I'm pleased to deliver the 2025 State of the Sector Report for Queensland.

The public sector is Queensland's largest workforce with over 270,000 full-time (FTE) equivalent roles.

Our staff are located throughout Queensland, with most staff being employed outside the Brisbane inner city and surrounding suburbs.

Our workforce consists of people who provide important and very visible services in our frontline roles, our doctors and nurses and allied health professionals, our teachers, our police officers, our ambulance workers, our child safety officers and our correctional services staff, just to name a few.

Staff and frontline support roles and corporate roles such as policy, project, human resources, finance and information technology work behind the scenes and play critical roles in supporting our frontline workers deliver the services the community and government expects and needs.

Importantly, while there's been an increase in our public sector FTE over the last 12 months, these have been largely in the frontline and frontline support roles.

9 out of 10 roles continue to be frontline or frontline support roles.

The public sector plays a critical role in supporting Queenslanders and it's important that we understand the size, location and demographics, as well as emerging workforce and community expectations and trends.

Our commitment to transparency allows you to see who makes up the public sector, their backgrounds and experiences.

Their feedback matters, it shapes our future policies, it influences practice and it fosters a culture where everyone feels valued.

This report provides detailed information about our workforce, their experience of working in the sector, what diversity looks like in the sector, our work environment and most importantly, our performance.

This information is drawn from workforce data collected by the Public Sector Commission, the annual Working for Queensland survey data and other sources such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics to provide a comprehensive analysis.

Throughout the report, case studies have been included which importantly highlights the work the sector does.

I hope that, like me, you draw inspiration from these case studies that reflect the sector's spirit of service to the community, with a role in the Queensland public sector being more than just a job.

I invite you to explore the report to learn more about the public sector, our workforce, and the diverse and important work it does.