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Insurance Broker salary in Australia
The median full-time salary for an insurance broker is $134,000 per annum, before tax, up $27,600 since 2018.
- A large share of broker pay is commission, so income tracks the book you hold and how much of it renews, instead of sitting inside a fixed salary band.
- Commercial and specialist accounts such as construction, professional indemnity and marine pay better than small personal lines, and a broker who brings in their own clients earns more than one servicing an established book.
- How the brokerage pays its authorised representatives, on commission or on salary plus bonus, also shifts the total.
The median salary rose by $27,600 between 2018 and 2024; the dashed line shows a projection to 2028 based on the real ABS Wage Price Index growth rate, not a role-specific forecast.
Roles that pay more than insurance broker
The largest typical pay rise is $300 a year, moving into Financial Planner.
- Financial Planner+$300/yr
How to negotiate a higher insurance broker salary
- Know the market rate before you ask. The median full-time insurance broker salary is $134,000; use that, not a guess, as your anchor, and adjust for your experience and employer.
- Lead with what's scarce, not just tenure. Skills like Regulatory compliance and Financial analysis and modelling tend to command a premium over general insurance broker experience, name them specifically when you ask.
- Bring a real alternative to the table. Financial Planner pays a typical $300 a year more and draws on similar skills, even mentioning you're weighing it up is a legitimate data point in a pay conversation.
- Time it deliberately. Reviews, the end of a project you delivered, or taking on responsibility beyond your job description are stronger moments to ask than an arbitrary date on the calendar.
- Ask for a number, not a raise. "Based on the market rate and [specific contribution], I'd like to move to X" gets a clearer answer than "I think I deserve more."
Insurance Broker salary questions
How much do insurance brokers earn in Australia?
The median full-time salary for an insurance broker is $134,000 a year before tax. Seniority, specialisation, sector and the award or agreement you're employed under all move it.
Is insurance broker pay rising or falling?
The median insurance broker salary is up $27,600 since 2018. Figures from 2025 onward on this page are a projection, not a measured result.
What pays more than insurance broker?
Financial Planner pays a typical $300 a year more and draws on similar skills to insurance broker.
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Pay advice
- How to ask for a pay rise, and back it up with real numbersWhat national wage growth looks like right now, how to work out a figure for your own role, wording you can adapt for the conversation, and what to do if the answer is no.
- The average salary in Australia (2026)Full-time adults in Australia averaged $2,083.70 a week in May 2026. Several measures get called the average salary, and this explains which one fits your situation.
- Overtime pay, time in lieu and what your award saysOvertime rates come from your award or agreement, not one national rule. How rates work, what happens on a salary, and how time off in lieu works.