Highest paying jobs in Australia in 2025 revealed
The top 10 highest paying roles across Australia in 2025 have been revealed, showing a huge divide between these salaries and the average Aussie income.
If you are someone who loves to know how much money others are earning, then you are in luck, with brand new data revealing some of Australia’s highest paying roles in 2025.
If you are someone who is not interested in stickybeaking on other people’s finances, you are lying.
With many Aussies still very much feeling significant cost of living pressures, it is no wonder we are interested in how much money other people are making, particularly when those salaries are well into six-figure territory.
Today, top employment website, SEEK, has indulged our nosy inclinations and released the roles with the highest advertised salaries in Australia in 2025.
The data is based on the average advertised salary for specific role titles on SEEK.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the majority of the highest paying position are in the healthcare and medical industry, with radiologists coming in at number one, with an average salary of $236,147 a year.
Psychiatrists were a close second, with $235,233, followed by general practitioners with an average salary of $233,886.
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Medical practitioner was next on the list with $231,955, along with “staff specialist” in the healthcare field on $224,382.
Companies in the legal field advertising for a “partner” role are offering, on average, $221,781, while physician roles are paying $218,537.
A project director in the construction industry will earn an average salary of $214,903, an executive direction on the government and defence industry is on $211,427 and, coming in at number 10, is a maintenance manager in the mining, resources and energy industry with an average salary of $209,754.
For comparison, the average full-time employee in Australia earns $108,487 a year, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
However, because averages are calculated by dividing the total earnings by the number of people, it can see the figure skewed due to much higher numbers on the upper end.
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According to the Grattan Institute, more than three-quarters of Australian workers earn less than the average full time wage.
As of 2025, the median full-time salary - which represents the middle point of salaries - is around $90,000 a year in Australia.
The new data comes with the release of SEEK’s Money Matters report, which examines how Australian workers really feel about money, salaries and workplace flexibility.
The research includes responses from more than 4000 people currently in Australia’s workforce, aged between 18 and 64.
Kylie Pascoe, APAC Senior Marketing Manager of SEEK’s Customer Insights & Research team, said this salaries reflect the strong demand for highly skilled workers across the country right now.
“Most of the roles in this list are highly skilled roles, where we have seen strong demand for workers for some time in Australia,” she told news.com.au.
“This includes the likes of the legal, engineering and healthcare roles that we can see are attracting the higher pay packets.”
While these figures focus on some of the wealthiest workers, the Money Matters report found that having a job is no longer enough to guarantee financial comfort in Australia.
Among the workers surveyed, 39 per cent said they are uncomfortable with what they are earning and 12 per cent said they were very uncomfortable with their salary.
On the other end of the spectrum, 35 per cent of employed Australians said they feel comfortable with their salary, and a further 26 per cent land somewhere in the middle.
When asked what they would need to earn to live comfortably, the majority (35 per cent) answered between $80,000 to $100,000.
A further 4 in 10 said they would need to earn over $100,000 to feel comfortable, while 24 per cent said they would need a lower amount, between $60,000 and $80,000.
Worryingly, among workers earning less than $83,000, 56 per cent said they felt reaching a $100,000 salary was unachievable.
A further 14 per cent were unsure and just 30 per cent of that group felt they could reach that income goal.
SEEK also released a list of the top 10 roles with the fastest growing salaries in 2025, with a partner in the legal industry topping the list, with a 22.9 per cent wage increase over the past 12 months.
Analysts working in the government and defence industry came in at a close second with 22.6 per cent increase, withy the average advertised salary for this role now sitting at $125,488.
Medical practitioners, which like the legal partner also featured on the highest salary list, have seen a 16.5 per cent increase.
Customer service representative roles and legal officer roles have seen a 14.9 per cent and 14.6 per cent increase, respectively, with average salaries of $63,244 and $138,524.
Ms Pascoe said the inclusion of roles for those who operate tipper trucks was “another interesting one”.
“(They) are likely experiencing fast salary growth due to increased demand for truck drivers to support the construction industry, after a pick-up in building and large infrastructure projects in recent years,” she said.
The data shows tipper driver salaries have increased 14.5 per cent over the past 12 months to $81,553, followed by a 13.8 per cent increase to $123,145 for maintenance supervisors and 13.2 per cent increase to $113,029 for consultants in the human resources and recruitment industry.
Supervisor roles in the manufacturing, transport and logistics industry offer an average salary of $91,158, up 12.6 per cent, followed by project administrators in construction with as 12.5 per cent jump to $91,056.
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Originally published as Highest paying jobs in Australia in 2025 revealed
