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Table B.34: Senior executives Australian Public Service (APS) remuneration, 2019-20

Short-term benefits

Post-employment benefits

Other long-term benefits

Termination beneftis

Total remuneraiton

Remuneration band

Number of senior executives1

Average base salary ($)

Average bonuses ($)

Average other benefits and allowances2 ($)

Average superannuation contributions ($)

Average long service leave ($)

Average other long-term benefits ($)

Average termination benefits3 ($)

Average total remuneration ($)

$0 – $220,000

53

82,108

351

13,129

14,971

2,688

-

4,576

117,824

$220,001 – $245,000

32

172,107

333

24,855

29,505

4,854

-

-

231,653

$245,001 – $270,000

39

189,738

-

25,524

34,303

5,271

-

-

254,836

$270,001 – $295,000

18

211,657

651

26,318

37,794

5,588

-

-

282,008

$295,001 – $320,000

15

230,704

1,405

30,216

40,927

6,397

-

-

309,650

$320,001 – $345,000

9

241,463

-

37,100

44,715

6,907

-

-

330,185

$345,001 – $370,000

3

268,849

-

34,765

46,495

6,767

-

-

356,875

$370,001 – $395,000

1

257,124

-

79,932

46,845

7,124

-

-

391,026

$395,001 – $420,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$420,001 – $445,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$445,001 – $470,000

1

343,470

-

53,132

54,537

5,746

-

-

456,885

Notes:

  1. The number of senior executives listed above is the number of individual SES not the number of SES positions. Staff who were permanently appointed to or acted in an SES level position for a period longer than 6 months are included.
  2. Other Benefits and Allowances includes the value of items such as housing (including overseas), motor vehicle allowances, retention bonuses, cost of living allowances (to support members and their families in remote or overseas locations), and any Reportable Fringe Benefits Tax payable by Defence. This column includes non-cash benefits.
  3. In accordance with APSC Guidelines, as a general rule, the standard formula of two weeks’ pay per year of service, to a maximum of 48 weeks, is an appropriate reference point for calculating termination payments under an incentive to retire package.

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