Administrative and Support Services

EMPLOYED

436,800

PART-TIME SHARE

40%

WORKFORCE SHARE

3.0%

FEMALE SHARE

52%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,400

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 $1,400 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,600.

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    Employment

    Employment in the Administrative and Support Services industry grew over the 20 years to August 2024.
    The number of workers grew by 6,800 (or 1.6%) over the last year.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 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
    343800
    344600
    345300
    346000
    346500
    346900
    347200
    347400
    347600
    347800
    348000
    348300
    348700
    349300
    350100
    351300
    352900
    355000
    357400
    360200
    363300
    366600
    370000
    373400
    376600
    379600
    382400
    384700
    386700
    388400
    389700
    390800
    391600
    392400
    393100
    393800
    394700
    395700
    397000
    398500
    400200
    402200
    404400
    406700
    408900
    411100
    413100
    414800
    416200
    417300
    418100
    418800
    419500
    420100
    420900
    421600
    422400
    423200
    423900
    424300
    424400
    424200
    423800
    423200
    422700
    422400
    422200
    422300
    422600
    423200
    423900
    424700
    425600
    426500
    427500
    428700
    430000
    431500
    433200
    435000
    436800

    Sectors

    Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services is the largest sector in the Administrative and Support Services industry, employing 221,900 workers.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 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 221900
    Employment Services 90200
    Other Administrative Services 74800
    Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 35700
    Packaging Services 11400

    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, 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.

     

    Industry data - August 2024.xlsx

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