Administrative and Support Services

EMPLOYED

431,900

PART-TIME SHARE

41%

WORKFORCE SHARE

3.0%

FEMALE SHARE

52%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,578

MEDIAN AGE

41

Around 3% of workers have their main job in the Administrative and Support Services industry.

Businesses in this industry are mainly involved in support activities like:

  • office administration
  • hiring and placing personnel for others
  • preparing documents
  • taking orders for clients by telephone
  • providing credit reporting or collecting services
  • arranging travel and tours.

Median earnings are $1,578 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,700.

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Employment in the Administrative and Support Services industry grew over the 20 years to November 2024.
The number of workers grew by 3,000 (or 0.7%) over the last year.

Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, November 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
Note: Over the COVID-19 pandemic period (highlighted section in the chart above), some industries have censored values, resulting in a broken series for impacted industries. This is due to large quarterly fluctuations in employment resulting in trend data being unreliable for these quarters. Where data are available over the COVID-19 pandemic period, JSA recommends caution when using these trend estimates.
Quarterly employment, Administrative and Support Services Employment
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Quarterly employment, Administrative and Support Services

Line chart with 81 data points.
Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, November 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
Note: Over the COVID-19 pandemic period (highlighted section in the chart above), some industries have censored values, resulting in a broken series for impacted industries. This is due to large quarterly fluctuations in employment resulting in trend data being unreliable for these quarters. Where data are available over the COVID-19 pandemic period, JSA recommends caution when using these trend estimates.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories. Range: 631152000001 categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 450000.
End of interactive chart.

Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services is the largest sector in the Administrative and Support Services industry, employing 223,200 workers.

Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, November 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
Note: the sum of sectoral employment may not equal the industry total as data are trended separately, and not further defined (nfd) classifications have been excluded.
Employment by industry sectors Employment
Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 223200
Employment Services 85100
Other Administrative Services 72500
Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 39200
Packaging Services 10700

Employment by industry sectors

Bar chart with 5 bars.
Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, November 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) trend data.
Note: the sum of sectoral employment may not equal the industry total as data are trended separately, and not further defined (nfd) classifications have been excluded.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 230000.
End of interactive chart.

Commercial Cleaners is the largest employing occupation in the Administrative and Support Services industry.

The 10 largest employing occupations are shown below.

Some occupations are common across a number of industries.

Largest employing occupations

Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, customised report.
ANZSCO CodeOccupation title
8112Commercial Cleaners
3622Gardeners
8113Domestic Cleaners
2231Human Resource Professionals
8414Garden and Nursery Labourers
4516Tourism and Travel Advisers
1493Conference and Event Organisers
5311General Clerks
8116Other Cleaners
8114Housekeepers

Industry data

This file contains data for all 19 industries to make comparing industry data easy. Information available includes:

  • industry overview
  • industry employment (20-year time series)
  • industry sector employment
  • top employing occupations by industry.

 

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