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Australia’s Peak Celebrant Body

Independent celebrants income

81.5 % of marriage celebrants wanted more ceremonies. Of these celebrants, 47.5 % of wanted all types of ceremony work (including funerals and memorials), 20.5 % of celebrants wanted only wedding ceremonies and 12 %   of celebrants wanted more general ceremonies. Some 1.5% of celebrants did not want more weddings, but more funerals/memorials work. 18.5 % of celebrants did not want more ceremonies as 16.5 % of celebrants were satisfied with current no of ceremonies and 2 % of celebrants were planning to leave celebrancy in near future More than three quarters (77.91%) of independent celebrants' income from all ceremonies is…
Q11 Using a Registry Office fee for a comparable state or territory below as an approximate guide, what would be your average Saturday fee for the following styles of marriage ceremonies?         Day-time Saturday BDM fees $507 NSW; $490 Victoria; $400 Queensland; $280 SA ; $240 NT. ACT and Tasmania do not provide marriage ceremonies and WA only provides mid-week weddings @ $355. Answered: 1,416     Skipped: 14
(i.e. income before expenses and tax etc.) Answered: 1,426     Skipped: 4
Q16 The average Australian full time wage is approximately $75,000 Gross. When you decided to become a marriage celebrant, in relation to marriage work only, did you expect to make the equivalent of: Answered: 1,425     Skipped: 5
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