2026 Australian Salary Guide
The Aquent Australian Salary Guide features salary benchmarks for 100+ roles across marketing, creative, design, technology, and emerging AI roles.
Access the latest salary data and market insights you need to make smarter remuneration and hiring decisions in a complex and rapidly changing talent market.
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Australian Salary Guide Overview
Aquent’s 2026 Australian Salary Guide is a comprehensive resource for hiring leaders in the marketing, creative, design, and technology sectors, analysing 5,404 real-time salaries to provide statistical data on remuneration trends. Explore hiring trends and workplace insights on the current labour market, the impact of AI augmentation, the narrowing gender pay gap, and the rise of hybrid “skill stacks” over traditional job titles.
Strategic Recommendations
Get a clear blueprint to stay competitive. Prioritise pay for high-value skills, strengthen leadership and organisational capability, and make strategic decisions to best position your organisation for success.
Salaries by Expertise
Access the latest salary benchmarks in our salary guide for in-demand roles across marketing, creative, design, technology, and emerging AI roles with year-on-year growth.
Salaries by Gender
View salaries by gender in our salary guide, helping organisations to conduct thorough pay equity audits and identify any gender pay gap issues.
C-Suite Salaries
Benchmark C-Suite salaries by role and company size, and find out why senior leadership continues to command a premium.
Salaries by Emerging Roles
See salary data for Australia’s emerging and high-growth roles defining the future, including AI Product Manager, Creative Technologist, AI Automation Engineer, AI Trainer, and NLP Engineer.