ANZSCO 5615

Survey Interviewers

EMPLOYED

1,600

PART-TIME SHARE

79%

FEMALE SHARE

66%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

42

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

-500

Survey Interviewers interview people and record their responses to survey and market research questions on a range of topics.

  • Contacting people face-to-face and via the telephone to conduct surveys
  • Recording answers to survey questions manually and electronically
  • Recording the distribution of questionnaires
  • Collecting questionnaires and returning them to supervisors
  • Scanning questionnaires to ensure that important questions have been answered
  • May interview people at random in crowds and on the street
  • May provide self-completion questionnaires
  • May encode responses and check their consistency
  • May work in a call centre
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Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report.
Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
Earnings and Hours Survey Interviewers All Occupations
Share of workers who work full-time hours 21% 70%
Average full-time hours worked per week 41 hours 44 hours
Median full-time earnings per week N/A $1,697
Median hourly earnings N/A $43

Survey Interviewers work in industries like:

Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

New South Wales

26.7%

Victoria

33.2%

Queensland

5.4%

South Australia

5.4%

Tasmania

6.9%

Northern Territory

5.4%

Australian Capital Territory

5.4%

Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, November 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

Age and Gender Profile
Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
Age and Gender Survey Interviewers All Occupations
Median age 42 years 39 years
Female share of employment 66% 48%
Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Survey Interviewers
15–19 5.2 4.7
20–24 9.1 15.5
25–34 22.7 17.3
35–44 22.3 11.4
45–54 20.4 13.8
55–59 8.8 10.0
60–64 6.5 11.9
65 and Over 4.9 15.5

Age Profile (% Share)

Bar chart with 2 data series.
Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
The chart has 2 X axes displaying All Occupations Age Profile (% Share) and Survey Interviewers Age Profile (% Share).
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: -24 to 24.
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Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Survey Interviewers
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 14.8
Bachelor degree 23.2 27.5
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 11.8
Certificate III/IV 19.5 11.2
Year 12 15.9 22.6
Year 11 4.0 2.9
Year 10 and below 9.7 6.1

Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share)

Bar chart with 2 data series.
Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying All Occupations Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share).
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 30.
End of interactive chart.

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Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.