Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services

Overview

EMPLOYED

216,300

PART-TIME SHARE

10%

WORKFORCE SHARE

1.5%

FEMALE SHARE

28%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$2,134

MEDIAN AGE

41

About this data

Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services is a small employing industry. Around 1.5% of workers have their main job in this industry.

This industry includes:

  • electricity generation, transmission and distribution
  • gas supply through mains systems
  • water storage, treatment, supply and drainage
  • sewerage and waste collection, treatment and disposal.

Median earnings are $2,134 per week, higher than all industries median earnings of $1,741.

Details

On this page

    Employment

    Employment in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services industry grew over the 20 years to February 2026.
    The number of workers grew by 16,600 (or 8.3%) over the last year.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2026, 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, Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services Employment
    102400
    104200
    106000
    107900
    109800
    111800
    113900
    116000
    118200
    120500
    122700
    124900
    127000
    129100
    131000
    132900
    134800
    136500
    138000
    139500
    140800
    141900
    142900
    143700
    144400
    144900
    145200
    145500
    145600
    145700
    145700
    145600
    145400
    145200
    145000
    144800
    144500
    144300
    144200
    144000
    143900
    143900
    144000
    144100
    144300
    144700
    145000
    145500
    146000
    146500
    147100
    147700
    148300
    148900
    149500
    150200
    151000
    151800
    152700
    153700
    154800
    156100
    157600
    159300
    161200
    163300
    165600
    168100
    170900
    173900
    177100
    180500
    184100
    187800
    191700
    195600
    199700
    203800
    207900
    212100
    216300

    Sectors

    Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services is the largest sector in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services industry, employing 42,200 workers.

    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2026, 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
    Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 42200
    Electricity Distribution 32100
    Electricity Generation 32000
    Waste Collection Services 27100
    Waste Treatment, Disposal and Remediation Services 15900
    Gas Supply 11000
    On Selling Electricity and Electricity Market Operation 8900
    Electricity Transmission 7800

    Occupations

    Truck Drivers is the largest employing occupation in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services industry.

    The 10 largest employing occupations are shown below.

    Some occupations are common across a number of industries.

    Largest employing occupations

    On this page

      Data Downloads

      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 - February 2026.xlsx

      industry_data_-_february_2026.xlsx123358

      Download