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ANZSCO 234914Updated 2026-01-29
Physicist
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 234914OSCA 244933
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 97k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1860
Salary range: AUD 87k-AUD 106k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
30.7%
NSW
26%
VIC
13.4%
QLD
Education mix
82.3%
Post graduate
13.1%
bachelor degree
1.5%
year 12
Role overview
Physicists (including Astronomers) study matter, space, time, energy, forces and fields and the interrelationship between these physical phenomena to further understand the laws governing the behaviour of the universe, and seek to apply these laws to solve practical problems and discover new information about the earth and the universe.
What you do
- • Develops analytical methodologies and techniques to investigate the structure and properties of matter, the relationships between matter and energy, and other physical phenomena.
- • Tests the reliability of these methodologies and techniques by performing tests and experiments under various conditions.
- • Prepares scientific papers and reports, or supervises their preparation.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: post graduate/ graduate diploma or graduate certificate (82.3%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Develops analytical methodologies and techniques to investigate the structure and properties of matter, the relationships between matter and energy, and other physical phenomena.
- • May specialise in one or more branches of physics such as electrical, luminescent, mechanical, magnetic, radioactive, molecular, nuclear, ionospheric, atmospheric physics and signal analysis.
- • Prepares scientific papers and reports, or supervises their preparation.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1860
Annual median: AUD 97k
Range: AUD 87k-AUD 106k