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Construction jobs in Melbourne, VIC

Construction roles within 150km of Melbourne— who's advertising, what they pay, and the latest openings.

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1,493Roles in region
427 ↑New this week
$95kMedian annual salary

What you'd take home

$0/week

As a Construction worker in Melbourne, the median advertised salary is about $73 less per week than the national median.

Melbourne

Median salary
$1,827/wk
Median rent
$391/wk

Take-home after rent

$1,436/wk

National median

Median salary
$1,900/wk
Median rent
No capital rent data

$3,796/year difference in salary alone.

State-capital salary data wasn't available for this classification, so this compares against the national median instead. Melbourne's rent is shown for context only — it isn't netted against a capital figure we don't have.

Housing-based estimate. Compares median advertised salary and median weekly rent; excludes food, transport and other living costs. Salary from live listings; rent from ABS regional data.

By the numbers

1,493 Construction roles in Melbourne

427 new roles this week· 1,493 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time710 (48%)
  • Other662 (44%)
  • Contract57 (4%)
  • Casual49 (3%)
  • Temporary9 (1%)
  • Part-time4 (0%)
  • Gig2 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

  • 1Symal17
  • 2HR Partners16
  • 3Hickory10
  • 4Ventia8
  • 5Kingston City Council5
  • 6BowdenCorp4
  • 7Laing O'Rourke4
  • 8Amazon Web Services (AWS)3

Advertised salary

Which Construction sub-fields pay most.

$95kmedian annualised advertised pay
  • Contracts Management$128.6k
  • Management$123.8k
  • Project Management$110k
  • Foreperson/Supervisors$107.9k
  • Estimating$100k
  • Surveying$92.5k
  • Health, Safety & Environment$90k
  • Plant & Machinery Operators$84k

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