The figures in Australia, however, rise to 56% when specifically looking at younger workers aged between 18 and 24 years old.
The findings come as the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveal that there are 948,000 multiple job holders, or 6.4% of all employed people, across the country as of June 2025.
Citing the International Labour Organisation, the Employment Hero report pointed out that “non-standard work is becoming a defining feature of modern labour markets.”
“For employers, that means confronting a new reality: the multi-job worker may soon be the norm, not the exception,” it said.
Impact of cost-of-living pressures
It attributed the situation to the cost-of-living pressures hitting Australians, citing the case of 34-year-old Liam, who works as an instructional designer for a bank while tutoring school students and developing training guides for music classes.