Country NSW offers the full range of employment opportunities rivalling that of Sydney and Melbourne, and the C-Change area is a highlight of this fact.

With a large presence of big business and many small businesses in every community, finding a job is an easy task. Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga incorporate the largest commercial centres in southern NSW. Sprouting from these centres is a large range of employment opportunities in primary industry including agribusiness, primary produce and environmental management.

The city of Wagga Wagga is a major centre for defence force training. The Kapooka army base is the main training base for all new recruits in the Australian Defence Forces and provides many employment opportunities for the citizens of the Riverina. Also located in Wagga is the Wagga RAAF Base which is also a major training base for RAAF and Naval recruits.