Pay for professionals

Q. Do you think the following workers are not paid enough, paid about right, or paid too much for the work they do?

	Not paid enough	Pay is about right	Paid too much	Unsure
Nurses	54%	28%	9%	9%
Early childhood teachers	45%	32%	11%	13%
Primary and secondary school teachers	40%	37%	11%	11%
Tradespeople	13%	51%	25%	11%
Bankers	4%	28%	57%	10%
Lawyers	3%	24%	64%	9%

 

TOTAL: AREN’T PAID ENOUGH	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Nurses	54%	50%	59%	44%	49%	68%	62%	48%	69%	59%
Early childhood teachers	45%	39%	50%	39%	43%	51%	49%	40%	59%	39%
Primary and secondary school teachers	40%	36%	44%	40%	47%	45%	45%	35%	58%	38%
Tradespeople	13%	13%	13%	17%	12%	11%	15%	11%	14%	16%
Bankers	4%	5%	4%	9%	4%	1%	4%	6%	2%	1%
Lawyers	3%	3%	3%	7%	2%	0%	3%	3%	3%	3^%
Base (n)	1,085	533	552	335	374	376	339	417	92	126

• Participants say that nurses (54%), early childhood teachers (45%) and primary/secondary school teachers (40%) aren’t paid enough; while tradespeople are paid about right (51%), bankers and lawyers are paid too much (57% and 64% respectively).
• Women, participants over 55 and Greens voters are more likely to say nurses (59%, 68% and 69% respectively), primary/secondary school teachers (44%, 45% and 58%) and early childhood teachers (50%, 51% and 59%) aren’t paid enough.