Where Stephen Crichton’s salary sits against the Australian full-time average
This page looks at the salary of Stephen Crichton, the Penrith Panthers and New South Wales rugby league player, and compares it to the national full-time average. However, the official sources used by Average line – the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Fair Work, and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) – do not publish Stephen Crichton’s individual earnings. Without a confirmed public figure from these bodies, we cannot place his pay on the line. Instead, this article explains the benchmarks the site uses and how you can compare your own salary.
The national full-time average: the line
The line on this site is the ABS Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) figure for full-time adult ordinary-time earnings. As of May 2026, the seasonally adjusted average is $2,083.70 per week. That translates to about $108,352 per year (multiplying by 52 weeks). This is the benchmark for a typical full-time worker’s ordinary-time pay, before tax and excluding overtime, bonuses, and salary sacrifice. The ABS publishes this figure twice a year, in May and November, based on a survey of businesses.
For context, the full-time adult total earnings average (including overtime) is $2,160.00 per week, or about $112,320 a year. The all-employees average (including part-time and casual) is $1,579.20 per week, or about $82,118 a year. These figures come from the same ABS release.
Medians and the minimum wage
Alongside the average, the site also shows medians. The ABS Employee Earnings and Hours survey for August 2025 reported a full-time median weekly earnings of $1,674 (about $87,048 a year) and an all-employees median of $1,425 per week (about $74,100 a year). The median is the middle point – half earn more, half earn less. It is often a better reflection of what a typical worker earns than the average, which can be pulled up by high incomes.
The national minimum wage, set by Fair Work from 1 July 2026, is $26.44 per hour, which for a 38-hour week comes to $1,004.90 per week or about $52,255 per year. Award minimums rose by 4.75% at the same time. These rates are the legal floor for most employees.
Stephen Crichton’s salary: no official figure
Stephen Crichton is a professional rugby league player. His contract with the Penrith Panthers and his representative duties attract media speculation, but no official salary figure appears in the datasets used by Average line. The ABS does not collect individual employee earnings by name; its surveys are de-identified and aggregated. Fair Work sets minimum rates for awards and the national minimum wage, not individual contracts. The ATO publishes tax statistics by income brackets, not by named individuals.
If a reliable public source – such as a club announcement, a court document, or a government register – were to disclose Stephen Crichton’s salary, the site could compare it to the national full-time average. Until then, we cannot confirm where his pay sits.
How to compare your own salary
If you know your own yearly salary before tax, you can place a salary on the line to see how it compares to the national full-time average, the median, and the minimum wage. The tool converts your annual figure to a weekly amount (÷52) and an hourly amount (÷38), then shows the dollar and percentage difference from the ABS average of $2,083.70 per week.
For example, a salary of $90,000 a year is about $1,730.77 per week, which is $352.93 below the line. A salary of $130,000 a year is about $2,500 per week, which is $416.30 above the line.
State and territory averages
The national average masks differences across Australia. The on-site notes provide state full-time averages (based on ABS data):
- New South Wales: about $109,658 per year
- Victoria: about $106,137
- Queensland: about $106,064
- South Australia: about $102,450
- Western Australia: about $115,825
- Tasmania: about $96,008
- Northern Territory: about $103,173
- Australian Capital Territory: about $119,090
These are full-time adult ordinary-time averages, annualised. If Stephen Crichton’s salary were known, we could also compare it to the state where he works (New South Wales). But without the figure, that comparison is not possible.
Understanding the data sources
The ABS Average Weekly Earnings survey measures gross weekly earnings from a sample of businesses. It is designed to track wage levels over time, not to report individual pay. The Employee Earnings and Hours survey provides medians and distributions. Fair Work sets legal minimums. The ATO collects tax data but does not release individual salaries.
For more detail on how these figures are set, see How the figures are set. For guidance on interpreting your own pay against the benchmarks, see the Guides section.
Conclusion
Stephen Crichton’s salary is not available from the official sources used by Average line. The national full-time average stands at $108,352 a year, with medians and minimums providing additional context. If you have your own salary figure, you can use the site to see where you sit. For now, the line remains a reference point for the typical Australian full-time worker, not for individual NRL contracts.