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Occupations · Professionals · Infant or primary school teacher

School teacher - infant or primary school

Half of the 192,536 people who gave this occupation on their 2023–24 tax return had a taxable income above $88,302.

$88,302median taxable income
#370of 1,128 occupations by median
62%of all taxpayers earn less than this median

Income by sex

EveryoneWomenMen
Median taxable income$88,302$86,448$98,971
Average taxable income$86,618$85,194$95,318
Median salary or wages$87,539$85,755$99,146
Median total income$91,508$89,661$102,345
People192,536165,45327,083

Women's median taxable income in this occupation is 87% of men's. The difference reflects hours as well as pay rates: these figures include part-time workers.

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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.