. The number of people in more than one job in Australia reached 1 million in June 2026. This is 6.9 per cent of the total number of people in employment, which is the highest rate ever, according to the official data.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the number of people working more than one job increased by from 984,200 in March{{{}{{} to 6.6. During this period, 14.1 million people were employed in the same job.

According to statistics, women are more likely than men to do more than one job. Among the women in employment, 7.7 percent are working more than one job, while the rate for men is 6.2 percent.

According to the age group, the rate of more than one worker in the age group of 20 to 24 years is the highest 1.2 percent. Similarly, among people 65 years of age or older, only 3.1 percent are working more than one.

From 1994 to 2019, the rate of more than one employment in Australia was generally between 5 and 6 per cent. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, this rate declined by .

The number of and after the pandemic {{} is increasing again. Since June 2022, this rate has been 6.4 percent or higher, and in June 2026, a new record of 6.9 percent was set. According to the data for March, people working more than one job worked an average of 39.3 hours in all their jobs. The average weekly work time of a person doing the same job was 34.8 hours. The data also showed that the trend of working more than one job was higher in regional and rural areas of Australia than in the capital cities.