Thinking about types of workers, as far as you know, do you think the following types of worker are paid too much, not enough about right?
| Paid too much | Paid about right | Not paid enough | Don’t know | |
| Politicians | 74% | 18% | 3% | 5% |
| CEOs/senior executives | 72% | 18% | 3% | 7% |
| Lawyers | 65% | 25% | 3% | 7% |
| Accountants | 32% | 51% | 6% | 10% |
| Managers | 22% | 61% | 7% | 11% |
| Journalists | 20% | 55% | 7% | 17% |
| Doctors | 20% | 58% | 14% | 8% |
| Engineers | 15% | 65% | 9% | 11% |
| IT workers | 14% | 64% | 11% | 11% |
| Bank workers | 9% | 67% | 13% | 11% |
| Retail workers | 2% | 40% | 49% | 8% |
| Hospitality workers | 3% | 38% | 51% | 8% |
| Teachers | 6% | 31% | 58% | 5% |
| Child care workers | 4% | 23% | 66% | 6% |
| Nurses | 3% | 22% | 69% | 6% |
Well over half believe that politicians (74%), CEO’s/senior executives (72%) and lawyers (65%) are paid too much.
A majority believe that nurses (69%), child care workers (66%), teachers (58%) and hospitality workers (51%) are not paid enough.
There were few significant differences across demographics.
Those on higher incomes ($2,000+ pw) were somewhat less likely to think lawyers (56%), accountants (22%), managers (14%) and CEO’s/senior executives (62%) were paid too much.
Women were more likely to think child care workers (74%) and nurses (76%) were not paid enough