June 2024 | Hourly Work Index 🕓
Australia
The "Hourly Work Index" by Deputy is a detailed look into the state of hourly work across various industries in Australia. Deputy's unique data on timesheets, hours worked, average shift lengths, and other relevant metrics provides real-time insights into the jobs market, the economy, industry challenges, business confidence and trends impacting demographics within the shift / hourly worker community.
Healthcare 🧑⚕️
Avg Shifts Worked | MoM Shifts Worked | Avg Hours worked | MoM Hours Worked | Average Shift Length |
14.15 🔽 | -11.87% 🔽 | 106.73 🔽 | -11.18% 🔽 | 6.93 🔽 |
New Hires | Turnover | Predictable Scheduling | Average Shift-pay | Average Hourly Pay |
-81.34% 🔽 | -39.25% 🔽 | 🔼 20.98 | 🔼 $217.71 | $33.78 🔽 |
In the Healthcare sector Generation X are the highest earners by average pay per shift of ($245.63), up 2.9% MoM. However, Baby Boomers earn the most per hour ($38.80), up 1.20% MoM. Millennials have an average pay per shift of $241.66, up 2.57% MoM, and an average hourly pay of $36.59 (up 2.57% MoM). Generation Z earn significantly less than the three previous generations with an average pay per shift of $196.91 (up 2.47% MoM), and an average hourly pay of $31.51 (up 2.74% MoM).
Hospitality 🧑🍳
Avg Shifts worked | MoM Shifts Worked | Avg Hours worked | MoM Hours Worked | Average Shift Length |
35.59 🔽 | -6.22% 🔽 | 249.73 🔽 | -5.35% 🔽 | 6.77 🔽 |
New Hires | Turnover | Predictable Scheduling | Average Shift-pay | Average Hourly Pay |
-77.53% 🔽 | -49.33% 🔽 | 🔼 11.83 | 🔼 $169.09 | 🔼 $27.63 |
In Hospitality, Generation X are the highest earners by average pay per shift ($193.96), up 2.51% MoM. However, Baby Boomers earn the most per hour ($32.44), up 3.43% MoM. Millennials have an average pay per shift of $183.38 (up 3.5% MoM) and an average hourly pay of $27.8 (up 3.61% MoM). Generation Z earn significantly less both for average pay per shift ($159.25, up 3.32% MoM) and for average hourly pay ($26.94, up 2.99% MoM).
Retail 🧑💻
Avg Shifts worked | MoM Shifts Worked | Avg Hours worked | MoM Hours Worked | Average Shift Length |
15.79 🔽 | -8.93% 🔽 | 115.03 🔽 | -7.74% 🔽 | 6.88 🔽 |
New Hires | Turnover | Predictable Scheduling | Average Shift-pay | Average Hourly Pay |
-80.01% 🔽 | -54.42% 🔽 | 🔼 16.9 | 🔼 $177.27 | 🔼 $28.28 |
In Retail, Generation X are the highest earners by average pay per shift ($201.15), up 3.75% MoM and by average hourly pay ($30.31, up 3.62% MoM). Baby Boomers have an average pay per shift of $198.61 (up 2.22% MoM) and an average hourly pay of $30.23 (up 2.42% MoM). Millennials have an average pay per shift of $199.71 (up 1.88% MoM) and an average hourly pay of $29.76 (up 1.82% MoM). Generation Z earn significantly less both for average timesheet pay ($161.17, up 3.08% MoM) and for average hourly pay ($26.91 , up 2.99% MoM).
Services 🧑🔧
Avg Shifts worked | MoM Shifts Worked | Avg Hours Worked | MoM Hours Worked | Average Shift Length |
19.79 🔽 | -11.51% 🔽 | 143.85 🔽 | -10.12% 🔽 | 6.88 🔽 |
New Hires | Turnover | Predictable Scheduling | Average Shift-pay | Average Hourly Pay |
-82.54% 🔽 | -62.52% 🔽 | 🔼 16.06 | 🔼 $190.86 | 🔼 $31.78 |
In Services, Generation X earns the most with an average pay per shift of $203.87, up 0.50% MoM. However, Baby Boomers earn the most per hour at $33.87 (up 3.49% MoM). Millennials have an average pay per shift of $200.27 (up 1.81% MoM) and an average hourly pay of $32.62 (up 2.83% MoM). Generation Z earns significantly less with an average pay per shift of $176.87 (up 2.55% MoM) and an average hourly pay of $29.85 (up 2.99% MoM).
Sector Spotlight 💡
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While Predictable Scheduling and Average shift pay increased across every parent industry in June, the average number of shifts and hours worked decreased significantly. As such, Deputy’s data indicates that workers across all major shift work industries earned less during the month of June than they did in May. Similarly, the average shift length across all sectors decreased, indicating a rising trend of underemployment across Australian shift work industries.
Economic Impact 🇦🇺
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💬 Commentary
Deputy’s June Jobs Report for Australia highlights critical condition of the local hospitality sector finds itself in. The average number of shifts worked decreased by 6.22% and average hours worked dropped by 5.35% month on month. Notably, Generation Z workers in hospitality are facing significant cost of living challenges, with an average hourly pay of $26.94, significantly lower than their Baby Boomer counterparts who by contrast earned $32.44 per hour. It's a generational pay gap that highlights the unprecedented economic pressure currently impacting younger workers.
While average pay per shift and hour increased across almost all major shift work sectors, our data indicates that shift workers are actually earning less than they did in May due to a significant decrease in the average number of shifts and hours worked. Despite this downward trend in hours worked, we know shift workers are seeking more consistent hours. Previous data from Deputy’s Big Shift Report has highlighted the growing trend of poly-employment — where shift workers are taking on multiple jobs across the same or different industries as a way to make ends meet.
About Deputy
Deputy is the global people platform for hourly work. Its intuitive software strengthens employer-employee connections, streamlines compliance obligations, and revolutionises how hourly workers and businesses operate together, creating thriving workplaces. Over 330,000 workplaces use Deputy to create better work-life experiences for 1.4 million scheduled workers globally. Visit Deputy, or find us on Twitter, Facebook, the App Store, or Google Play for more information.
The Data
The “Hourly Work Index” is produced by Deputy the global people platform for hourly work, utilising anonymised and aggregated Deputy customer and user data. This data has been normalised to account for seasonality and demand of workforce fluctuations throughout the week (e.g. weekday vs. weekends). 4.8 million shifts and 33 million hours from 656,625 shift workers in Australia were analysed to create this report.
