Salary guide / Instrumentation, Controls & Automation
Instrumentation, Controls & Automation salaries
Instrumentation, Controls & Automation pay in Australia from official ABS EEH (via JSA) figures, until ElectricalRoles.com.au has enough job ads with pay to publish its own.
Median salary · Australia
A$101,100
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile; median weekly earnings, full-time non-managerial adult employees, from ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025 customised report, May 2025 (Electronics Trades Workers, code 3423). Moved to Jun Qtr 2026 with the ABS Wage Price Index, private sector construction. The source publishes a median only for this occupation. Figures are annual, in AUD. We switch to live job-ad figures once we have five or more instrumentation, controls & automation ads with pay.
By state
Official figures. Estimates scale the national figure by each state's published pay level.
| 25th | Median | 75th | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | — | A$110,100 | — | Estimate |
| New South Wales | — | A$101,700 | — | Estimate |
| Northern Territory | — | A$103,900 | — | Estimate |
| Queensland | — | A$100,000 | — | Estimate |
| South Australia | — | A$95,400 | — | Estimate |
| Tasmania | — | A$89,300 | — | Estimate |
| Victoria | — | A$99,700 | — | Estimate |
| Western Australia | — | A$110,600 | — | Estimate |
Indicative base ranges for Australia (excluding super, site allowances and FIFO uplifts). Mining, oil & gas and LNG roles — especially remote/FIFO — sit at the upper end or above. Metro manufacturing, water and municipal roles tend toward the lower end. Figures vary by state, industry and project phase.
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