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 |