Q1
2025
ManpowerGroup
Employment Outlook Survey
Asia Pacific
FINDINGS
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Executive Summary
10,095 employers across 7 countries & territories in Asia Pacific were asked about their first quarter hiring intentions in the latest edition of the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey.
27% APAC Net Employment Outlook:
Calculated by subtracting employers planning reductions vs. those planning to hire*. This figure remains unchanged since the previous quarter and decreased by 3 percentage points since Q1 2024.
27% of companies say they have already fully achieved gender equality, compared to 23% a year ago
Highest Hiring Demand in APAC:
Financials and Real Estate
Transport, Logistics and Automotive
Healthcare & Life Sciences
*Net Employment Outlook results range from +100% to –100%
Net Employment Outlook data are seasonally adjusted to mitigate the impact of typical annual hiring fluctuations.
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Financials and Real Estate
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Technology
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APAC Employment Outlook for Q1 2025
APAC Net
Employment Outlook
42%
15%
40%
3%
of employers anticipate
an increase in hiring
anticipate a decrease
report no change
are unsure
Used internationally as a bellwether of labor market trends, the Net Employment Outlook – calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers who anticipate reductions to staffing levels from those who plan to hire – now stands at 27%.
27%
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APAC Employment Outlook for Q1 2025
Used internationally as a bellwether of labor market trends, the Net Employment Outlook – calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers who anticipate reductions to staffing levels from those who plan to hire – now stands at 27%.
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Changes Over Time
APAC Outlooks have remained unchanged since the previous quarter and weakened slightly when compared to the same time last year, dropping 3 percentage points.
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Steady Gains in Gender Equality
Over the past year, more companies in APAC have reached and are getting closer to gender equality. Organizations in Singapore and India have reported the largest improvements, with increases of +10 and +9 percentage points, respectively.
A long way from full equality
10%
7%
21%
24%
43%
40%
27%
23%
2024
2025
2024
2025
2024
2025
2024
2025
Still reasonably far from full equality
Getting close to full equality
Fully achieved
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More Companies Advancing Pay Equities
Nearly 3 in 5 organizations in APAC (57%) are on track with their pay equity initiatives, improving 1% when compared to the same time last year.
Initiatives set and progress has beaten expectations
18%
19%
38%
38%
20%
19%
10%
10%
2024
2025
2024
2025
2024
2025
2024
2025
Initiatives set and
are on track
Initiatives set, but progress is slower than expected
Initiatives set, but little or no progress made
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10%
No initiatives set
2024
2025
10%
10%
Initiatives set, but little or no progress made
2024
2025
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Assessing Equitable Gender Recruitment & Retention Practices
To understand what's driving progress in gender equality in recruitment and retention, employers in APAC shared insights on the strategies and benefits that are producing results.
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Building trusting relationships with teams
43%
Helping gender equality
Effectively supporting employee well-being
40%
39%
Implementing policies to ensure equal career development opportunities
Offering support for employees caring for children, or sick/elderly adults
38%
Recognizing employees for fostering DEI efforts
37%
Mentoring and training employees across different working models
36%
Tracking promotion outcomes for employee programs
36%
Proactively communicating with teams across different work models
36%
Measuring the use and impact of flexibility policies
36%
Auditing DEI policies and programs
35%
Analyzing DEI challenges to find solutions
35%
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