of their native country so yeah, for us it usually means Aussies overseas. But it really depends on the perspective. So "expats who live in Australia" it's usually a way of referring to immigrants who live here. Curiously, I most often see it used to refer to those from developed countries like the UK, US, and Japan. Not sure if there's a connotation there of expatriate sounding more civilised/respectable.
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@Diji: oh ok thank you for explaining it to me ..yeah i usually only heard on like aca aussies âexpatsâ living in like uk , bali ect ..
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In my experience, people who refer to themselves as "expats" are generally against immigration.
Go figure.
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Yea. But "their immigration is different".
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Maybe, but are strong supporters of emigration.
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Damn immigrants, rorting the dole, stealing our jobs and taking our franking credits.
*end sarcasm
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Don't even learn to spell, Dam immigants
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Expat = immigrant from a country you like
Immigrant = immigrant from a country you don't- 1
So youâve just confirmed, he canât be an expat. Heâs a Pom.
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And Breathe… XD
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I thought that UK salaries are higher than AUS after currency conversion. Is that no longer the case?
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maybe when the pound was >= $2.5, not the case now.
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really is highly dependent on the job sector, it has also changed a lot lately with insanely high paying IT jobs here.
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And yet we still pale in comparison compared to IT pay in the US.
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@gromit: In general, absolutely. Pay in the US for most skilled fields substantiually exceeds pay in Australia. I'm planning to move there for that very reason to work in private equity where compensatiuon is, to put it lightly, very genorous.
But I guess us Aussies get a wage discount for better liveability and lack of gun culture and violence.
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@El-Baba: maybe for that, but certainly not for IT, it is the reverse, Australia pays substantially more at the moment.
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Everyone going straight for this