RDP 2018-06: The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Wages, Hours Worked and Job Loss Appendix A: Summary of Minimum Wage Decisions

Table A1: Award Wage Decisions – 1998 to 2008

Hourly base wage, adults

Year	Increase in hourly wage(a)	Range of award wages to which increase applied	Date announced	Date effective(b)	Before period(c)	After period(c)
1998	37 cents	Less than $14.47 per hour	May 1998	May 1998	1998:Q2	1998:Q4
	32 cents	Between $14.47 per hour and $18.42 per hour
	26 cents	Greater than $18.42 per hour
1999	32 cents	Less than $13.42 per hour	29 April 1999	29 April 1999	1999:Q2	1999:Q4
	26 cents	Greater than $13.42 per hour
2000	39 cents	All awards	1 May 2000	1 May 2000	2000:Q2	2000:Q4
2001	34 cents	Less than $12.89 per hour	2 May 2001	2 May 2001	2001:Q2	2001:Q4
	39 cents	Between $12.89 per hour and $15.52 per hour
	45 cents	Greater than $15.52 per hour
2002	47 cents	All awards	9 May 2002	9 May 2002	2002:Q2	2002:Q4
2003	45 cents	Less than $19.26 per hour	6 May 2003	6 May 2003	2003:Q2	2003:Q4
	39 cents	Greater than $19.26 per hour
2004	50 cents	All awards	5 May 2004	5 May 2004	2004:Q2	2004:Q4
2005	45 cents	All awards	7 June 2005	7 June 2005	2005:Q2	2005:Q4
2006	72 cents	Less than $18.42 per hour	27 October 2006	1 December 2006	2006:Q4	2007:Q2
	58 cents	Greater than $18.42 per hour
2007	27 cents	Less than $18.42 per hour	5 July 2007	1 Octobe 2007	2007:Q3	2008:Q1
	14 cents	Greater than $18.42 per hour
2008	57 cents	All awards	8 July 2008	1 October 2008	2008:Q3	2009:Q1

Notes: State and federal industrial relations systems prior to 2006 and federal system after 2006; all announcement and effective dates are for the federal system
(a) Where relevant, weekly award rates are converted to hourly rates by assuming a 38-hour work week and rounding to the nearest cent
(b) Between 1998 and 2005, the decision was effective immediately (upon application by a union for a change to be made to the award) provided that at least 12 months had passed since the date of the last variation to the award; the new minimum wage rates take effect on the first full pay period commencing on or after the effective/operative date
(c) Before and after periods refer to the timing of the WPI surveys used in the regression analysis