Employment in Australia decreased by 2454 in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Employment Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The number of employed people in Australia amounted to approximately 14.37 million people in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the number rose by around 8.08 million people, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. From 2024 to 2026, the number will increase by about 470 thousand people.The indicator describes the number of employed people. This refers to persons who during a pre-defined period, either: a) performed wage or salary work, b) held a formal attachment to their job (even if not currently working), (c) performed for-profit work for personal or family gain , (d) were with an enterprise although temporarily not at work for any specific reason.

Australia Employment: Trend: Manufacturing data was reported at 885.525 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 883.760 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Trend: Manufacturing data is updated quarterly, averaging 1,025.606 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,169.749 Person th in Aug 1989 and a record low of 847.639 Person th in May 2022. Australia Employment: Trend: Manufacturing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G021: Employment: by Industry.

Full Time Employment in Australia increased by 38692 in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Full Time Employment Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This dataset presents aggregated data regarding employed persons within the relevant statistical regions, including the number of employee jobs and median employee income per job by sex, classified by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3). The data spans from 2014-15 to 2018-19 financial year and is aggregated to the 2016 SA3 boundaries. Jobs in Australia provide aggregate statistics and are sourced from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). It provides new information about filled jobs in Australia, the people who hold them, and their employers. Employee person refers to any person with one or more job. Employed persons in this publication can be employees, owner-managers of unincorporated enterprises, or both. Employed persons are persons who have employment income in the reference year, excluding those whose employment income is made up entirely of an employment termination payment. Employed persons have one or more jobs on the job file. The job counts in this release differ from the filled job estimates from other sources such as the Australian Labour Account and the Labour Force Australia. The Jobs in Australia release provides insights into all jobs held throughout the year, while the Labour Account data provides the number of filled jobs at a point-in-time each quarter (and annually for the financial year reference period), and Labour Force Survey data measures the number of people employed each month. For more information on the release please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics Data Purpose This release provides statistics on the number and nature of jobs, the people who hold them, and their employers. These statistics can be used to understand regional labour markets or to identify the impact of major changes in local communities. The release also provides new insights into the number of jobs people hold, the duration of jobs, and the industries and employment income of concurrent jobs. The scope of these data includes individuals who submitted an individual tax return to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), individuals who had a Pay As You Go (PAYG) payment summary issued by an employer and their employers.

This dataset presents aggregated data regarding employee jobs and median employee income per job, classified by industry subdivision at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). The data spans over the 2017-18 financial year and is aggregated to the 2016 SA2 boundaries. Jobs in Australia provide aggregate statistics and are sourced from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). It provides new information about filled jobs in Australia, the people who hold them, and their employers. An 'employee Job' refers to a job for which the occupant receives remuneration in wages, salary, payment in kind, or piece rates. This excludes self-employment jobs held by Owner-Managers of Unincorporated Enterprises (OMUE). The job counts in this release differ from the filled job estimates from other sources such as the Australian Labour Account and the Labour Force Australia. The Jobs in Australia release provides insights into all jobs held throughout the year, while the Labour Account data provides the number of filled jobs at a point-in-time each quarter (and annually for the financial year reference period), and Labour Force Survey data measures the number of people employed each month. For more information on the release please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics This release provides statistics on the number and nature of jobs, the people who hold them, and their employers. These statistics can be used to understand regional labour markets or to identify the impact of major changes in local communities. The release also provides new insights into the number of jobs people hold, the duration of jobs, and the industries and employment income of concurrent jobs. The scope of these data includes individuals who submitted an individual tax return to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), individuals who had a Pay As You Go (PAYG) payment summary issued by an employer and their employers.

Graph and download economic data for Employment to Population Ratio for Australia (SLEMPTOTLSPZSAUS) from 1991 to 2024 about employment-population ratio, Australia, employment, and population.

Employment Rate in Australia decreased to 64.20 percent in May from 64.30 percent in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Australia Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was reported at 78.74 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Employment in services (% of total employment) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Australia Employment: Full Time: Clerical and Administrative Workers data was reported at 1,305.696 Person th in Nov 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,258.572 Person th for Aug 2024. Australia Employment: Full Time: Clerical and Administrative Workers data is updated quarterly, averaging 1,036.092 Person th from Aug 1986 (Median) to Nov 2024, with 154 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,305.696 Person th in Nov 2024 and a record low of 929.897 Person th in Aug 1997. Australia Employment: Full Time: Clerical and Administrative Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G028: Employment: by Sex and by Occupation: Full Time.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Employment Rate Total: From 25 to 54 Years for Australia (LREM25TTAUQ156S) from Q2 1978 to Q1 2025 about 25 to 54 years, employment-population ratio, Australia, employment, population, and rate.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Employment Rate Total: 15 Years or over for Australia (LREMTTTTAUM156S) from Feb 1978 to Mar 2025 about 15 years +, employment-population ratio, Australia, employment, population, and rate.

In the financial year 2024, approximately 19.4 thousand people were employed in the oil and gas extraction industry in Australia. This marked an increase from the previous financial year.

In the financial year 2024, approximately around 234,690 people were employed in the mining industry in Australia. Mining is one of the largest industries in the country, with coal, iron ore, and gold mining the leading sectors.

Australia Employment: Finance & Insurance data was reported at 564.151 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 546.275 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Finance & Insurance data is updated quarterly, averaging 369.549 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 568.960 Person th in Nov 2023 and a record low of 261.676 Person th in Nov 1984. Australia Employment: Finance & Insurance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G021: Employment: by Industry.

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was reported at 29.17 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Employees, industry, male (% of male employment) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was reported at 2.1476 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Job Advertisements in Australia increased to 1.80 percent in June from -0.60 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Job Advertisements - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Australia Employment: Full Time: Males: Clerical and Administrative Workers data was reported at 413.796 Person th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 459.278 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Full Time: Males: Clerical and Administrative Workers data is updated quarterly, averaging 337.705 Person th from Aug 1986 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 155 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 459.278 Person th in Nov 2024 and a record low of 291.481 Person th in Aug 1997. Australia Employment: Full Time: Males: Clerical and Administrative Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G028: Employment: by Sex and by Occupation: Full Time.

Australia Employment In Agriculture: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Employment data was reported at 2.148 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.177 % for 2022. Australia Employment In Agriculture: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 3.321 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2023, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.357 % in 1991 and a record low of 2.148 % in 2023. Australia Employment In Agriculture: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).;International Labour Organization. “ILO modelled estimates database” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;