ANZSCO 7123

Engineering Production Workers

Overview

Employed

20,100

Part-time share

9%

Female share

9%

Median weekly earnings

$1,656

Median age

41

Annual employment growth

-400

Summary

Engineering Production Workers perform a range of production process tasks to refine and treat metals and mineral ore, fire ceramics, and operate plant to produce and finish metal products such as rods, tubing and structural shapes, and moulds for casting.

Tasks

  • Interpreting engineering production drawings
  • Setting up, operating and adjusting production plant to shape metal stock and castings and cut sheet metal
  • Operating welding and electroplating plant
  • Operating furnaces and quenching plant to smelt and change the structure of metals
  • Using kilns and ovens to fire ceramics
  • Processing mineral ore and operating metal rolling plant
  • Casting molten metal and operating plant to draw metal wire through dies
  • Operating computer-controlled production plant

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
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    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2025, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
    Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Engineering Production Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 91% 69%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 44 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,656 $1,852
    Median hourly earnings $39 $47

    Industries

    Engineering Production Workers work in industries like:

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    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2025, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    31.7%

    Victoria

    17.5%

    Queensland

    18.3%

    South Australia

    10.5%

    Tasmania

    4.0%

    Northern Territory

    0.5%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.7%

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    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2026, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
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    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2025, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Engineering Production Workers All Occupations
    Median age 41 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 9% 48%
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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Engineering Production Workers
    15–19 5.2 2.1
    20–24 9.1 7.0
    25–34 22.7 20.0
    35–44 22.3 22.0
    45–54 20.4 24.6
    55–59 8.8 12.4
    60–64 6.5 8.4
    65 and Over 4.9 3.7

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Engineering Production Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 1.6
    Bachelor degree 23.2 5.6
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 6.9
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 33.6
    Year 12 15.9 20.0
    Year 11 4.0 7.0
    Year 10 and below 9.7 20.6
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.