Salary guide / Building Surveying & Town Planning

Building Surveying & Town Planning salaries

Building Surveying & Town Planning pay in Australia from official ABS EEH (via JSA) figures, until PropertyRoles.com.au has enough job ads with pay to publish its own.

Median salary · Australia

A$124,300

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile; median weekly earnings, full-time non-managerial adult employees, from ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025 customised report, May 2025 (Urban and Regional Planners, code 2326). Moved to Jun Qtr 2026 with the ABS Wage Price Index, private sector rental, hiring and real estate services. The source publishes a median only for this occupation. Figures are annual, in AUD. We switch to live job-ad figures once ten or more employers advertise building surveying & town planning pay and no one employer has over a third of the ads.

By state

Official figures. Estimates scale the national figure by each state's published pay level.

	25th	Median	75th	Source
Australian Capital Territory	—	A$135,500	—	Estimate
New South Wales	—	A$125,100	—	Estimate
Northern Territory	—	A$127,800	—	Estimate
Queensland	—	A$123,000	—	Estimate
South Australia	—	A$117,300	—	Estimate
Tasmania	—	A$109,900	—	Estimate
Victoria	—	A$122,600	—	Estimate
Western Australia	—	A$136,100	—	Estimate

Indicative full-time ranges based on SEEK, Glassdoor and Indeed data (2024–2025). Registered building surveyors and certifiers attract a premium due to skills shortages. Figures vary by state, sector (public vs private) and accreditation class.