Industries with the Highest Growth in Employment in Australia in 2025

• 1. Artificial Intelligence in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 24.5%

  The industry has seen surging growth in recent years. Strong AI investments in the mid- to late 2010s saw a raft of new companies enter the industry. Many of these companies have now entered commerciality and begun generating meaningful revenue. ChatGPT’s public release has also supported the industry, pushing AI’s capabilities into the public consciousness and encouraging companies to actively explore how they can integrate AI into their operations. Overall, industry revenue is expected to g...

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• 2. Online Event Ticket Sales in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 20.4%

  The Online Event Ticket Sales industry suffered a significant downturn during the pandemic, with a major drop in ticket sales. However, as constraints eased in 2021-22, revenue began to recover thanks to consumers returning to live events. Record crowd attendance at various sporting events in 2023 and 2024 has partly driven this resurgence. The return of international performers like Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay to Australian shores has also boosted concert ticket sales significantly...

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• 3. Software Publishing in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 17.4%

  The industry has been catapulted forwards through an increasingly digitised society and the successful leveraging of the software as a service (SaaS) business model. Revenue is expected to have grown at an annualised 11.0% over the five years through 2024-25, with an anticipated rise of 11.9% in 2024-25 alone, hitting $8.34 billion. Atlassian, the industry's largest player, has boosted its revenue significantly by providing enterprise software products like Jira, Trello and Confluence with th...

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• 4. Health and Wellness Spas in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 16.8%

  The Health and Wellness Spas industry is experiencing growth driven by several key factors. Increasing household discretionary income has allowed consumers to spend more on luxury spa treatments and comprehensive wellness experiences, boosting demand significantly. Simultaneously, domestic and international tourism growth has contributed to higher footfall in destination spas and specialised retreats, enhancing revenue streams and profit margins. Corporate demand for wellness services continu...

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• 5. Plastic Flooring and Other Polymer Product Manufacturing in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 14.4%

  The Plastic Flooring and Other Polymer Product Manufacturing industry has encountered several challenges over the past five years, marked by fluctuating demand, particularly from the construction and mining sectors. A downturn in both residential construction and mining activities has led to a contraction in revenue, while construction companies' shift towards prefabricated construction methods has reduced on-site polymer product demand. These factors, combined with high import competition an...

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• 6. Sports Administrative Services in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 14.3%

  The Sports Administrative Services industry has capitalised on the surging value of broadcast rights. TV broadcasters, pay TV providers and streaming services have intensely competed for exclusive access to the rights to broadcast live sporting events, especially for popular national competitions like the NRL or the AFL. Over the past decade, Increasingly competitive bidding processes have driven up the price of broadcast agreements, which has driven revenue growth in the industry as a whole....

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• 7. Uranium Mining in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 14.3%

  Despite holding over 30.0% of the world's uranium deposits, Australia accounts for only 8.0% of global uranium production, making it the fourth largest producer. Australia's reserves include the single largest orebody of uranium, located at Olympic Dam, South Australia. The site primarily produces copper, with gold and uranium harvested as byproducts. Currently, the mine, operated by BHP, can produce 4,600 tonnes of uranium, dwarfing that of Four Mile, operated by Heathgate, and Honeymoon, th...

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• 8. Digital Advertising Agencies in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 13.7%

  Digital advertising services’ popularity continues to surge with strong demand for online marketing solutions among both private and public sector organisations. Leaps and bounds in the number of firms providing these services to clients have supported this growth. Businesses and other organisations have become increasingly aware that digital marketing can hone in on their key markets more effectively than traditional print and TV advertising. Overall, industry revenue is expected to strength...

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• 9. Telehealth in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 13.4%

  The Telehealth Services industry’s performance has slumped compared to its performance in the 2019-20 base year. Revenue is expected to have fallen at an annualised 20.7% over the five years through 2024-25. This overall plummet is because lockdowns and travel restrictions, which forced Australians to use telehealth instead of regular face-to-face consultations, caused revenue to surge to unprecedented, unsustainable highs. Revenue for telehealth service providers plunged in 2021-22 as pandem...

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• 10. Online Shoe Sales in Australia

  Employment Growth for 2025: 12.9%

  The Online Shoe Sales industry has expanded significantly over the past five years. Online footwear stores have benefited from consumers seeking choice and value when making discretionary purchases. Widespread economic uncertainty has contributed to volatile consumer sentiment over the period, prompting many households to scale back expenditure on non-essential items by postponing purchases or opting for inexpensive alternatives. As a result, many consumers have increasingly turned to online ...

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