ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24 edition

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Occupation group ATO 2023–24

Journalist or other writer: income by state

The median taxable income for Journalist or other writer in Australia was $86,461 in 2023–24, and the average was $98,004 (ATO Table 15B).

Among states, median taxable income was highest in ACT at $101,438 and lowest in TAS at $79,980 (ATO Table 15D).

$86,461

median taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$98,004

average taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$83,294

median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

15,649

individuals, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

Men and women

Median income by sex, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24
Median income by sex, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24 $0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 Median salary or wage income Male $91,729 Female $77,865 Median taxable income Male $94,488 Female $81,362 Median total income Male $98,408 Female $84,784 Median income ($), 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, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24
Measure TotalMaleFemale
individuals 15,649 6,559 9,090
average taxable income $98,004 $107,211 $91,361
median taxable income $86,461 $94,488 $81,362
average salary or wage income $88,736 $98,934 $81,403
median salary or wage income $83,294 $91,729 $77,865
average total income $102,054 $111,457 $95,269
median total income $90,238 $98,408 $84,784

ATO Table 15B

Journalist or other writer by state

Median taxable income by state, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24
Median taxable income by state, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24 $0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 $125,000 ACT NSW NT WA VIC QLD SA TAS Median taxable income ($), ATO 2023–24

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

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Median taxable income by state, Journalist or other writer, ATO 2023–24
State median taxable income, ATO 2023–24
ACT $101,438
NSW $90,526
NT $89,769
WA $85,539
VIC $83,325
QLD $82,235
SA $82,158
TAS $79,980

ATO Table 15D

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

Journalist or other writer (unit group 2124) by state, ATO 2023–24
Stateindividualsaverage taxable incomemedian taxable incomeaverage salary or wage incomemedian salary or wage income
ACT447$111,422$101,438$97,601$95,431
NSW6,196$108,636$90,526$96,570$88,031
NT104$93,167$89,769$85,319$84,882
WA1,165$92,803$85,539$85,101$81,869
VIC4,287$91,114$83,325$83,830$80,037
QLD2,161$89,274$82,235$82,609$79,999
SA834$90,099$82,158$82,161$79,677
TAS325$83,159$79,980$78,435$77,247

ATO Table 15D

Occupations in Journalist or other writer

Occupations in Journalist or other writer, ranked by median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24
Occupationmedian salary or wage income
Journalist (including cadet) - television salary$98,284
Journalist (including cadet) - technical writer salary$88,901
Journalist (including cadet) - radio salary$85,247
Journalist (including cadet) - print salary$84,122
Journalist or other writer - other salary$82,059
Editor - newspaper or periodical salary$79,958
Copywriter salary$70,461

ATO Table 15A