# Australia Average Hourly Earnings

Australia Average Hourly Earnings was up 3.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 161.7 (index).
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2022.
Among the 21 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 9th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.3% (Q4 2020) to 4.3% (Q4 2023), averaging 2.6%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.AHE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 1997-07-01 to 2026-04-01 (116 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/average-hourly-earnings

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 161.7 | 3.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 160.4 | 3.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 159.2 | 3.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 157.9 | 3.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 156.7 | 3.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 155.4 | 3.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 153.9 | 3.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 152.8 | 3.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 151.5 | 4.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 150.2 | 4.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 149.1 | 4.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 147.5 | 4.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 145.6 | 3.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 144.4 | 3.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 143.0 | 3.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 141.8 | 3.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 140.4 | 2.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 139.3 | 2.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 138.4 | 2.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 137.5 | 2.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 136.8 | 1.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 136.1 | 1.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 135.2 | 1.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 134.5 | 1.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.AHE.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.AHE.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```