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Purpose:

In 2025, ARPA conducted a remuneration benchmarking survey to understand how salaries progress across different allied health professional groups and experience levels within ARPA member organisations, and to identify any areas of workforce sustainability risk.

Key Findings:

The results confirm competitive remuneration positioning within ARPA member organisations, supporting attraction and retention of more experienced allied health professionals. However, the key workforce pressure point is in the first few years of employment, before professionals reach full capability.

Average Salary Positioning| Indicative Summary

Clear salary progression supports retention of experienced professionals.

Workforce Sustainability Indicator:

• Attraction remains healthy
• Senior retention remains strong
• Early-career retention is the highest sustainability risk
• Rising salary expectations reinforce pricing alignment focus

The Years 1–3 workforce band is the most at-risk for capability loss.

Governance

• Pay levels are competitive for keeping experienced people
• We risk losing people too early in their careers
• Keeping talent in the sector is critical to capability
• This data will guide future benchmarking and focus areas

Scope:

This survey reflects remuneration for workforce roles within ARPA member organisations only. It does not include comparator data from external allied-health markets (e.g., NDIS or broader rehabilitation sectors), which may influence wider workforce competitiveness.

Source

ARPA Remuneration Benchmarking Survey 2025| national sample across jurisdictions and provider profiles.

Sample size varies by profession and experience level, figures represent indicative sector positioning.