Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates

Latest release

Experimental estimates of quarterly tourism jobs by tourism-related industries

Reference period

March 2025

Released

13/06/2025

Key statistics

In March quarter 2025, there were 706,400 tourism jobs. This was:

4,000 (-0.6%) less jobs than December quarter 2024
20,700 (3.0%) more jobs than March quarter 2024
1 in 23 (4.4%) filled jobs in the economy.

Change in number and percentage of jobs
	Mar-25	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	706,400	-4,000	-0.6	20,700	3.0
Whole economy jobs	15,934,100	-118,900	-0.7	306,500	2.0

Filled jobs

All references to "jobs" are referring to "filled jobs" unless otherwise specified. All data in this publication is original series. For information on the various measures of jobs, refer to Methodology.

Tourism jobs
Quarter	Tourism ('000)	Whole economy ('000)
Mar-19	631.4	13,856.5
Jun-19	625.5	13,889.9
Sep-19	650.7	13,968.3
Dec-19	681.6	14,157.1
Mar-20	522.9	14,019.0
Jun-20	335.5	13,173.8
Sep-20	384.9	13,484.2
Dec-20	395.4	13,996.8
Mar-21	399.2	14,046.5
Jun-21	400.7	14,185.2
Sep-21	336.9	13,808.8
Dec-21	414.2	14,552.7
Mar-22	473.5	14,578.5
Jun-22	502.1	14,848.3
Sep-22	589.1	14,881.8
Dec-22	671.4	15,232.9
Mar-23	691.0	15,298.3
Jun-23	667.5	15,389.2
Sep-23	708.8	15,411.5
Dec-23	695.9	15,643.9
Mar-24	685.7	15,627.6
Jun-24	671.8	15,670.9
Sep-24	687.2	15,794.3
Dec-24	710.4	16,053.0
Mar-25	706.4	15,934.1

Tourism jobs

["Quarter","Tourism","Whole economy"]

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry
	Mar-25	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	129,600	4,300	3.4	17,700	15.8
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	206,400	-3,000	-1.4	-2,500	-1.2
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	41,400	-2,500	-5.7	-500	-1.2
Road passenger transport and transport equipment rental	24,400	-400	-1.6	1,400	6.1
Air, water and other passenger transport	32,300	400	1.3	-3,200	-9.0
Travel agency and information centre services	27,200	-2,100	-7.2	-900	-3.2
Cultural services	11,800	-400	-3.3	-2,700	-18.6
Casinos and other gambling services	2,200	0	0.0	-300	-12.0
Sports and recreation services	37,300	100	0.3	-2,000	-5.1
Retail trade	122,600	-3,500	-2.8	2,100	1.7
Education and training	56,200	3,300	6.2	11,300	25.2
All other industries	15,000	-100	-0.7	300	2.0

In March quarter 2025, 7 of the 12 tourism industries recorded a fall in jobs. The largest decreases were in:

Retail trade: down 3,500 (-2.8%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: down 3,000 (-1.4%)
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars: down 2,500 (-5.7%)
Travel agency and information centre services: down 2,100 (-7.2%).

These were mostly offset by increases in:

Accommodation: up 4,300 (3.4%)
Education and training: up 3,300 (6.2%).

The 3.0% increase in jobs from March quarter 2024 to March quarter 2025 was driven by increases in 5 of the 12 tourism industries, the largest being:

Accommodation: up 17,700 (15.8%)
Education and training: up 11,300 (25.2%).

These were partially offset by decreases in:

Air, water and other passenger transport: down 3,200 (-9.0%)
Cultural services: down 2,700 (-18.6%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: down 2,500 (-1.2%).

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment
	Mar-25	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	359,400	500	0.1	16,000	4.7
Part-time	347,000	-4,400	-1.3	4,600	1.3

Tourism jobs by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Mar-19	324.5	306.9
Jun-19	308.1	317.4
Sep-19	324.3	326.4
Dec-19	344.6	337.0
Mar-20	267.6	255.2
Jun-20	182.4	153.1
Sep-20	182.7	202.3
Dec-20	185.6	209.7
Mar-21	195.8	203.4
Jun-21	191.8	208.9
Sep-21	160.8	176.2
Dec-21	204.5	209.7
Mar-22	238.5	235.0
Jun-22	253.5	248.6
Sep-22	293.5	295.6
Dec-22	342.6	328.8
Mar-23	357.8	333.2
Jun-23	330.3	337.2
Sep-23	352.4	356.4
Dec-23	353.1	342.8
Mar-24	343.4	342.4
Jun-24	335.9	336.0
Sep-24	343.5	343.7
Dec-24	358.9	351.4
Mar-25	359.4	347.0

Tourism jobs by full-time and part-time employment

["Quarter","Full-time","Part-time"]

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex
	Mar-25	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	327,500	10,400	3.3	7,500	2.3
Female	378,900	-14,400	-3.7	13,200	3.6

Tourism jobs by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Mar-19	285.5	345.9
Jun-19	283.9	341.6
Sep-19	289.2	361.5
Dec-19	304.0	377.7
Mar-20	234.8	288.0
Jun-20	158.2	177.4
Sep-20	181.0	204.0
Dec-20	186.8	208.6
Mar-21	193.4	205.8
Jun-21	187.6	213.1
Sep-21	160.8	176.1
Dec-21	189.9	224.3
Mar-22	214.3	259.3
Jun-22	226.3	275.7
Sep-22	264.4	324.7
Dec-22	308.1	363.3
Mar-23	315.4	375.6
Jun-23	304.3	363.2
Sep-23	317.7	391.0
Dec-23	316.3	379.6
Mar-24	320.0	365.7
Jun-24	314.6	357.2
Sep-24	323.1	364.1
Dec-24	317.1	393.3
Mar-25	327.5	378.9

Tourism jobs by sex

["Quarter","Male","Female"]

[["Mar-19","Jun-19","Sep-19","Dec-19","Mar-20","Jun-20","Sep-20","Dec-20","Mar-21","Jun-21","Sep-21","Dec-21","Mar-22","Jun-22","Sep-22","Dec-22","Mar-23","Jun-23","Sep-23","Dec-23","Mar-24","Jun-24","Sep-24","Dec-24","Mar-25"],[[285.5],[283.89999999999998],[289.19999999999999],[304],[234.80000000000001],[158.19999999999999],[181],[186.80000000000001],[193.40000000000001],[187.59999999999999],[160.80000000000001],[189.90000000000001],[214.30000000000001],[226.30000000000001],[264.39999999999998],[308.10000000000002],[315.39999999999998],[304.30000000000001],[317.69999999999999],[316.30000000000001],[320],[314.60000000000002],[323.10000000000002],[317.10000000000002],[327.5]],[[345.89999999999998],[341.60000000000002],[361.5],[377.69999999999999],[288],[177.40000000000001],[204],[208.59999999999999],[205.80000000000001],[213.09999999999999],[176.09999999999999],[224.30000000000001],[259.30000000000001],[275.69999999999999],[324.69999999999999],[363.30000000000001],[375.60000000000002],[363.19999999999999],[391],[379.60000000000002],[365.69999999999999],[357.19999999999999],[364.10000000000002],[393.30000000000001],[378.89999999999998]]]

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Sex by full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex by full-time and part-time employment
	Mar-25	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time: male	190,500	1,600	0.8	2,300	1.2
Full-time: female	168,900	-1,100	-0.6	13,700	8.8
Part-time: male	137,000	8,800	6.9	5,200	3.9
Part-time: female	210,000	-13,200	-5.9	-500	-0.2

The decrease in March quarter 2025 was the result of 13,200 less jobs held by females working part-time, largely offset by 8,800 more jobs held by males working part-time.

The increase from March quarter 2024 to March quarter 2025 was the result of 13,700 more jobs held by females working full-time and 5,200 more jobs held by males working part-time.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5249.0.55.005.

Methodology

Scope

Tourism-related jobs with a direct impact on tourism activity. A direct impact occurs where there is a direct relationship (physical and economic) between a visitor and the producer of a good or service.

Geography

National

Source

Employment ratios from the 2023-24 Tourism Satellite Account applied to job numbers from the Australian Labour Account.

Collection method

Data compiled from various sources

Concepts, sources and methods

Tourism statistics are built in line with the concepts and methods in the Manuals on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts

History of changes

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