2004 NSW Public Sector Workforce Profile

Central Council, 11 July 2005

Report adopted

The Premier's Department (Public Employment Office) has released the latest (2004) edition of the annual Workforce Profile. It is also available on-line at:
http://rrd.premiers.nsw.gov.au/rrd/public/WPOverview2004.pdf

The attached pages extracted from the body of the report summarises the "Main Features". It shows that overall employment levels have remained relatively stable with a 1.7% increase from June 2003 to June 2004. A quick synopsis of the Attached summary highlights the following trends:

• NSW public service employment represents 10.6% of the NSW labour force
• As at June 2004:

1. Total (FTE) staffing was 291,701 - a 1.7% increase from June 2003
2. Of total public sector employment:

   82.1%	Permanent
   8.7%	Temporary
   7.3%	Casual

3. Average remuneration for females was 89.2% of average remuneration for males which represents a slight closing of the gap recorded in the previous year
4. Other reporting categories included Region, Movement, Age, Gender and a new reporting category of "Occupational Group".

Of note is that there is still no information recording levels of labour hire employment in the NSW public sector.