Connecting for impact - The Jobs and Skills Report 2025
The Jobs and Skills Report 2025 – Connecting for Impact: Aligning Productivity, Participation and Skills offers clear, evidence-based insights into Australia’s evolving workforce.
The report explores how productivity and participation are shaped by shifting skill demands, technological change, and structural barriers, identifying where better alignment between education, migration and workforce planning can deliver stronger, fairer outcomes.
JSA highlights the need to unlock inclusive participation and modernise skills pathways. Key findings include improved employment and income outcomes after partial or full completion of VET training, service industries have driven nearly 90% of employment growth over the past decade, and Gen AI is augmenting, not replacing, work, lifting demand for digital literacy and ‘human’ skills.
With growing public engagement and global partnerships, JSA’s insights are shaping national policy and helping Australia build a more inclusive, productive and future-ready workforce.
For more information, download the factsheets and the full report below.