Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

Overview

EMPLOYED

226,200

PART-TIME SHARE

24%

WORKFORCE SHARE

1.5%

FEMALE SHARE

48%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,700

MEDIAN AGE

42

About this data

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services is a small employing industry. Around 1.5% of workers have their main job in this industry.

Businesses in this industry are mainly involved in activities like:

  • renting, hiring, or allowing the use of assets
  • real estate services such as selling, renting and buying real estate for clients
  • managing real estate for clients
  • appraising real estate.

Median earnings are $1,700 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,741.

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    Employment

    Employment in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry grew over the 20 years to February 2026.
    The number of workers fell by 4,300 (or -1.9%) 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, Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Employment
    188100
    189800
    191300
    192600
    193700
    194500
    195100
    195400
    195500
    195400
    195100
    194800
    194400
    194100
    193900
    194000
    194300
    194800
    195500
    196300
    197200
    198100
    199000
    199900
    200700
    201500
    202300
    203000
    203800
    204600
    205600
    206600
    207600
    208600
    209500
    210200
    210800
    211300
    211600
    211900
    212100
    212100
    212100
    212100
    212100
    212000
    212000
    212100
    212100
    212200
    212300
    212500
    212600
    212900
    213200
    213600
    214000
    214600
    215300
    216100
    217000
    218100
    219200
    220300
    221400
    222400
    223300
    224200
    225200
    226200
    227200
    228200
    229200
    230000
    230600
    230800
    230500
    229800
    228800
    227600
    226200

    Sectors

    Real Estate Services is the largest sector in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry, employing 147,500 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
    Real Estate Services 147500
    Property Operators 38400
    Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 26600
    Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring 12300
    Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except Copyrights) Leasing 100
    Farm Animal and Bloodstock Leasing 100

    Occupations

    Real Estate Sales Agents is the largest employing occupation in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate 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, 2025, four-quarter average data, customised report.
    ANZSCO CodeOccupation title
    6121Real Estate Sales Agents
    1499Other Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers
    2245Land Economists and Valuers
    5311General Clerks
    2211Accountants
    5121Office Managers
    1311Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Manager
    5421Receptionists
    5211Personal Assistants
    3232Metal Fitters and Machinists
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      • industry overview
      • industry employment (20-year time series)
      • industry sector employment
      • top employing occupations by industry.

       

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