ANZSCO 8413

Forestry and Logging Workers

Overview

EMPLOYED

2,400

PART-TIME SHARE

25%

FEMALE SHARE

21%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

30

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

200

About this data

Summary

Forestry and Logging Workers perform routine tasks associated in cultivating and maintaining natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees. Tree Surgeons not included here, they are included under Gardeners.

Tasks

  • Maintaining forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment
  • Killing weeds, felling and de-barking non-productive trees and thinning young plantations
  • Collecting seeds, and cultivating and planting seedlings for reafforestation purposes
  • Applying fertilisers, insecticides and herbicides to individual trees and general forest areas
  • Maintaining look-out for fires in forests
  • Removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
  • Assisting with loading and transporting logs
  • Planning the felling of trees and determining the natural and intended fall of each tree
  • Clearing surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling
  • Operating and maintaining manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2024, 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 2023, 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 Forestry and Logging Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 75% 69%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 45 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week N/A $1,697
    Median hourly earnings N/A $43

    Industries

    Forestry and Logging Workers work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2024, 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

    35.9%

    Victoria

    12.1%

    Queensland

    4.2%

    South Australia

    23.9%

    Tasmania

    10.0%

    Northern Territory

    4.2%

    Australian Capital Territory

    5.2%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, February 2025, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2024, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Forestry and Logging Workers All Occupations
    Median age 30 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 21% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Forestry and Logging Workers
    15–19 5.2 5.8
    20–24 9.1 13.6
    25–34 22.7 27.5
    35–44 22.3 16.6
    45–54 20.4 16.7
    55–59 8.8 8.6
    60–64 6.5 6.6
    65 and Over 4.9 4.8

    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 Forestry and Logging Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 1.3
    Bachelor degree 23.2 6.5
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 5.6
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 24.5
    Year 12 15.9 18.9
    Year 11 4.0 7.5
    Year 10 and below 9.7 29.7
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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.