Personnel Expenditure Analysis Tool Update: 2022-23 Personnel Expenditures

Over the last year, excluding one-time payments, total spending on personnel increased by 5.6 per cent—well above pre-pandemic (2007-08 to 2019-20) average annual growth of 3.1 per cent. However, smaller one-time payments related to actuarial deficiencies in the Government’s Superannuation Account led to a 6.9 per cent decrease in total personnel spending, from $60.7 billion in 2021-22 to $56.5 billion in 2022-23.