Nationally, the median is $100,000 — Queensland sits $10,000 below the national figure. See the national picture →
Take-home on the median Network Engineer salary of $90,000 — after $17,788 income tax and $1,800 Medicare levy (2025–26 resident, no HECS, private hospital cover).
Reported total pay for Network Engineer roles by employer — medians include bonuses and other cash compensation, so they sit above base-salary figures.
| Company | Median total pay | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Glencore★ 3.5 | $123,950 | $120,000 – $127,900 |
| Transurban★ 3.0 | $120,000 | $120,000 – $161,000 |
| Sonic Healthcare★ 3.2 | $120,000 | $70,000 – $140,000 |
| Tabcorp★ 3.1 | $117,000 | $110,000 – $120,000 |
| Rio Tinto★ 3.8 | $99,500 | $73,200 – $130,000 |
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Salary figures are market estimates built from third-party data and community submissions — they show what the market pays, not what any individual employer will offer. Take-home figures are 2025–26 estimates for an Australian resident with private hospital cover and no HECS debt. General information only — not financial or tax advice.
| Aussie Broadband★ 3.4 | $92,500 | $80,000 – $121,000 |
| Queensland Government★ 3.9 | $92,371 | $88,334 – $96,409 |
| iseek★ 3.6 | $90,000 | $70,000 – $95,000 |
| Telstra★ 3.8 | $89,000 | $50,000 – $97,900 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE★ 4.0 | $82,500 | $75,000 – $90,000 |
| Australian College of Information Technology and Institute of Film and Television★ 5.0 | $82,500 | $65,000 – $100,000 |
| NTT DATA★ 3.7 | $80,000 | $75,000 – $85,000 |
| Optus★ 3.4 | $75,500 | $55,004 – $120,000 |
| Superloop★ 3.5 | $75,000 | $75,000 – $75,000 |
| IBM★ 3.9 | $71,253 | $68,290 – $74,216 |
| Over the Wire★ 3.8 | $70,000 | $69,000 – $85,000 |
| Amazon Web Services★ 3.6 | $70,000 | $70,000 – $70,000 |
| Macquarie Group★ 3.6 | $69,782 | $67,199 – $72,365 |
| Tata Communications★ 3.8 | $62,000 | $59,000 – $65,000 |
| Amazon★ 3.5 | $59,616 | $57,269 – $61,963 |