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Graduate salary survey results

What Australian graduates are paid in their first year, from over 1,000 submissions covering about 200 companies and firms.
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What is the average graduate salary in Australia?

The median graduate base salary in our 2025 survey was $87,000, for graduate roles with a 2025 start date. The spread between the top and the bottom was more than $150,000.

$87,000median graduate base salary

Graduate roles with a 2025 start date

$197,309largest base salary

Google, software engineering

$45,500lowest starting salary

Accenture, accounting

1,000+ submissions
About 200 companies and firms

What did the 2025 graduate survey find?

The 2025 Grad Salary Survey, brought to you by Pago. Click through the slides.

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2025 Grad Salary Survey executive summary: median base $87,213, average $97,916, median base $87,000 for women and $83,000 for men, sign-on bonus 8.3%, equity 7.2%, bonus eligibility 41.2%, 34% of graduates expected to work more than 40 hours a week, 82% would recommend their company.
2025 Grad Salary Survey, highest and lowest base: Google software $200,000, RBC investment banking $195,000, Macquarie investment banking $186,000. Accenture technology consulting $44,500, PwC accounting and finance $50,000, Scentre Group architecture and construction $52,000.
2025 Grad Salary Survey industry medians: financial services $120,000, law $100,000, information technology $96,000, banking and financial services $90,000, consulting $72,750, accounting and audit $71,800. Investment banking $170,000, commercial and corporate law $105,000, consulting outside the Big 4 $75,500, Big 4 accounting $72,500.
2025 Grad Salary Survey Big 4 medians (base): NAB $89,000, Commonwealth Bank $80,500, Westpac $77,500, ANZ $76,250. PwC $74,000, Deloitte $72,000, EY $73,250, KPMG $73,000.

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What we found

  • Highest median base by industry: financial services $120,000. By sector, investment banking $170,000
  • Big 4 banks: NAB $89,000, Commonwealth Bank $80,500, Westpac $77,500, ANZ $76,250
  • Big 4 firms: PwC $74,000, EY $73,250, KPMG $73,000, Deloitte $72,000
  • 34% of graduates are expected to work more than 40 hours a week
  • 82% of graduates would recommend their company

Source: The Aussie Corporate 2025 Grad Salary Survey, over 1,000 responses, data as at August 2025

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How the graduate salary survey works

Graduates tell us what they are paid in their first year. The 2025 survey drew over 1,000 submissions from our community, covering about 200 companies and firms across the biggest and most competitive industries in the graduate market.

The figures on this page cover graduate roles with a 2025 start date. If a figure looks wrong for your firm, tell us and we will check it.

The rest of our survey results, on pay, bonuses and parental leave, are on the Data & Insights page. The full data sits in AusCorp Vault.

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Graduate salary questions

The median graduate base salary in our 2025 graduate salary survey was $87,000, for graduate roles with a 2025 start date. Base salaries ran from $45,500 for an accounting graduate at Accenture to $197,309 for a software engineering graduate at Google.

Over 1,000 submissions, covering about 200 companies and firms in corporate Australia.