WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey 2023-24

WALGA conducts the Local Government sector’s most comprehensive salary and workforce survey in Australia. The collective survey results can help guide your recruitment and remuneration strategies, inform workforce plans and help to measure performance across key HR metrics.

Access to the WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey is offered exclusively FREE of cost for WA WALGA Employee Relations (ER) subscribers and available for purchase by NT Local Governments and non-subscribers to the WALGA ER service. Please see below for details on the fee structure.

To access the online survey portal, click here.

Why should my Local Government complete the survey?

The WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey has been conducted annually for over 25 years, with 78 Local Governments participating in 2022. The more Local Governments who participate, the greater the quality of the resulting data.

Your Local Government can have up to four portal users, any of whom can log-in and complete sections of the survey.

If you participate, you will receive access to the online results and reports available in February 2024.  

What results will my Local Government have access to in February 2024?

Powered by SalaryOne, the survey results can be viewed via an online portal, customised to your Local Governments needs using your unique dashboard. Features include:

  • salary data on a wide range of Local Government positions and filters to view salaries for comparable roles.
  • data can be viewed by SAT band, metro versus regional, Local Government and position.
  • a remuneration calculator support recruitment and human resource strategy development.
  • downloadable reports.
  • the ability to compare your Local Government with industry trends and benchmarks.
  • position description library to view and request sample PDs (for WALGA ER subscribers and NT Local Governments only).

How much does it cost?

Western Australia - WALGA Employee Relations Subscribers
For WALGA ER subscribers, if you participate in the survey you will receive full access to the portal with customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities, at no additional cost.

If you don't participate in the survey, there is a cost to access the survey data.

  Survey participant Survey non-participant
WA Subscribers to the WALGA ER service Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
No additional fee
Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)


Western Australia - Non-subscribers to WALGA Employee Relations
If you are not currently a subscriber of the WALGA ER service and you wish to participate in the survey, you will be required to pay a fee as provided below. This will give you full access to the portal and customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities.

If you don't participate in the survey but want access to the results, you will also be required to pay a fee and your access to the results will be more limited.

  Survey participant Survey non-participant
WA Non-Subscribers to the WALGA ER service Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
Full fee (see below)		 Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)
 
 Local Government Category  Full Fee (ex GST) 23-24
 WA SAT Band 1  $1,839
 WA SAT Band 2   $1,664
 WA SAT Band 3   $1,500
 WA SAT Band 4   $1,086

Northern Territory Purchase Information 
If you wish to participate in the survey, you will be required to pay a fee as provided below which will give you full access to the portal and customised benchmarking and salary searching capabilities.

If you don't participate in the survey but want access to the results, you will also be required to pay a fee and your access to the results will be more limited.
 
  Survey participant Survey non-participant
NT Local Governments Full access
Customised benchmarking and salary search
Full fee (see below)		 Full access
Salary search but not customised benchmarking
Full fee (see below)
 
 Local Government Category  Full Fee (ex GST) 23-24
 NT Band 1 (over 300 employees)  $1,839
 NT Band 2 (200-300 employees)  $1,664
 NT Band 3 (100-200 employees)  $1,500
 NT Band 4 (up to 99 employees)  $1,086


Privacy and Security
SalaryOne ensures the security, integrity and privacy of information submitted to and displayed in the portal. All access is subject to stringent login authentication and data encryption technology. Apart from the salary search, all data is aggregated and mostly shown as percentile ranges.

Questions
For enquiries about your subscription status and purchasing access to the web portal, please email employeerelations@walga.asn.au or call 1300 366 956.

For access and support enquiries about the web portal, please email support@salaryone.com.au or call 1300 029 421.