Employment slowdown to hit blue collar workers hardest in Australia.

Blue collar workers in Australia face a sharper employment slowdown than white collar and human services workers, according to Deloitte Access Economics. In 2023/24, the blue collar workforce is expected to grow by 2.7% (99,200 workers), but the pace of growth will stall to 0.3% (10,000 workers) in 2024/25. In contrast, white collar employment growth is expected to ease from a 2.5% lift (128,600 workers) in 2023/24 to 1.5% (78,200 workers) in 2024/25. Looking over the next decade, both the the human services and the white collar workforces are expected to outpace blue collar domains due to the ongoing shift towards services and knowledge-based work.

February 18, 2024
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