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Occupations / Social Professionals

Social Professionals

Social Professionals research and study human behaviour, society and institutions from current and historical perspectives, and verbally render spoken statements, and transcribe text and recorded spoken material from one language into another.

Care & communityANZSCO 2724
$2,113/wkMedian full-time pay
16kPeople employed
+21% ▲Growth to 2035
60%Work full time
45Median 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 2724.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

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

assembling historical data by consulting sources of information such as historical indexes and catalogues, archives, court records, diaries, newspaper files and other materialsorganising, authenticating, evaluating and interpreting historical, political, sociological, anthropological and linguistic dataundertaking historical and cultural research into human activity, and preparing and presenting research findingsproviding simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another languagerendering the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style in a range of settings such as courts, hospitals, schools, workplaces and conferencesstudying original texts and transcripts of recorded spoken material to comprehend subject matter and translating them into another language
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 2724 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 3,400 more people in social professionals by 2035 ▲

The field grew 1.4% in the year to February 2026, adding about 200 workers. Most of the jobs are in VIC and NSW, 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 2724.More about our sources: How we check our facts
15.8k2025
17.6k2030 PROJ.
19.2k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

7 in ten people here have a degree. You can still get in without one.

17% came through a VET qualification. 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 2724. 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

PSP50922Diploma

Diploma of Interpreting

Public Sector Training Package.

See 14 providers
PSP60822Advanced Diploma

Advanced Diploma of Translating

Public Sector Training Package.

See 10 providers
PSP60922Advanced Diploma

Advanced Diploma of Interpreting

Public Sector Training Package.

See 3 providers
See all 9 mapped courses
PSP50922Diploma of Interpreting · 14 providers
PSP60822Advanced Diploma of Translating · 10 providers
PSP60922Advanced Diploma of Interpreting · 3 providers
PSP50822Diploma of Translating · 2 providers
11098NATCertificate II in Indigenous Translating · 1 provider
11250NATCertificate IV in Wellbeing Science · 1 provider
11338NATCertificate IV in Business and Personal Coaching · 1 provider
11144NATDiploma of Leadership Coaching and Mentoring · 1 provider
22626VICCertificate IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management · 0 providers

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

Jobs open right now

16k 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 2724.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

VIC6.4k
NSW3.8k
QLD2.1k
WA1.9k
ACT0.8k
SA0.5k
NT0.3k
TAS0.2k

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