Lamine Yamal Salary and the Australian Full-Time Average
Lamine Yamal is a professional footballer whose salary is not published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Fair Work, or the Australian Tax Office. The sources we rely on—ABS Average Weekly Earnings, Fair Work pay guides, and ATO tax tables—cover Australian employees and employers, not individual international athletes. If you are trying to place his earnings against the national benchmark, the closest reference point is the national full-time adult ordinary-time average.
The National Full-Time Average as a Benchmark
According to the ABS Average Weekly Earnings survey for May 2026, the seasonally adjusted full-time adult ordinary-time earnings were $2,083.70 per week. Multiplied by 52 weeks, that is about $108,352 a year before tax. This is the figure used as the line on this site. It represents the average weekly ordinary-time earnings for full-time adults across all industries and sectors, not including overtime or bonuses.
For context, the all-employees median weekly total earnings were $1,579.20 for all employees (including part-time and part-time), and the full-time median was about $90,532 a year. The national minimum wage from 1 July 2026 is $26.44 an hour, $1,004.9 a week, about $52,255 a year on 38 hours. These are distinct from the average.
Take-Home Pay Sketch for a Hypothetical High Earner
If Lamine Yamal earned a salary comparable to a top Australian footballer, his before-tax earnings would be well above the average. For a resident earner, the 2026–27 tax rates apply: no tax up to $18,200, 15% from $18,201 to $45,000, 30% from $45,001 to $135,000, 37% from $135,001 to $190,000, and 45% above $190,000, plus a 2% Medicare levy. For example, on a hypothetical $500,000 salary, the tax would be about $190,000 plus Medicare, leaving roughly $295,000 take-home. That is about 2.7 times the average take-home after tax (the average take-home on $108,352 is roughly $82,000 after tax and Medicare).
But without a confirmed figure, we cannot say exactly where Lamine Yamal sits. The site allows you to Place a salary on the line and see the distance from the average.
State Variations
The national average masks differences across states. The full-time average weekly ordinary-time earnings by state (May 2026) are:
- New South Wales: $2,108.80 per week (~$109,658 a year)
- Victoria: $2,041.10 (~$106,137)
- Queensland: $2,039.70 (~$106,064)
- South Australia: $1,970.20 (~$102,450)
- Western Australia: $2,227.40 (~$115,825)
- Tasmania: $1,846.30 (~$96,008)
- Northern Territory: $1,984.10 (~$103,173)
- Australian Capital Territory: $2,290.20 (~$119,090)
If Lamine Yamal were an Australian resident, his salary would be compared to the state where he lives. For more detail, see States and territories.
Medians and Minimum Wage
The median is often a better measure of typical earnings. The ABS Employee Earnings release (August 2025) reported median weekly earnings for all employees at $1,436, or about $74,672 a year. For full-time employees, the median is about $1,740 per week, or $90,480 a year. The national minimum wage from 1 July 2026 is $26.44 per hour, $1,004.90 per week for a 38-hour week, or $52,255 a year. These are floors, not averages.
Conclusion
Lamine Yamal’s salary is not available from the sources we use. The best we can do is provide the Australian full-time average of $108,352 a year before tax as a reference. If you have a figure in mind, you can use Place a salary on the line to see how it compares. For more on how the figures are set, see How the figures are set.