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Research released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Trust has revealed what NZ’s ‘youngest’ and ‘oldest’ professions are along with the key occupations where females are starting to dominate over males.

Younger professions
The ‘youngest’ professions in NZ include; Accountants, HR, IT, Travel and Media professionals.  The most common age for an Accountant is 30 – 39. For both HR and IT the most common age is 30 – 34 but looking at Web Developers 25 – 29 is the most common age group with 82% of them being younger than 40.  In the travel professions the most common age group is 25 – 29 and in the Media/Marketing professions the most common age for women is 25 – 29 and 30 – 34 for males.

Older professions
The ‘oldest’ professions in New Zealand include; Nurses, Midwives, Educational professionals and Fitters and Turners.   The peak average age of Tertiary Educators is 45 – 54 and for secondary school teachers this is 50 – 54.  In the Nursing and Midwife professions the peak average age is 45 – 54.  For Fitters and Turners 45% of people are aged 45+.

Female domination
In previously male dominated professions such as Solicitors, Accountants, Veterinarians and Planners, there has been an influx of younger female entrants.  Amongst Barristers and Solicitors 42% are female and 58% are male but the peak average age group for females is 25 – 35 while this is 50 – 54 for males.  For Accountants there are far more females than males aged under 45.  Similar trends were found with Veterinarians and Planners.

Have a look around your office and see if these age trends stack up…