How much has your pay gone up this year?

The latest snapshot by the government shows which industries are seeing the biggest pay rises and those that are struggling. But as the Prime Minister vows to do more to increase wages, he has also had to defend nearly $1 million in pay rises for a handful of political staffers. New figures from the Department of Jobs and Small Business show that employers are signing half as many wage rise agreements with employees as three years ago. But in the September quarter, those that were being negotiated only increased by just over 2 per cent, down from 3.5 per cent in the same period in 2014.This feature reveals more details.