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

    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
    344600
    345300
    345900
    346500
    346900
    347200
    347400
    347600
    347800
    348000
    348300
    348700
    349300
    350100
    351300
    352900
    354900
    357400
    360200
    363300
    366600
    370000
    373300
    376600
    379600
    382300
    384700
    386700
    388300
    389700
    390700
    391600
    392400
    393000
    393800
    394600
    395600
    396900
    398400
    400100
    402100
    404300
    406500
    408800
    411000
    412900
    414600
    416000
    417100
    418000
    418600
    419300
    420000
    420800
    421500
    422300
    423100
    423900
    424300
    424500
    424400
    424000
    423400
    423000
    422700
    422600
    422700
    423000
    423500
    424100
    424800
    425500
    426100
    426700
    427300
    428100
    428800
    429700
    430500
    431200
    431900

    Sectors

    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

    Occupations

    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, 2024, four-quarter average data, customised report.
    ANZSCO CodeOccupation title
    8112Commercial Cleaners
    3622Gardeners
    8113Domestic Cleaners
    2231Human Resource Professionals
    4516Tourism and Travel Advisers
    8414Garden and Nursery Labourers
    5311General Clerks
    1499Other Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers
    1493Conference and Event Organisers
    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.

     

    Industry data - November 2024.xlsx

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