Anticipating Future Skills Series 6 – coming soon

Jobs Queensland will soon release the next instalment in its Anticipating Future Skills (AFS) series providing detailed employment projections to help understand Queensland’s future labour market.

Highlights include:

• Between 2024-25 and 2028-29 employment in Queensland is projected to increase by 6.2%, more than 185,000 workers.
• Over the same period, more than 250,000 workers are needed to replace Queenslanders who retire or change jobs.
• In total, there are more than 430,000 job opportunities expected in Queensland in the near future.
• The top 10 industries with growing skills needs between 2024-25 to 2028-29 are:
  • Health care and social assistance
  • Public administration and safety
  • Education and training
  • Professional, science and technical services
  • Retail trade
  • Accommodation and food services
  • Construction
  • Transport, postal and warehousing
  • Manufacturing
  • other services
• Data also indicates strong jobs growth across several Queensland regions, with the fastest growth to occur in:
  • Moreton Bay – North (9.3%)
  • Logan – Beaudesert (7.4%)
  • Ipswich (7.4%)
  • Gold Coast (7.0%).

The full data set will be available soon from this website.

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