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OSCA 241932Updated 2026-01-29
Quantity Surveyor
National shortage level: Strong
ANZSCO 233213OSCA 241932
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 122k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2340
Salary range: AUD 109k-AUD 134k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
33.4%
NSW
24.1%
VIC
22.1%
QLD
Education mix
60.6%
bachelor degree
20.5%
Post graduate
8.1%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Quantity Surveyors estimate and monitor construction costs from the project feasibility stage, through tender preparation, to the construction period and beyond.
What you do
- • Studies architectural and engineering drawings and specifications to estimate total costs, and prepare detailed cost plans and estimates as tools to assist in budgetary control.
- • Monitors changes to designs, assesses effects on cost, and measures, values and negotiates variations to designs.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (60.6%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Monitors changes to designs, assesses effects on cost, and measures, values and negotiates variations to designs.
- • Studies architectural and engineering drawings and specifications to estimate total costs, and prepare detailed cost plans and estimates as tools to assist in budgetary control.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2340
Annual median: AUD 122k
Range: AUD 109k-AUD 134k