Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

Overview

EMPLOYED

243,500

PART-TIME SHARE

22%

WORKFORCE SHARE

1.7%

FEMALE SHARE

48%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,578

MEDIAN AGE

41

About this data

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services is a small employing industry. Around 1.7% 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 $1,578 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,700.

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    Employment

    Employment in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry grew over the 20 years to February 2025.
    The number of workers grew by 10,500 (or 4.5%) 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, Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Employment
    181500
    183600
    185600
    187400
    189200
    190700
    192000
    193100
    194000
    194600
    194900
    195000
    194900
    194700
    194300
    194000
    193700
    193500
    193600
    193900
    194400
    195100
    195900
    196800
    197700
    198600
    199400
    200300
    201100
    201800
    202500
    203200
    204000
    204900
    205900
    206800
    207700
    208500
    209200
    209700
    210100
    210400
    210600
    210800
    210800
    210800
    210700
    210700
    210600
    210600
    210600
    210700
    210700
    210800
    210900
    211000
    211100
    211400
    211600
    212000
    212400
    213000
    213600
    214300
    215200
    216200
    217200
    218100
    219100
    220200
    221300
    222600
    224200
    226000
    228100
    230400
    233000
    235700
    238300
    240900
    243500

    Sectors

    Real Estate Services is the largest sector in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services industry, employing 160,400 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
    Real Estate Services 160400
    Property Operators 41900
    Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 24500
    Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring 11500
    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, 2024, 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
    1311Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Manager
    5121Office Managers
    2211Accountants
    5511Accounting Clerks
    6219Other Sales Assistants and Salespersons
    5421Receptionists
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