Overview
EMPLOYED
188,000
PART-TIME SHARE
21%
WORKFORCE SHARE
1.3%
FEMALE SHARE
40%
MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS
$1,815
MEDIAN AGE
40
Information Media and Telecommunications is a small employing industry. Around 1.3% of workers have their main job in this industry.
Businesses in this industry are mainly involved in activities like:
- creating, enhancing, storing and distributing information products
- transmitting information products using analogue and digital signals
- operating the infrastructure to enable the transmission and storage of information and information products.
A large share of the workforce work in cities.
Median earnings are $1,815 per week, higher than all industries median earnings of $1,700.
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Employment
Employment in the Information Media and Telecommunications industry fell over the 20 years to February 2025.
The number of workers fell by 900 (or -0.5%) over the last year.
Quarterly employment, Information Media and Telecommunications | Employment |
---|---|
230900 | |
231700 | |
232300 | |
232800 | |
233100 | |
233300 | |
233300 | |
233100 | |
232700 | |
232100 | |
231400 | |
230400 | |
229400 | |
228300 | |
227100 | |
225800 | |
224600 | |
223300 | |
222100 | |
220900 | |
219800 | |
218700 | |
217800 | |
216900 | |
216100 | |
215300 | |
214700 | |
214100 | |
213500 | |
213000 | |
212400 | |
211900 | |
211300 | |
210800 | |
210400 | |
210000 | |
209600 | |
209400 | |
209300 | |
209200 | |
209200 | |
209200 | |
209300 | |
209400 | |
209400 | |
209500 | |
209500 | |
209500 | |
209400 | |
209200 | |
208900 | |
208500 | |
207900 | |
207300 | |
206500 | |
205500 | |
204500 | |
203300 | |
202200 | |
200900 | |
199700 | |
198500 | |
197300 | |
196200 | |
195200 | |
194200 | |
193400 | |
192700 | |
192000 | |
191500 | |
191000 | |
190500 | |
190100 | |
189700 | |
189400 | |
189100 | |
188900 | |
188600 | |
188400 | |
188200 | |
188000 |
Sectors
Telecommunications Services is the largest sector in the Information Media and Telecommunications industry, employing 72,800 workers.
Employment by industry sectors | Employment |
---|---|
Telecommunications Services | 72800 |
Motion Picture and Video Activities | 34700 |
Television Broadcasting | 22500 |
Libraries and Archives | 16500 |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing | 15300 |
Radio Broadcasting | 8000 |
Internet Service Providers and Web Search Portals | 4600 |
Data Processing, Web Hosting and Electronic Information Storage Services | 4000 |
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting | 3100 |
Sound Recording and Music Publishing | 1300 |
Software Publishing | 200 |
Other Information Services | 100 |
Occupations
Telecommunications Trades Workers is the largest employing occupation in the Information Media and Telecommunications industry.
The 10 largest employing occupations are shown below.
Some occupations are common across a number of industries.
Largest employing occupations
ANZSCO Code | Occupation title |
---|---|
3424 | Telecommunications Trades Workers |
2123 | Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors |
2124 | Journalists and Other Writers |
2121 | Artistic Directors, Media Producers and Presenters |
3995 | Performing Arts Technicians |
1351 | ICT Managers |
2613 | Software and Applications Programmers |
2324 | Graphic and Web Designers, and Illustrators |
1112 | General Managers |
2633 | Telecommunications Engineering Professionals |
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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.