Job Projections to May 2035

Jobs Projections to May 2035

The recently published ten-year employment projections by Jobs and Skills Australia’s (JSA)   makes for informative reading.  The long-term structural shift in employment growth towards services-related industries is projected to continue over the next 5 and 10 years. [Figure 1]

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Figure 2

The table above [Figure 2] provides Industry - Employment Projections nationally, and a couple of factors are worth focusing on:

• Health Care and Social Assistance continues to be the largest employing industry 
• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services is predicted to be the second-largest employing industry

With this in mind, it is important to note that, in recent years, most employment growth has been seen in jobs that typically require post-secondary qualifications.  The 2025 projections suggest that this trend will continue, with more than 90% of the employment growth over the next 10 years in these occupations (skill levels 1 to 4).