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Jobs and Skills Australia’s (JSA) Gen AI Capacity Study is the first national, whole-of-labour-market study focused on the potential opportunities and challenges of Gen AI for Australia’s workforce.
The Study finds that Gen AI is more likely to augment human work than replace it. While AI may automate routine tasks, its greatest potential lies in enhancing productivity, reshaping how we work, and unlocking new opportunities economy wide. The Study provides options for labour market actors to navigate a digital and AI Transition over the medium term.
Report, Analysis Papers & Case Studies Released
The Overarching Report (released on 14/8) presents the Study findings and recommendations on Australia's experiences, opportunities and challenges with Gen AI and the implications for policy.
Key findings include:
- Gen AI is more likely to augment jobs than replace them.
- AI adoption is early and varies across industries, with many workers using tools independently in their work.
- The impact of AI will vary across occupations, industries, regions and groups of people.
- Ensuring that we have the right skills will be essential.
The compendium of five Analysis Papers (released on 2/9) provides detailed evidence on the Study findings in the Overarching Report in our first release. These papers cover the discrete, including novel, quantitative and qualitative analyses JSA undertook across five themes – exposure, adoption, adaptation, labour market dynamism and skills.
The compendium of Case Studies in this release provides useful experiences and perspectives of how work and skills might adapt.
Accompanying Data Releases and Chart Packs are available below and for download.
The third and final release from this study (30/9) includes non-market, cohort & intersectional analysis, as well as any technical matters. Our final Case Studies will also be included, with a focus on adoption and hybrid co-design in the non-market sector.
Interactive Data – Exposures & Labour Market Insights
Our analysis considers all parts of the labour market and what working with technology might mean across different occupations, industries and skills system parts. Explore our Australia-first analysis below.
Our whole-of-market lens shows where and how broadly AI could reshape skills, job groups, and sectors. Explore in our charts:
- Exposure patterns by job group, job type, and sector, pinpointing where working with technology could evolve the most
- Skill category breakdowns, distinguishing AI-specific, AI-specialist, and AI-adjacent skills
- Sector-level differences, showing how AI-related skills are distributed across industries with different adoption pathways
- Educational perspectives – how FoEs and VET groupings are mapping to labour market outcomes.
Case studies
Insights from case studies, at organisational and individual levels, are a critical input for the Gen AI Capacity Study and complement the extensive quantitative analysis. Case studies are scheduled for Detailed and Final Releases. In the Study, the case studies:
- provide concrete examples that illustrate the applied implications of AI that cannot be obtained from quantitative data
- capture a diversity of views and experiences that quantitative data might miss, including those of employers, workers, and key groups of people of interest
- validate and enrich the findings from quantitative research methods.
Detailed Data Release
Download all the detailed data behind our Gen AI Study. The Detailed Data Release supersedes all Headline Data Release items.
From Commissioner Barney Glover
Public Engagement
The Study has engaged with over 150 stakeholders and participants to whom we are extremely grateful for their generous contributions to this landmark study. This study's consultation hub was open from March until May 2025 to seek responses to a list of key questions. Thank you to all who made a submission.
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For assistance, please email: AICapacityStudy@jobsandskills.gov.au