ATO 2022-23 data
Where does your income rank?
See exactly where your salary sits among Australian taxpayers — plus the country's highest-paying jobs and richest postcodes.
Where does your salary rank?
See where your income sits among the 12.6 million Australians who pay tax.
Your $85,000 income is higher than an estimated
63%
of Australian taxpayers.
Above the median taxpayer ($66,600)$0median $66,600top 1% $421,936
You
$85,000
Median
$66,600
Top 10%
$153,472
Based on ATO Taxation Statistics 2022-23 — the distribution of taxable income across the 12.6m Australians with taxable income above $0.
Australia's highest-paying jobs
Average taxable income by occupation
Surgeon
$472,475
Anaesthetist
$447,193
Financial dealer
$355,233
Internal medicine specialist
$342,457
Psychiatrist
$286,146
Other medical practitioner
$259,802
Mining engineer
$206,423
Judge / legal professional
$206,408
CEO / Managing director
$194,987
Financial investment adviser
$191,986
Engineering manager
$185,785
Dental practitioner
$165,723
Your $85,000 is 18% of a surgeon's average.
ATO Taxation Statistics (2022-23).
Australia's richest postcodes
Highest average taxable income by postcode
2027 NSWDarling Point · Point Piper
$279,712
2028 NSWDouble Bay
$255,901
2025 NSWWoollahra
$242,267
3142 VICToorak · Hawksburn
$241,511
2030 NSWVaucluse · Rose Bay North
$236,750
2108 NSWPalm Beach
$223,344
3944 VICPortsea
$222,254
2023 NSWBellevue Hill
$216,363
6011 WACottesloe · Peppermint Grove
$213,621
2110 NSWHunters Hill · Woolwich
$208,902
ATO Taxation Statistics (2022-23).