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 Employee Relations service.
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.
What results will my Local Government have access to?
Powered by SalaryOne, the survey results can be viewed via an online portal, customised to your Local Government's 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 to 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).
Pricing Structure
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 |
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 |
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.
Any Questions?
For enquiries about your subscription status and purchasing access to the web portal, please fill out the form below or call 1300 366 956.
