Wages in Australia

I would like to write about the wages for those who intend to come to Australia or those who are interested to know how people get paid in this economy.

As I live in Sydney and work as a casual staff, what I write is mainly related to my experience.

Most of the students in Australia don’t need to work because they belong to wealthy families mainly from Asian countries. Those who work can be categorized into two groups. First, those who can not speak English well, second, the others. Asians mostly have problem in speaking English even in master degree programs at universities ( not their fault, most of them can not pronounce English words properly).

Asians live in their own communities and therefore work in the same environments. In Thai or Chinese restaurants they get paid something around $10 per hour as a kitchen hand or in a watering job. This amount depends to the experience, ability and of course contact of the person and can go up to $18 per hour.

Most of the Europeans work as waiters/waitresses in Australian restaurants. They get paid something around &12 to 18 per hour and again it depends to what I mentioned previously. Some of them who are native English speakers would work in administration jobs and get paid a bit more like something around $20 per hour.

In general, like everything in life it depends to luck and effort to find an appropriate job. Students can work maximum 20 hours per week, so they lose some sort of jobs. Working holiday holder visas have more freedom and choices in terms of jobs but they can not work in a one specific job for more than three months. I don’t know much about this type of visa.
Some employers, who need to train employees, prefer to recruit those who can work for them more than one year. Bachelor degree students, who would stay in the country for few years, are a good target for employers.