That time of year again. What did you gross for the 25/26FY?
Post some more details if you want.
Income
Role/title
Roster
Industry
Especially sole traders or business owners would be good to see xx turnover, profit xx, paid wage of xx.
This isn't about bragging it's sharing to push for higher wages.
Please be honest for accurate figures.
This is absolutely gold, can't cross post. What a fail Tim. Go to 1:05
https://www.reddit.com/r/friendlyjordies/s/a3YCbXFur0
Wonder what else the book says.
The NEM recorded its lowest ever gas generation in a calendar month in April, reaching just 382 GWh. This broke a particularly long-held record of 440 GWh set in April 2003. While gas generation was low in all states, open-cycle gas generation from Queensland was a standout.
Source: Open Electricity, April Dispatch
Got an email from payroll in regards to payday Super and happy to see it, this is excellent news. Keep an eye out that your employer is compliant.
https://www.ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/super-for-employers/payday-super
How Payday Super works
Payday Super is a change to how you calculate and when you pay your employees’ super guarantee. From 1 July 2026 you must pay employees their super guarantee on payday, at the same time as their salary and wages.
Super guarantee is:
calculated as 12% of an employee's qualifying earnings (QE), which is a new term that brings together ordinary time earnings (OTE) and other payments
paid to an employees’ super fund on payday and received by the super fund within 7 business days (unless an extended timeframe applies, such as for new employees).
https://www.australiansuper.com/employers/paying-super/payday-super
23M and honestly feel like I may have made the wrong call going to uni. Looking for some outside perspective.
I graduated in 2024 with a Bachelor of Construction Management and currently work as an estimator for a tier 3 construction company in Melbourne. I’m on $75k + super and have been with the company for about a year.
Meanwhile one of my mates is the same age, did an electrical apprenticeship, qualifies this year, and is stepping into close to $150k on union sites ($68/hr + allowances + OT).
Now I’m sitting here wondering if I chose the slow lane. I spent years at uni, have HECS debt, and I’m earning roughly half of what he’ll be on.
I’m seriously considering quitting and starting an electrical apprenticeship, but I can’t tell if I’m thinking rationally or just comparing myself to someone in a hot trade at the right time.
I know construction management careers can ramp up later (PM, contracts administrators, senior estimator etc), but based on my knowledge it would maybe 5-7 years to reach 150k and would involve a lot of pressure & responsibility.
Has anyone been in a similar position? Stick it out in the white-collar construction path, or pivot into a trade while I’m still young enough to do it?
Am I seeing genuine opportunity, or just shiny object syndrome?