Compare salaries, cost of living, and job demand for automation professionals across 5 major cities in Australia
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Compare average salaries across all cities in Australia
| Job Title | Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide | Brisbane | Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PLC Programmer engineering | AUD 120 782 81 820 - 163 640 | AUD 122 978 83 308 - 166 616 | AUD 101 018 68 431 - 136 863 | AUD 91 869 62 234 - 124 468 | AUD 95 480 64 680 - 129 360 |
Automation Engineer engineering | AUD 143 429 97 161 - 194 323 | AUD 146 037 98 928 - 197 856 | AUD 119 959 81 262 - 162 525 | AUD 109 095 73 903 - 147 806 | AUD 113 383 76 808 - 153 615 |
SCADA Engineer engineering | AUD 150 978 102 275 - 204 551 | AUD 153 723 104 135 - 208 270 | AUD 126 272 85 539 - 171 079 | AUD 114 836 77 792 - 155 585 | AUD 119 350 80 850 - 161 700 |
Controls Engineer engineering | AUD 135 880 92 048 - 184 095 | AUD 138 351 93 721 - 187 443 | AUD 113 645 76 985 - 153 971 | AUD 103 353 70 013 - 140 026 | AUD 107 415 72 765 - 145 530 |
PLC Technician technician | AUD 90 587 61 365 - 122 730 | AUD 92 234 62 481 - 124 962 | AUD 75 763 51 324 - 102 647 | AUD 68 902 46 675 - 93 351 | AUD 71 610 48 510 - 97 020 |
Manufacturing Engineer engineering | AUD 128 331 86 934 - 173 868 | AUD 130 664 88 515 - 177 029 | AUD 107 331 72 708 - 145 417 | AUD 97 611 66 124 - 132 247 | AUD 101 448 68 723 - 137 445 |
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