Work & Labour in Australia 429 indicators covering work & labour for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Public sector employees 3,649 2021 up 25.0% 13th Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 6,184 2021 up 32.5% 46th Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 6,184 2021 up 32.5% 45th Gender wage gap 1.73 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2025 down 76.9% 36th Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 20.5% 11th Annual working hours per person employed 1,731 Hours 2016 down 3.9% 20th Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,396 2025 up 35.3% 9th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 98.7% 2024 up 0.2% 16th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 96.5% 2024 down 2.9% 16th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 4.17 2025 down 31.1% 50th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4.17 2025 down 31.1% 50th Nurses — Health and social employment 18.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 21.0% 9th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 6.38 2025 down 18.7% 64th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 635.74 2025 down 16.2% 17th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 64.15 2025 up 2.2% 9th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 14,608 2025 up 23.7% 14th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 7,527 2025 up 19.7% 17th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 66.94 2025 up 0.6% 12th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 15,244 2025 up 21.8% 15th Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 10.5 2024 down 18.0% 25th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 20.0% 2015 down 24.5% 37th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 13,209 Persons 2025 up 27.0% 11th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -5.41 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2020 down 243.1% 17th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 14,412 Persons 2025 up 24.0% 12th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 4.04 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 33.9% 26th Trade union density rate 13.66 2018 down 31.7% 53rd NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 8.4 2025 down 14.3% 47th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 39.5 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2020 down 1.3% 12th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 294.94 2025 down 4.0% 21st LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 5.52 2021 down 25.1% 51st Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 17.29 2021 down 26.2% 30th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 100.0% 2022 up 94.6% 1st SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 2 2025 down 33.3% 42nd Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 2 score 2025 down 33.3% 42nd Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 133.89 2021 up 16.1% 27th Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 17.29 2021 down 26.2% 29th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 9.96 2025 down 39.7% 24th Public sector employment 3,678 2021 up 25.3% 8th Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 882.8 2025 down 35.0% 9th Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 6.04 2025 down 47.5% 12th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2020 edition — Total employment 21,981 Hours 2018 up 15.1% 7th Temporary employees - Regions — Fixed-term employment contracts 3.5 Percentage of employment in the same subgroup 2022 down 7.9% 19th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (current ILO) 13.68 2021 down 22.6% 20th Capital intensity vs. labor productivity 198 2015 up 32.9% 10th Midwives — Health and social employment 114.33 Per 1 000 live births 2023 up 3.7% 7th Long-term care resources and utilisation - workers — Formal long-term 7.5 Per 100 inhabitants aged 65 years or over 2023 up 5.6% 6th Average monthly earnings of employees 5,906 2021 up 33.4% 25th Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 1.42 2023 down 17.0% 58th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 79 2024 up 393.8% 34th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.3 2024 up 328.6% 48th Average monthly earnings of employees 5,906 2021 up 33.4% 20th Care employment 3,854 2025 up 35.0% 7th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 1,062 2023 up 5.0% 29th Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 88.54 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 12.6% 6th Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 101.93 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 up 26.3% 1st Fatal occupational injury rates 1.42 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 17.0% 56th Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st Collective bargaining coverage rate 61.2 2018 up 3.2% 16th Employment in STEM occupations 2,396 2025 up 35.3% 7th ← Previous Page 7 of 8 Next →