Work & Labour in Australia 89 indicators covering work & labour for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 70.2% 2025 up 5.3% 6th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 70.1% 2025 up 3.4% 12th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.5% 2025 up 2.2% 50th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.7% 2025 down 0.7% 84th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.4% 2025 up 6.4% 32nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.2% 2025 up 4.3% 9th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 77.4% 2025 up 8.6% 19th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 83.8% 2025 up 1.4% 34th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 80.6% 2025 up 4.7% 20th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 62.5% 2025 up 5.7% 33rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 80.5% 2025 up 1.7% 49th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 67.7% 2025 up 2.3% 32nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 90.4% 2025 up 0.1% 31st Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 87.7% 2025 down 0.8% 51st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 19.3% 2025 down 3.8% 88th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 83.9% 2025 up 0.6% 47th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 73.4% 180th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 73.0% 173rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 73.1% 183rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.2% 2025 up 4.1% 123rd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.5% 2025 down 3.5% 59th Employment in services (% of total employment) 78.5% 2025 up 1.6% 24th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 16.1% 2025 down 3.0% 140th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 19.5% 2025 down 6.4% 138th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 12.3% 2025 up 6.1% 136th Employers, total (% of total employment) 7.0% 2025 up 8.9% 17th Employers, male (% of male employment) 9.2% 2025 up 11.1% 11th Employers, female (% of female employment) 4.6% 2025 up 7.5% 15th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.4% 2025 down 29.2% 136th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.7% 2025 down 24.6% 104th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.6% 2025 down 26.7% 118th GDP per person employed 114,582 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 1.7% 25th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.2% 2025 down 30.7% 121st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.4% 2025 down 27.9% 100th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.0% 2025 down 33.7% 131st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 63.2% 2025 up 6.8% 41st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.8% 2025 down 0.4% 97th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.9% 2025 up 3.0% 59th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 70.9% 2025 up 6.3% 3rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 70.6% 2025 up 4.1% 8th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.2% 2025 up 7.3% 30th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.7% 2025 up 5.1% 5th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.5% 2025 down 27.3% 110th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.5% 2025 down 26.0% 93rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.4% 2025 down 29.1% 121st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 8.0% 2025 down 21.2% 165th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.1% 2025 down 3.3% 149th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 8.6% 2025 down 12.3% 161st Productivity: output per hour worked 76.78 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 10.6% 13th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 10.4% 2025 down 17.8% 155th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 64.3% 2025 up 9.4% 9th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 62.6% 2025 up 7.7% 14th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 63.4% 2025 up 8.5% 10th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 9.1% 2025 down 10.5% 156th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.0% 2025 up 8.0% 33rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 67.8% 2025 up 1.3% 74th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 63.8% 2025 up 4.4% 43rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 up 5.3% 153rd Unemployment with basic education 8.4% 2024 down 14.0% 46th Unemployment with basic education, male 8.6% 2024 down 11.5% 41st Page 1 of 2 Next →