You don't have to be a brain surgeon to work out which Australians strike gold every pay day.

Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal surgeons and miners are among the best-paid workers in the nation.

In terms of the wealthiest industry, mining was the most lucrative, with average weekly total cash earnings of $2674.80 for workers who represented 1.6 per cent of all Australian employees, with an average age of 41.7 years.

The average weekly total cash earnings per occupation have been revealed. Credit:Rob Homer

The lowest average wage was in the accommodation and food services industry ($616.20), which represented 7.5 per cent of employees and had the lowest average age of all industries (30.1 years), according to the latest data from May 2018.