IT and Technology Executive salaries in Australia
The median executive IT and Technology Executive salary in Australia is A$157,000 per year, with the market band from A$113,500 to A$209,000 (data.gov.au, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- A$113,500
- Median
- A$157,000
- P75
- A$209,000
- per month
- A$13,083
About A$13,083 per month at the median.
ATO Table 15A published median for 135111 Chief information officer, n=7,691; p25/p75 interpolated from Table 14 unit-group 1351 band counts and rescaled to the occupation median; taxable income, all taxpayers. Cross-checked on two independent allowed sources: yourcareer.gov.au (Australian Government) CIO median weekly earnings 3,534 AUD = 183,768 p.a. (full-time focus) and ABS EEH May 2025 ICT managers average 3,573.40/wk = 185,817 p.a.; the ATO median is lower because it includes part-time and 2023-24 incomes.
lead (High quality data)
- P25
- A$108,000
- Median
- A$150,000
- P75
- A$199,500
- per month
- A$12,500
About A$12,500 per month at the median.
ATO Table 15A published median for 135199 ICT Manager - other (heads of IT functions), n=41,404; p25/p75 derived from Table 14 unit-group 1351 band counts via mean-anchored within-band interpolation (validated against published sub-major medians, error under 2%), rescaled to the occupation median; taxable income basis, all taxpayers incl. part-time. Cross-checked with ABS EEH May 2025: ICT managers average weekly total cash 3,573.40 AUD (185,817 p.a.).
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- A$93,500
- Median
- A$134,500
- P75
- A$180,000
- per month
- A$11,208
About A$11,208 per month at the median.
ATO Taxation statistics 2023-24 (CC BY 4.0): published median taxable income for 926101 Consultant - IT business analyst (ATO senior-contractor coding; proxy for senior IT leadership/architecture consultants) (n=22,755, Table 15A). p25/p75 derived from Table 14 unit-group 9261 taxable-income band counts via mean-anchored within-band interpolation (method validated against published sub-major medians, error under 2%), rescaled to the occupation median; taxable income covers all taxpayers incl. part-time and some non-salary income.
Sources for these numbers
- https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/taxation-statistics-2023-24
- https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/faea4485-f407-457d-97f8-3f0822ccd654/resource/3286e287-ee87-4be4-87b2-56c5c6602009/download/ts24individual15occupationsex.xlsx
- https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/faea4485-f407-457d-97f8-3f0822ccd654/resource/3d033f17-e536-4d6f-b6ec-ce40709928d1/download/ts24individual14occupationsextaxableincomerange.xlsx
- https://www.yourcareer.gov.au/occupations/135111/chief-information-officer
- https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/employee-earnings-and-hours-australia/latest-release
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