Salary and Workforce Survey

WALGA conducts the Local Government sector’s most comprehensive salary and workforce survey in Australia. The collective survey results can help guide your recruitment and remuneration strategies, inform workforce plans and help to measure performance across key HR metrics.

Access to the WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey is offered exclusively FREE of cost for WA WALGA Employee Relations (ER) subscribers and available for purchase by NT Local Governments and non-subscribers to the WALGA Employee Relations service

Why should my Local Government complete the survey?

The WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey has been conducted annually for over 25 years, with 78 Local Governments participating in 2022. The more Local Governments who participate, the greater the quality of the resulting data.

Your Local Government can have up to four portal users, any of whom can log-in and complete sections of the survey.

If you participate, you will receive access to the online results and reports.  

What results will my Local Government have access to?

Powered by SalaryOne, the survey results can be viewed via an online portal, customised to your Local Governments needs using your unique dashboard. Features include:

  • Salary data on a wide range of Local Government positions and filters to view salaries for comparable roles.
  • Data can be viewed by SAT band, metro versus regional, Local Government and position.
  • A remuneration calculator support recruitment and human resource strategy development.
  • Downloadable reports.
  • The ability to compare your Local Government with industry trends and benchmarks.
  • Position description library to view and request sample PDs (for WALGA ER subscribers and NT Local Governments only).

Pricing Structure

For WALGA ER subscribers, if you participate in the survey you will receive full access to the portal with customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities, at no additional cost.

If you don't participate in the survey, there is a cost to access the survey data.

  Survey participant Survey non-participant
WA Subscribers to the WALGA ER service
Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
No additional fee

Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)

 

If you are not currently a subscriber of the WALGA ER service and you wish to participate in the survey, you will be required to pay a fee as provided below. This will give you full access to the portal and customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities.

If you don't participate in the survey but want access to the results, you will also be required to pay a fee and your access to the results will be more limited.

  Survey participant Survey non-participant
WA Non-Subscribers to the WALGA ER service
Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
Full fee (see below)
Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)

 

Local Government Category Full Fee (ex GST) 23-24

WA SAT Band 1

$1,839
WA SAT Band 2 $1,664
WA SAT Band 3 $1,500
WA SAT Band 4 $1,086

If you wish to participate in the survey, you will be required to pay a fee as provided below which will give you full access to the portal and customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities.

If you don't participate in the survey but want access to the results, you will also be required to pay a fee and your access to the results will be more limited.

  Survey participant Survey non-participant
NT Local Governments
Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
Full fee (see below)
Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)

 

Local Government Category Full Fee (ex GST) 23-24
NT Band 1 (over 300 employees) $1,839
NT Band 2 (200-300 employees) $1,664
NT Band 3 (100-200 employees) $1,500
NT Band 4 (up to 99 employees) $1,086

 

Privacy and Security

SalaryOne ensures the security, integrity and privacy of information submitted to and displayed in the portal. All access is subject to stringent login authentication and data encryption technology. Apart from the salary search, all data is aggregated and mostly shown as percentile ranges. 

Salary and Workforce Survey Contact Us

Any Questions?

For enquiries about your subscription status and purchasing access to the web portal, please fill out the form below or call 1300 366 956

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