How much do Australian immigrants earn each year?

According to the latest data released by Australian Bureau of Statistics, in fiscal year 2009-20 10, Australian humanitarian immigrants had the most entrepreneurial spirit, while skilled immigrants had the highest income. During this period, Australian immigrants created 38 billion yuan, of which 63% were created by skilled immigrants, 28% were family immigrants and 4% were humanitarian immigrants.

On average, in fiscal year 2009-20 10, the median annual salary of skilled immigrants from Britain, India, China, South Africa and the Philippines was 43,593 yuan, while that of family immigrants and humanitarian immigrants was 30,000 yuan and 27,000 yuan respectively.

The five countries with the largest source of Australian skilled immigrants are Britain, India, China, South Africa and the Philippines. Among them, immigrants from Britain, South Africa and Zimbabwe have higher average annual salaries, which are 55,792 yuan, 55,587 yuan and 53,295 yuan respectively. The main reason is that most immigrants in these countries basically have a high level of English or speak English at home.

As for how Australian immigrants earn money, the data released by the Bureau of Statistics shows that Australian skilled immigrants generally have corporate guarantees and earn income from employers; Family immigrants generally make money by investing; Humanitarian immigrants are mostly self-employed.

The data shows that although humanitarian immigrants only account for 4% of immigrant taxpayers, the proportion of owning their own enterprises exceeds that of other immigrant types 10%. Among them, Sudanese and Sierra Leoneans have the highest incomes. There are13 humanitarian immigrants living in NSW. Under the coalition government of Australia, 13750 people get humanitarian visas every year.

Jennifer Dobak, from the National Immigration Statistics Section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, said that this was the first time that the agency had such an in-depth understanding of visa groups.