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Australia: Employees by economic activity and occupation

12,406Persons, thousands · 2025+17.7% since 2015

ILOSTAT EES_TEES_ECO_OCU_NB. Employees by economic activity and occupation (Persons, thousands). Annual figures for Australia from 2001 to 2025.

20012025

Every year

YearValue (Persons, thousands)Note
202512,405.532
202412,188.572
202311,912.932
202211,467.662
202110,901.107
202010,546.17
201910,721.231
201810,499.782
201710,542.532
201610,206.36
201510,539.199
201410,352.989
201310,252.649
201210,125.363
20119,923.223
20109,705.255
20099,512.874
20089,452.726
20079,175.506
20068,842.143
20058,589.771
20048,274.475
20037,866.918
20027,622.528
20017,927.277

Source

Published by ILO, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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ILO (2026). Employees by economic activity and occupation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ilo-ees-tees-eco-ocu-nb-eco-aggregate-total-ocu-skill-total-ps-3 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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