2024 AIP Career & Salary Survey report now available for AIP Members: Request your copy today
For the fourth consecutive year the AIP has released the key findings from the 2024 Career & Salary Survey for the Food, Beverage and wider industries.
According to AIP Executive Director, Nerida Kelton FAIP, the Australasian Career & Salary Survey report was developed to provide a more detailed breakdown of the people who make up the industry including their roles, education, experience, career satisfaction, concerns and salaries. The survey and results cover the industry across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
“The 2024 Career & Salary report has some interesting findings and certainly highlights one of the key challenges that the industry has right now which is upskilling industry professionals in the science and technical side of all materials and pack formats. With more younger people entering the industry and a critical juncture in packaging regulatory changes, it is becoming even more critical that companies develop qualified technical packaging professionals as they start their careers,” Mrs Kelton said.
AIP Education Director, Prof Pierre Pienaar FAIP, CCPL added that ‘The AIP Career & Salary Report 2024 allows business, jobseekers and those hiring to make informed employment decisions based on technical skills and qualifications.’
“If you are growing your team, or simply need to retain the talent you have, then the AIP Career & Salary Report provides the insights to ensure that you have the most qualified team in place to keep your business moving in the right direction,” Prof Pienaar said.
“The 2024 Career & Salary Survey provides a summary of salary levels for a broad range of roles, but also an overview on how well qualified the people are that work in our industry. The industry is very-well skilled in some degrees, but with the ever-changing landscape for the packaging departments we still need to see more people qualified in the science, engineering and/or technology in packaging.”
“We also need to see more professionals working in the packaging industry, undertaking courses such as the Certificate in Packaging Technology, Diploma in Packaging Technology, undergraduate packaging qualifications and post graduate degrees in packaging disciplines. This will go a long way in improving the overall knowledge, improving the skillsets in the industry, so as to ensure that we have more people in the industry that have the knowledge to make informed packaging decisions, for the overall betterment of the industry. ” he said.
Just some of the Key Findings: Executive Summary
- 31% of the total respondents have more than 20 years’ experience in the packaging industry. Whilst this is an indication of longevity and stable career pathways within the industry, we have seen a 10% decrease since the previous year.
- 57% of the total respondents have a Graduate Degree and 29% have an Undergraduate Degree. This is a continued indication that the industry is highly educated with degree level qualifications.
- 29% of the respondents have a Diploma in Packaging Technology, 24% have completed the Fundamentals of Packaging Technology, 23% have the Certificate in Packaging and 12% have completed the Master of Food & Packaging Innovation.
- 31% of the total respondents work in Packaging Technology/Design, followed by 25% in research and 11% in Sustainability & Environment.
- 48% of the total respondents work in the Food industry, followed by 12% in Packaging materials and 12% in the Beverage industry.
- 41% of the total respondents feel somewhat very secure with their job, while 34% ‘feel very secure’, which is a significant shift since the previous results.
- Respondents indicated that some of the biggest challenges the business is facing includes the cost of raw materials, high labour costs, customer reluctance to understand price increases, recycled content sourcing and pricing, changes to the regulatory framework and meeting the 2025 National Packaging Targets.
AIP Members can access the full 2024 AIP Career & Salary Survey report by emailing info@aipack.com.au with their request for a copy.
An executive summary is available to the wider industry below.
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The next AIP Salary Survey is now open and the AIP encourages all of industry to complete the survey to strengthen the results.
** Those who complete the confidential survey (including non-members) will receive the final 2025 full report from the AIP for free).
COMPLETE THE LATEST SURVEY HERE…
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