Administrative and Support Services

EMPLOYED

428,000

PART-TIME SHARE

41%

WORKFORCE SHARE

2.9%

FEMALE SHARE

52%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,578

MEDIAN AGE

41

Around 2.9% 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 February 2025.
    The number of workers fell by 200 (or 0%) over the last year.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, May 2025, 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
    346000
    346500
    346900
    347200
    347400
    347600
    347800
    348000
    348300
    348700
    349300
    350100
    351300
    352900
    354900
    357400
    360200
    363300
    366600
    370000
    373400
    376600
    379600
    382300
    384700
    386700
    388400
    389700
    390800
    391600
    392400
    393100
    393800
    394600
    395700
    396900
    398400
    400100
    402100
    404300
    406600
    408800
    411000
    413000
    414700
    416100
    417200
    418000
    418700
    419400
    420100
    420800
    421600
    422400
    423300
    424000
    424500
    424700
    424600
    424200
    423700
    423300
    423100
    423000
    423100
    423400
    423900
    424500
    425100
    425700
    426200
    426600
    426900
    427300
    427600
    428000
    428200
    428300
    428300
    428200
    428000

    Sectors

    Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services is the largest sector in the Administrative and Support Services industry, employing 225,300 workers.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, May 2025, 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 225300
    Employment Services 85400
    Other Administrative Services 73000
    Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 39800
    Packaging Services 8300

    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 - May 2025.xlsx

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