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Bank Workers

Bank Workers receive deposits and pay out money in financial and commercial institutions, keep records of transactions, issue receipts and cash cheques.

Business & adminLicensed workANZSCO 5521
$1,610/wkMedian full-time pay
39kPeople employed
+8% ▲Growth to 2035
77%Work full time
37Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 5521.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

greeting customers, identifying their needs and answering customer inquiriesensuring customers' forms are filled in correctly and checking customers' identificationaccepting cash and cheques deposited by customers, verifying records and receipts, and crediting customers' accountspaying money to customers according to advice slips, cheques and negotiable documents, and debiting customers' accountsproviding change, cashing cheques and recording transactionsopening and closing accounts for customers
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 5521 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 3,600 more people in bank workers by 2035 ▲

The field shrank 5.2% in the year to February 2026, losing about 2,100 workers. Most of the jobs are in NSW and VIC, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 5521.More about our sources: How we check our facts
42.3k2025
43.3k2030 PROJ.
45.9k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

There is no single way in. 21% trained through VET, 39% hold a degree.

Both paths are common in this field. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 5521. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

FNS42022Certificate IV

Certificate IV in Banking Services

Financial Services Training Package · licensed work.

See 3 providers

Licensed work: several of these courses lead to work that also needs a state or territory licence. Training is the first step; licensing rules are set by each state.

Providers are shown in A-Z order on each course page. A listing is not a recommendation.

Jobs open right now

39k Australians do this work. See who is hiring this month.

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 5521.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

NSW16.2k
VIC12.6k
QLD4.6k
SA3.1k
WA1.9k
TAS0.5k
NT0.3k
ACT0.2k

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