Each year the Australian Public Service Commission collects remuneration data from all agencies with employees engaged under the Public Service Act 1999.
This data release highlights headline remuneration trends based on data collected from APS agencies as at 31 December 2023. A full set of data tables is available at Appendix 3.
Valid data was received for 165,882 APS employees. This includes 3,210 Senior Executive Service (SES) employees and 162,672 non-SES employees. Total headcount increased by 16,226 (or 10.8%) compared to December 2022 when it was 149,656. This is in line with the increase in APS headcount reported in the 31 December 2023 APS Employment Data Release, which is available from the APSC website: APS Employment Data 31 December 2023.
The data is presented using the classification system outlined in the Public Service Classifications Rules 2000. A number of agencies use local classifications in addition to the approved APS classifications. Remuneration data for local classifications has been assigned to the corresponding APS classification for the purposes of this report.
