ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24 edition

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Occupation group ATO 2023–24

Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist: income by state

The median taxable income for Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist in Australia was $106,238 in 2023–24, and the average was $118,552 (ATO Table 15B).

Among states, median taxable income was highest in ACT at $124,715 and lowest in NT at $93,917 (ATO Table 15D).

$106,238

median taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$118,552

average taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$104,962

median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

36,669

individuals, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

Men and women

Median income by sex, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24
Median income by sex, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24 $0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 Median salary or wage income Male $114,048 Female $83,110 Median taxable income Male $115,116 Female $84,650 Median total income Male $118,567 Female $87,548 Median income ($), ATO 2023–24

Horizontal axis: Median income ($), ATO 2023–24. Bars are labelled Male and Female; the exact figures are in the table below.

ATO Table 15B

Men and women, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24
Measure TotalMaleFemale
individuals 36,669 25,974 10,695
average taxable income $118,552 $127,946 $95,736
median taxable income $106,238 $115,116 $84,650
average salary or wage income $112,354 $121,675 $89,723
median salary or wage income $104,962 $114,048 $83,110
average total income $122,258 $131,847 $98,971
median total income $109,489 $118,567 $87,548

ATO Table 15B

Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist by state

Median taxable income by state, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24
Median taxable income by state, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24 $0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 $125,000 ACT NSW WA QLD VIC SA TAS NT Median taxable income ($), ATO 2023–24

Vertical axis: State. Horizontal axis: Median taxable income ($), ATO 2023–24.

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Median taxable income by state, Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ATO 2023–24
State median taxable income, ATO 2023–24
ACT $124,715
NSW $111,882
WA $104,646
QLD $103,809
VIC $103,653
SA $95,529
TAS $95,268
NT $93,917

ATO Table 15D

State figures are for this unit group. There is no separate page per state.

Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist (unit group 2621) by state, ATO 2023–24
Stateindividualsaverage taxable incomemedian taxable incomeaverage salary or wage incomemedian salary or wage income
ACT2,115$137,191$124,715$131,229$121,683
NSW11,571$128,038$111,882$119,376$110,612
WA3,468$112,143$104,646$107,090$102,213
QLD6,015$112,573$103,809$106,421$102,214
VIC10,193$115,002$103,653$110,596$103,244
SA2,380$103,017$95,529$98,707$94,685
TAS596$100,923$95,268$95,917$93,575
NT232$100,255$93,917$97,215$92,901

ATO Table 15D

Occupations in Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist

Occupations in Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist, ranked by median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24
Occupationmedian salary or wage income
Cyber security architect salary$180,327
Cyber security advice and assessment specialist salary$147,590
Cyber governance risk and compliance specialist salary$127,109
Cyber security operations coordinator salary$124,224
Administrator - computer systems salary$104,077
Cyber security analyst salary$99,733
Computing professional - database administrator salary$94,138

ATO Table 15A