Under Labor, the number of Australians working more than one job has passed one million for the first time on record, and it is women and young Australians who are having to work the hardest.
1,049,100 Australians worked more than one job in the June quarter 2026 and the multiple job-holding rate has climbed to the highest share on record.
The rate of women working more than one job has hit the highest level ever recorded, with new ABS figures released today showing one in thirteen employed women now hold multiple jobs.
More than one-in-nine workers aged 20-to-24 hold more than one job, also a record. The biggest increase since the change of government has been among 25-34 year olds, the generation facing the steepest rents and first mortgages in the aftermath of Labor's disastrous economic management.
Since the Coalition left office, 151,600 more Australians are working more than one job, an increase of 16.9 per cent.
Labour Account data released last week shows secondary jobs now make up a record 7.1 per cent of all filled jobs, and that 57 per cent of employment growth under Labor has been in the non-market sector of public administration, education and health.
Quotes attributable to the Deputy Leader, Senator Jane Hume:
"Under Labor, Australians are working harder than ever just to go backwards. More than one million Australians are now working multiple jobs just to make ends meet - that is not an economic success story, it is a cost of living crisis.
"When more than one in nine 20-to-24 year olds is working multiple jobs, and the rate for women has hit a record high, it shows the real human cost of Labor's economic mismanagement.
"Labor promised Australians they would be better off, but wages have gone backwards, housing costs have surged and now a record number of Australians are taking on a second job."
Quotes attributable to the Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson MP:
"More than one million Australians are now working two jobs to get by in the economy Labor built and to survive the Albanese active inflation agenda.
"The Albanese active inflation agenda has led to real wages going backwards by $1,600 a year under this government, and that's forcing people to work more jobs just to keep their head above financial water."
