Australia
AU desk: Australia first; New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Korea and Taiwan alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.90% |
| 2024 | 83.78% |
| 2023 | 83.66% |
| 2022 | 83.48% |
| 2021 | 83.21% |
| 2020 | 83.30% |
| 2019 | 83.19% |
| 2018 | 83.38% |
| 2017 | 83.12% |
| 2016 | 83.04% |
| 2015 | 83.39% |
| 2014 | 83.40% |
| 2013 | 83.17% |
| 2012 | 83.33% |
| 2011 | 82.42% |
| 2010 | 82.83% |
| 2009 | 82.59% |
| 2008 | 83.50% |
| 2007 | 82.99% |
| 2006 | 81.28% |
| 2005 | 81.17% |
| 2004 | 80.25% |
| 2003 | 80.93% |
| 2002 | 79.80% |
Wage and salaried workers (SL.EMP.WORK.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) are employees as a share of total employment — people who work for a wage or salary. Latest: 83.90% in 2025.
The complement is mostly self-employment and contributing family work. It says nothing about the size of the pay packet. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 83.90% (2025), previous year 83.78% (2024); low 78.03% (1993), high 83.90% (2025).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).