Singers

ANZSCO ID 211214

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
910
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
30%
Female Share
55%
Average age
40

Summary

Singers entertain by singing songs.

Specialisations: Band Singer, Chorister, Commercial Singer (Advertising), Jazz Singer, Opera Singer, Pop Singer, Rock Singer.

A high level of vocal skill is needed to work as a Singer. Some workers also have a university or Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification in music.

Tasks

  • Studies and rehearses repertoire and musical scores prior to performances.

  • Plays music in recitals, as an accompanist, or as a member of an orchestra, band or other musical group, from score and by memory.

  • Performs music and songs according to interpretation, direction and style of presentation, using highly developed aural skills to reproduce music.

Characteristics

Job Type
Professionals
Skill Level
Very high skill
ANZSCO Occupation group
Unemployment Rate
n/a
Industries
Pathway(s)
  • University
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • Informal or on-the-job
Interests
  • Creative
  • Enterprising
Physical Demand
  • Light

Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Music Professionals, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 30% of people employed as Singers work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 36 percentage points below the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 44 hours per week in their main job. This is the same as the all jobs average.

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Arts and Recreation Services
75.5%
2
Accommodation and Food Services
7.1%
3
Other Services
4.1%
4
Education and Training
2.8%
5
Other industries
8.5%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

38.6% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

26.1% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

21.1% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

5.0% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

6.8% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

1.3% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

0.6% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

0.4% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Singers All Jobs Average
NSW 38.6 31.6
VIC 26.1 25.6
QLD 21.1 20.0
SA 5.0 7.0
WA 6.8 10.8
TAS 1.3 2.0
NT 0.6 1.0
ACT 0.4 1.9


  • Around 73% of Singers live in capital cities, compared with the all jobs average of 62%.

    New South Wales has a large share of employment relative to its population size.

    The regions with the largest share of workers are:

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian states, territories and regions, in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
40
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
55%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Singers is 40 years. This is the same as the all jobs average.

    A large share of workers are aged 35 to 44 years.

    Females make up 55% of the workforce. This is 7 percentage points above the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Singers All Jobs Average
15-19 4.2 5.0
20-24 9.9 9.3
25-34 23.4 22.9
35-44 23.7 22.0
45-54 21.1 21.6
55-59 5.9 9.0
60-64 5.0 6.0
65 and Over 6.8 4.2
Median Age 40 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

A high level of vocal skill is needed to work as a Singer. Some workers also have a university or Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification in music.

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  • Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
  • ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
  • My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
  • AAPathways website to explore Creative Arts and Culture VET training pathways.

Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Type of Qualification Singers All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 10.4 10.1
Bachelor degree 25.1 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 14.3 11.6
Certificate III/IV 9.2 21.1
Year 12 24.1 18.1
Year 11 4.7 4.8
Year 10 and below 12.2 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Music Professionals who have strong interpersonal skills, can communicate well with diverse audiences and work independently.

Skills

Skills can be improved through training or experience.

  • 46%

    Social perceptiveness

    Understanding why people react the way they do.

  • 43%

    Active listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • 41%

    Active learning

    Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

  • 41%

    Coordination with others

    Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

  • 41%

    Critical thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • 41%

    Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • 39%

    Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

  • 39%

    Reading comprehension

    Reading work related information.

  • 37%

    Judgment and decision making

    Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

  • 37%

    Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • 37%

    Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

  • 37%

    Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • 34%

    Complex problem solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • 34%

    Learning strategies

    Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

  • 32%

    Time management

    Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

  • 32%

    Serving others

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • 30%

    Management of personnel resources

    Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

  • 29%

    Negotiation

    Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

  • 27%

    Systems analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.

  • 25%

    Operation monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.


Knowledge

These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.

  • 64%

    Fine arts

    Compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • 52%

    Customer and personal service

    Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

  • 51%

    English language

    English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • 49%

    Sales and marketing

    Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • 47%

    Communications and media

    Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

  • 45%

    Education and training

    Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • 40%

    Computers and electronics

    Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • 39%

    Psychology

    Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

  • 38%

    Administration and management

    Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

  • 34%

    Philosophy and theology

    Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.

  • 31%

    Mathematics

    Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

  • 28%

    Transportation

    Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.

  • 24%

    Clerical

    Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

  • 19%

    History and archeology

    Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.

  • 19%

    Sociology and anthropology

    Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

  • 18%

    Economics and accounting

    Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.

  • 15%

    Foreign language

    Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • 14%

    Production and processing

    Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

  • 12%

    Engineering and technology

    Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.

  • 11%

    Personnel and human resources

    Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.


Abilities

Workers use these physical and mental abilities..

  • 57%

    Speech clarity

    Speak clearly so others can understand you.

  • 54%

    Oral comprehension

    Listen to and understand what people say.

  • 54%

    Hearing sensitivity

    Tell the difference between sounds.

  • 50%

    Memorization

    Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

  • 50%

    Originality

    Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.

  • 48%

    Oral expression

    Communicate by speaking.

  • 48%

    Brainstorming

    Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.

  • 45%

    Near vision

    See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

  • 43%

    Speech recognition

    Identify and understand the speech of another person.

  • 43%

    Written comprehension

    Read and understand written information.

  • 41%

    Categorising

    Come up with different ways of grouping things.

  • 41%

    Sorting or ordering

    Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 39%

    Auditory attention

    Pay attention to a certain sound when there are other distracting sounds.

  • 39%

    Problem spotting

    Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

  • 39%

    Written expression

    Write in a way that people can understand.

  • 38%

    Deductive reasoning

    Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

  • 38%

    Selective attention

    Pay attention to something without being distracted.

  • 36%

    Inductive reasoning

    Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

  • 27%

    Flexibility of closure

    See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.

  • 27%

    Visualization

    Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.


Activities

These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.

  • 58%

    Thinking creatively

    Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.

  • 55%

    Working with the public

    Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.

  • 54%

    Communicating with the public

    Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 53%

    Building good relationships

    Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

  • 50%

    Planning and prioritising work

    Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

  • 48%

    Making decisions and solving problems

    Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

  • 47%

    Keeping your knowledge up-to-date

    Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

  • 46%

    Influencing people

    Convincing people to buy something or to change their minds or actions.

  • 45%

    Managing payments and orders

    Monitoring and controlling resources and the spending of money.

  • 43%

    Assessing and evaluating things

    Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

  • 41%

    Coordinating the work of a team

    Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.

  • 40%

    Providing office support

    Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.

  • 40%

    Helping and caring for others

    Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

  • 39%

    Training and teaching others

    Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

  • 39%

    Researching and investigating

    Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

  • 38%

    Coaching and developing others

    Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

  • 38%

    Scheduling work and activities

    Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

  • 38%

    Coming up with systems and processes

    Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.

  • 35%

    Doing physically active work

    Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.

  • 28%

    Communicating within a team

    Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.


Interests and demands

Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.

Interests

Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.

  • 100%

    Creative

    Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

  • 62%

    Enterprising

    Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

  • 38%

    Helping

    Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

  • 24%

    Practical

    Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

  • 14%

    Administrative

    Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

  • 14%

    Analytical

    Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.


Values

Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
  • 86%

    Relationships

    Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

  • 76%

    Achievement

    Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

  • 62%

    Recognition

    Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

  • 60%

    Working conditions

    Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

  • 57%

    Independence

    Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

  • 29%

    Support

    Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.


Demands

The physical and social demands that workers face most often are shown below:
  • 83%

    Face-to-face discussions

    Talk with people face-to-face.

  • 82%

    Freedom to make decisions

    Have freedom to make decision on your own.

  • 80%

    Physically close to people

    Work physically close to other people.

  • 78%

    Teamwork

    Work with people in a group or team.

  • 76%

    Contact with people

    Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

  • 73%

    Being exact or accurate

    Be very exact or highly accurate.

  • 72%

    Telephone

    Talk on the telephone.

  • 71%

    Unstructured work

    Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.

  • 69%

    Time pressure

    Work to strict deadlines.

  • 68%

    Contact with the public

    Work with customers or the public.

  • 66%

    Indoors, heat controlled

    Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.

  • 64%

    Repeating same tasks

    Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.

  • 64%

    Spend time standing

    Spend time standing at work.

  • 63%

    Lead or coordinate a team

    Lead others to do work activities.

  • 62%

    Competition

    Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.

  • 62%

    Impact of decisions

    Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

  • 61%

    In an enclosed vehicle or equipment

    Work in a closed vehicle (e.g., car).

  • 58%

    Electronic mail

    Use electronic mail.

  • 58%

    Frequent decision making

    Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

  • 57%

    Spend time sitting

    Spend time sitting at work.

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The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 27-2042.01 - Singers.


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