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Employment in service industries in Tasmania in 2003-04 accounted for 72.8% of employment in all industries. From 1998-99 to 2003-04, employment in service industries increased by 13,400 people or 9.6%. In the same period, employment in the goods producing industries increased by 1,200 people or 2.2%.

Within the service industries sector in 2003-04, retail trade accounted for 16.0% of all employment and 22.0% of employment in the service industry sector with 33,500 people employed. Other large employing service industries were health and community services (23,700 people), property and business services (16,600 people) and education (16,100 people). The sector showing the largest rate of growth in employment among service industries from 1998-99 to 2003-04 was property and business services with a 27.7% increase from 13,000 people to 16,600 people.

EMPLOYED PERSONS BY INDUSTRY, Annual average, Tasmania
		1998-99(a)	2003-04(a)	Change
		'000 persons	'000 persons	%
Goods producing industries
	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	16.4	16.8	2.4
	Mining	2.1	2.0	-4.8
	Manufacturing	23.7	22.3	-5.9
	Electricity, gas and water supply	1.7	2.5	47.0
	Construction	11.7	13.2	12.8
	Total	55.6	56.8	2.2
Service industries
	Wholesale trade	7.4	7.9	6.8
	Retail trade	31.3	33.5	7.0
	Accommodation, cafes and restaurants	9.8	11.8	20.4
	Transport and storage	8.6	9.3	8.1
	Communication services	3.0	2.8	-6.7
	Finance and insurance	5.5	4.9	-10.9
	Property and business services	13.0	16.6	27.7
	Government administration and defence	9.7	12.1	24.7
	Education	14.5	16.1	11.0
	Health and community services	23.9	23.7	-0.8
	Cultural and recreational services	4.4	4.5	2.3
	Personal and other services	7.8	9.1	16.7
	Total	138.9	152.3	9.6
Total all industries		194.5	209.1	7.5
		%	%
Service industries as a percentage of all industries		71.4	72.8
(a) Annual average. Source: ABS data available on request, Labour Force Survey.