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Occupations · Technicians and trades workers · Toolmaker or engineering patternmaker

Die maker

Half of the 1,872 people who gave this occupation on their 2023–24 tax return had a taxable income above $86,229.

$86,229median taxable income
#392of 1,128 occupations by median
61%of all taxpayers earn less than this median

Income by sex

EveryoneMen
Median taxable income$86,229$86,353
Average taxable income$89,285$89,562
Median salary or wages$85,387$85,514
Median total income$89,333$89,599
People1,8721,856

The ATO publishes too few returns to split this occupation by sex.

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Source: ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24, Individuals Table 15A (CC BY 2.5 AU). Occupations are as people reported them on their tax return. Taxable income is income after deductions. Salary or wages counts people with that income type only. The national comparison uses Table 16A, all taxable individuals.