BSB50120 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind office manager work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB60815 and BSB50315 and BSB50215 and BSB51518 and BSB50415 and BSB51715 and BSB50815. About 1,002 office manager jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 8.6% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Business are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.6% on a year earlier, the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer office manager jobs than a year ago. About 1,002 office manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.6% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 12,500 job ads, while 26,460 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates office managers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Office Manager as not in shortage.
Office manager jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 136,601 workers in May 2025, 141,105 by May 2030 (up 3.3%) and 148,117 by May 2035 (up 8.4%).
Diploma of Business graduates do worse than is typical at Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 89% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Diploma result is 92%, across 34 qualifications. Median income after training was $52,700, against $63,250 typical. 90.4% were satisfied with the training, against 89% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Business than a year ago. Across Australia, 28,645 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 26,460, down 7.6% in a year. National data for BSB50120 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB50120 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The register lists 5 core units for the Diploma of Business, plus 94 elective options.
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Get Course maps BSB50120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5121) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Diplomas in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.