George Russell salary and the Australian full-time average
If you are wondering how George Russell's salary compares to what the typical Australian full-time worker earns, the short answer is that his exact figure is not available from the official sources we rely on. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes average earnings for the workforce as a whole, but it does not collect data on individual athletes or celebrities. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) releases anonymised tax statistics, but not at the level of a named person. So we cannot give you a precise number for George Russell.
What we can do is lay out the Australian benchmarks. The national full-time adult average weekly ordinary-time earnings stood at $2,083.70 in May 2026, according to the ABS Average Weekly Earnings release. That is an annualised figure of about $108,352 before tax (multiplying by 52 weeks). This is the 'line' that this site uses to show how a salary compares. The median full-time employee earns less: about $1,887 per week ($98,124 per year) from the ABS Employee Earnings and Hours survey for May 2025. When you include part-time workers, the all-employees median drops to $1,436 per week ($74,672 per year).
State and territory averages
Full-time average earnings vary across Australia. The highest is in the Australian Capital Territory at about $119,090 per year, followed by Western Australia at $115,825. New South Wales is $109,658, Victoria $106,137, Queensland $106,064, South Australia $102,450, the Northern Territory $103,173, and Tasmania $96,008. These are all based on the same ABS survey and are annualised from weekly figures.
Minimum wage and tax context
The national minimum wage from 1 July 2026 is $26.44 per hour, or $1,004.90 per week on a 38-hour week, which works out to about $52,255 per year. Award minimums rose by 4.75% at the same time, as set by Fair Work. For the 2026–27 income year, the tax-free threshold is $18,200, then 15% up to $45,000, 30% up to $135,000, 37% up to $190,000, and 45% above that. The Medicare levy of 2% applies to most residents.
Where does George Russell fit?
George Russell is a British Formula One driver currently racing for Mercedes. While his salary is widely reported in motorsport media, those figures are not sourced from Australian official data. The ABS does not survey F1 teams, and the ATO does not publish individual tax returns. If we were to rely on overseas reports, his annual earnings are often cited in the range of several million dollars, but we cannot verify that from the sources we use. What we can say is that any figure in the millions would be far above the Australian full-time average of $108,352. The top 25% of full-time employees earn more than $2,560 per week ($133,120 per year), but even that is a fraction of a top athlete's pay.
Using this site
If you have a known salary figure for George Russell from a reliable source, you can place a salary on the line to see exactly how it compares to the national average, state averages, and medians. The tool uses the same ABS data and shows the weekly and hourly equivalent on a 38-hour week, plus the distance from the line. For more detail on how the figures are set, see How the figures are set.
In summary, while we cannot give a precise comparison for George Russell's salary, the Australian full-time average provides a clear benchmark. Any salary in the millions would sit well above the line, but without an official Australian figure, we leave the comparison to you.