New Survey Shows Half of Australian Workers Feel Overeducated

Are Australians really overeducated? It depends what education is for. The federal government is aiming for 80% of Australian adults to have a vocational or university qualification by 2050, up from the current rate of 60%. It seems fair to question this goal, when almost half of Australian workers say they are overeducated, according to new survey results . The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, released on Thursday, shows 49.5% of workers aged 18 to 64 were "overeducated" in 2024. This means they had a higher educational level than they believed they needed to successfully do their job. On top of this, 25.7% of workers