If you’re interested in progressing your career in the trades industry, you may be wondering if it’s worth formalising your skills to get a trades licence.
Generally, tradie salaries are significantly higher than unskilled professions however individual salaries can vary depending on a range of factors, including:
- experience
- location
- industry
- type of trade.
Getting a trade licence can help you increase your earning potential and job security within your chosen trade. Let’s take a closer look at the average salaries for different trades jobs in Australia.
Leading industry labour hire company, Fast Labour Hire, says the national average tradie salary in Australia is a whopping $30,000 more per year than the average income in Australia.
If you’re wondering how much you can make starting out as a tradie, take a look at the average employee salary per trade occupation, according to the Australian Government’s Labour Marketing Insights: