Deduction Explorer · 2023–24 income year

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Australia-wide, 2023–24

In the 2023–24 income year, 10,678,121 people claimed work-related deductions, averaging $2,956 per claimant with a median of $1,434 (ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24).

People claiming: 10,678,121
Average per claimant: $2,956
Median per claimant: $1,434
Share of all deductions: 53%

National figures as published by the ATO in Taxation Statistics 2023–24, Individuals Table 1. Total claimed: $31.6 billion. Share of all deductions is total work-related deductions divided by total deductions, both summed from Table 14A.

Coming in 2026–27: people who earn salary or wages can claim a $1,000 standard deduction for work-related expenses without receipts, or their actual expenses (with records) if those are higher. In 2023–24, 40% of people who claimed work-related deductions claimed $1,000 or less. ATO details.

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Occupations with at least 500 people claiming. "Share claiming" is the share of people in the job who claimed any work-related deduction.

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Occupations ranked by average claim
#	Occupation	Average per claimant	Share claiming	People claiming
1	Surgeon	$12,540	67%	2,881
2	Legislator	$12,296	81%	3,610
3	Anaesthetist	$9,949	74%	2,773
4	Other medical practitioners	$9,359	87%	27,882
5	Internal medicine specialist	$9,313	78%	8,543
6	Land economist or valuer	$8,157	94%	4,864
7	Shearers and Wool Classers	$7,998	83%	4,917
8	Psychiatrist	$7,819	82%	2,728
9	Real estate sales agent	$7,667	89%	68,432
10	Railway track worker	$7,499	93%	6,616
11	Structural steel construction worker	$7,423	90%	35,716
12	General medical practitioner	$7,413	86%	42,461
13	Carpenter and joiner	$6,909	88%	81,844
14	Technical sales representative	$6,532	93%	25,186
15	Sportsperson	$6,434	69%	11,891
16	Crane, hoist or lift operator	$6,398	93%	9,900
17	Consultant - real estate representative	$6,313	85%	3,089
18	Air transport professionals	$6,312	94%	15,383
19	Apprentice or trainee - bricklayer, or carpenter and joiner	$6,258	88%	32,511
20	Concreter	$5,777	85%	20,651
21	Plumber	$5,642	90%	56,056
22	Plasterer	$5,555	80%	11,520
23	Apprentice or trainee - plumber	$5,514	90%	16,781
24	Construction manager	$5,445	90%	77,734
25	Dental practitioner	$5,433	76%	7,486

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Managers (39)

Professionals (102)

Technicians and trades workers (70)

Community and personal service workers (37)

Clerical and administrative workers (36)

Sales workers (19)

Machinery operators and drivers (22)

Labourers (47)

Consultants, apprentices and trainees (54)

Methodology

Occupation figures come from ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24, Individuals tables 14A, 14B, 15 and 18B. Averages are per claimant: total work-related deductions divided by the number of people who claimed. Medians appear only where the ATO publishes them.

The ATO hides figures for small groups. We show these as "not published" and never fill them in or treat them as zero. Pages for occupations with fewer than 500 people claiming are kept out of search results.

Source: ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24 (data.gov.au), CC BY 2.5 AU. Licence. Analysis and presentation by Your Tax Refund, operated by BRS Advisory Pty Ltd, a registered tax agent (TPB 26233684). General information, not tax advice.