The Australian Government will raise income thresholds for skilled visa applications by 4.6% starting 1 July 2025. This includes updates to the CSIT, TSMIT, and SSIT figures.
From 1 July 2025, the skilled visa income thresholds will be updated in line with annual indexation {Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings (AWOTE)}. These changes impact income eligibility requirements for employer-sponsored and skilled migration programs, ensuring wage settings reflect current economic conditions and workforce needs.
What’s Changing?
Effective from 1 July 2025:
- The Core Skills Income Threshold (CSIT) will increase to $76,515.
- This will impact nomination applications for the Core Skills stream of the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186).
- The Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) will increase to $76,515.
- The Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) is used for the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) and the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) (subclass 187) and is in line with the CSIT and subject to approval of relevant legislation.
- The Specialist Skills Income Threshold (SSIT) will increase to $141,210.
- This will impact nomination applications for the Specialist Skills stream of the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482).
Impact on Labour Market Testing (LMT)
Under the current legislative requirements:
- Labour Market Testing (LMT) advertisements must remain open for at least 4 weeks from the date of first publication.
- Any LMT ads published now that support nomination applications lodged on or after 1 July 2025 must comply with the new higher thresholds.
How to Prepare
✔ Ensure all new LMT advertisements reflect the updated income thresholds if the nomination will be submitted from 1 July 2025 onward.
✔ Review your organisation’s pay offerings to ensure compliance with the new CSIT, TSMIT, and SSIT levels.
✔ Consider adjusting advertising and recruitment timelines to avoid processing delays.
Why It Matters
These changes help maintain the integrity of Australia’s skilled visa programs by ensuring that migrant workers are paid appropriately and fairly, relative to Australian market conditions.
Click here: Annual indexation of skilled visa income thresholds from 1 July 2025