2029 hiring requirements by sub-sector

A table showing the 2029 hiring requirements by sub-sector. In bio-health, 36,000 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: research and development (25%); management, finance and administration (16%), manufacturing (14%). In bio-industrial, 14,500 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven mostly by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (40%); research and development (15%); management, finance and administration (15%). In agri-bio, 11,000 workers will need to be hired by 2029, nearly half of which will be driven by short-term expansion demand until 2023. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (35%); management, finance and administration (23%); research and development (15%). In bio-energy, 3,300 workers will need to be hired by 2029, driven virtually entirely by replacement demand. Key roles to be hired include: manufacturing (39%); research and development (19%).

Published in Close-up on the bio-economy: National report (October 13, 2021)