SDA Makes the Difference

Despite recent slow wages growth in Australia, our wages and conditions — fought for over many decades by the Australian union movement — continue to be some of the best in the world.

As you can see from the tables on this page, in countries where the retail and fast food industries are less unionised and there are fewer government protections, their wages are well below those that we enjoy in this country. Without the SDA, you would most probably be receiving similar remuneration. It pays to belong to the SDA.

 

FAST FOOD WAGE RATES – AUSTRALIA and OVERSEAS

Country
 

Rate per hour
(in $AU as at 30 Aug 2018)

AUSTRALIA

Fast Food Industry Award

 

$20.79

UNITED KINGDOM

Fast Food Worker:

  • £7.83 per hour (for all workers aged 25 and over)
  • £7.38 per hour (for all workers aged 21 to 24)
  • £5.90 per hour (for all workers aged 18 to 20)

 

 

$14.00

$13.19

$10.55

NEW ZEALAND

Fast Food Worker — NZ$16.50

 

$15.07

USA

  • No minimum – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
    South Carolina and Tennessee
  • Lowest - Georgia and Wyoming US$5.15 per hour
  • Highest - District of Columbia US$13.50 per hour

Median Average Wage (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

                             Fast Food – US$10.12

 

$ 0.00

$ 7.05

$18.52

$13.89

CANADA

  • Lowest - Saskatchewan C$10.96 per hour
  • Median - Prince Edward Island C$11.55 per hour
  • Highest - Alberta C$14.00 per hour

Median Average Wage (from Payscale)

                             Fast Food Worker – C$11.01

 

$11.64

$12.27

$14.87

 

$11.69

 

RETAIL WAGE RATES – AUSTRALIA and OVERSEAS

Country
 

Rate per hour
(in $AU as at 30 Aug 2018)

AUSTRALIA

General Retail Industry Award

 

$20.79

UNITED KINGDOM

Fast Food Worker:

  • £7.83 per hour (for all workers aged 25 and over)
  • £7.38 per hour (for all workers aged 21 to 24)
  • £5.90 per hour (for all workers aged 18 to 20)

 

 

$14.00

$13.19

$10.55

NEW ZEALAND

Grocery Assistant — NZ$16.50

 

$15.07

USA

  • No minimum – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
    South Carolina and Tennessee
  • Lowest - Georgia and Wyoming US$5.15 per hour
  • Highest - District of Columbia US$13.50 per hour

Median Average Wage (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

                             Retail Salespersons – US$11.16

 

$ 0.00

$ 7.05

$18.52

$15.30

CANADA

  • Lowest - Saskatchewan C$10.96 per hour
  • Median - Prince Edward Island C$11.55 per hour
  • Highest - Alberta C$14.00 per hour

Median Average Wage (from Payscale)

                             Retail Sales Assistant – C$12.17

 

$11.64

$12.27

$14.87

 

$12.92