Chapter 7: APS Job Family Model
The APS Job Family Model groups job roles into related functions performed within the APS. Job family data is collected by the APSC and collated in the APS Employment Database.
The job family framework was updated in 2021 to be more aligned with the principles of an occupational taxonomy, by removing duplicate and obsolete roles and adding new relevant job roles aligned with the APS Professions. As a result, the job family model in previous reports will not be directly comparable in all cases.
As at 31 December 2021, data relating to job families had been provided for 84.8% of employees covered in this report. More information about the APS Job Family Model can be found on the APSC website:
https://www.apsc.gov.au/job-family-model.
Figure 7.1 shows the number of employees by APS job family and classification group.
Service Delivery is the most common job family (23.3%), with the overwhelming majority of employees in this job family engaged at an APS level. This is followed by Compliance and Regulation (12.5%), Portfolio, Program and Project Management (9.1%) and Administration (7.9%). Larger proportions of EL employees are in the Policy, Legal and Parliamentary and Senior Executive job families.[1] SES employees reside almost exclusively within the Senior Executive job family.
Figure 7.1 Headcount of employees by APS job family and classification group, 2021
Remuneration by APS job family
Figure 7.2 shows the median Base Salary, Total Remuneration Package (TRP) and Total Reward (TR) by APS job family. Median salaries are highest for the Senior Executive, Policy and Legal and Parliamentary job families. This is consistent with a greater proportion of staff at higher classification levels being employed within these job families as shown in Figure 7.1. Higher remuneration in a job family typically indicates higher classification levels are employed within that job family.
Figure 7.2 Median remuneration by APS job family, 2021
| APS Job Family | Base Salary $ | TRP $ | TR $ | Headcount | Median Class'n. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Executive | $155,675 | $186,413 | $186,963 | 4,294 | EL 2 |
| Policy | $112,003 | $129,214 | $129,248 | 8,944 | EL 1 |
| Legal and Parliamentary | $106,074 | $122,963 | $122,997 | 3,190 | EL 1 |
| Science and Health | $101,673 | $120,611 | $120,693 | 5,282 | APS 6 |
| Monitoring and Audit | $98,832 | $115,011 | $115,875 | 1,947 | APS 6 |
| Comms and Marketing | $98,496 | $114,277 | $114,277 | 2,920 | APS 6 |
| ICT and Digital Solutions | $98,496 | $114,543 | $115,136 | 6,537 | APS 6 |
| Portfolio, Program and Project Mgmt. | $98,496 | $117,154 | $117,297 | 10,998 | APS 6 |
| Engineering and Tech. | $95,873 | $110,637 | $111,596 | 2,604 | APS 6 |
| Data and Research | $95,401 | $110,092 | $110,093 | 4,639 | APS 6 |
| Intelligence | $94,252 | $109,565 | $109,600 | 3,269 | APS 6 |
| Human Resources | $92,687 | $108,318 | $108,318 | 4,699 | APS 6 |
| Accounting and Finance | $88,362 | $103,046 | $103,139 | 6,638 | APS 6 |
| Info.and Knowledge Mgmt. | $84,600 | $100,059 | $100,279 | 1,732 | APS 5 |
| Administration | $82,059 | $96,288 | $96,339 | 9,609 | APS 5 |
| Compliance and Reg. | $79,604 | $95,054 | $95,055 | 15,153 | APS 5 |
| Service Delivery | $76,441 | $88,616 | $88,622 | 28,324 | APS 4 |
| Trades and Labour | $72,727 | $85,026 | $85,026 | 579 | APS 4 |
[1] The Senior Executive job family contains leadership and executive support roles at all classification levels.