A wide role landscape
Across the 138 role types
To our knowledge, this guide features the most industry-specific roles ever included in an Australian water-sector salary guide.
FY2026–27 EDITION
Know what water roles are worth. See what the workforce needs next.
The Telos Co Australian Water Sector Salary & Workforce Insight Guide brings salary benchmarks together with the pressures, expectations and emerging capabilities shaping the sector.
138 role types across 14 sections. To our knowledge, this guide features the most industry-specific roles ever included in an Australian water-sector salary guide.
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More than a salary table
The guide connects remuneration with the workforce questions behind it: how people enter the sector, what helps them progress, and how organisations build capability for the work ahead.
The context behind pay
Explore salary pressure, cost-of-living effects and the expectations employers and professionals bring to the same role, alongside migration and transferable experience.
The workforce ahead
Read about career progression, graduate pathways, regional work, retention and succession, and how AI and digital water are changing capability needs.
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For the people who shape water careers and workforces
A practical reference for professionals weighing their next step and employers planning roles, remuneration and capability.
For water professionals
Use the benchmarks and career insights to understand how your experience, location and capability relate to the broader market.
For employers and workforce leaders
Use a wider view of roles, pay and workforce trends to inform hiring, retention, succession and workforce planning conversations.