The following abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations First Edition |
| ANZSCO Revision 1 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations First Edition Revision 1 |
| ANZSCO Version 1.2 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Version 1.2 (i.e. First Edition Revision 2) |
| ANZSCO Version 1.3 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Version 1.3 (i.e. First Edition Revision 3) |
| AQF | Australian Qualifications Framework |
| Aus | Australia |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| nec | not elsewhere classified |
| nfd | not further defined |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| NZQF | New Zealand Qualifications Framework |
| StatsNZ | Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa is New Zealand's official data agency |