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Job Vacancies, Australia

Latest release

Results of the quarterly Job Vacancies Survey containing estimates of job vacancies classified by industry, sector and state/territory.

Reference period

August 2024

Released

26/09/2024

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2024:

Total job vacancies were 329,900, a decrease of 5.2% from May 2024.
Private sector vacancies were 294,100, a decrease of 4.9% from May 2024.
Public sector vacancies were 35,800, a decrease of 7.5% from May 2024.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Aug-2024 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	294.3	-4.5	-17.6
	Public sector	36.2	-5.4	-18.6
	Private and public sectors	330.5	-4.6	-17.7
Seasonally Adjusted	Private sector	294.1	-4.9	-16.9
	Public sector	35.8	-7.5	-18.9
	Private and public sectors	329.9	-5.2	-17.1
Original	Private sector	296.3	-1.9	-17.3
	Public sector	35.7	-9.3	-19.0
	Private and public sectors	332.0	-2.8	-17.5

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 5.2% (18,100 vacancies) in the three months to August 2024 (seasonally adjusted). Despite this being the ninth consecutive quarterly decrease, the level of job vacancies in August 2024 remained elevated. Job vacancies were 45.1% higher than they were in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. The ongoing high level of vacancies reflected the continuing labour shortages in many industries.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
Aug-80	37.5
Nov-80	38.7
Feb-81	37.4
May-81	44.0
Aug-81	44.5
Nov-81	41.7
Feb-82	37.3
May-82	30.3
Aug-82	26.8
Nov-82	30.3
Feb-83	29.7
May-83	32.4
Aug-83	33.6
Nov-83	36.3
Feb-84	44.6
May-84	40.3
Aug-84	48.5
Nov-84	49.8
Feb-85	60.4
May-85	68.6
Aug-85	67.2
Nov-85	66.2
Feb-86	64.8
May-86	66.1
Aug-86	61.1
Nov-86	66.3
Feb-87	69.5
May-87	66.9
Aug-87	70.1
Nov-87	66.9
Feb-88	70.2
May-88	74.4
Aug-88	80.8
Nov-88	85.1
Feb-89	84.7
May-89	93.7
Aug-89	76.6
Nov-89	79.2
Feb-90	71.9
May-90	64.0
Aug-90	56.7
Nov-90	41.6
Feb-91	33.8
May-91	31.6
Aug-91	29.8
Nov-91	30.9
Feb-92	33.3
May-92	31.9
Aug-92	33.0
Nov-92	36.9
Feb-93	37.0
May-93	42.0
Aug-93	46.2
Nov-93	48.5
Feb-94	57.6
May-94	69.5
Aug-94	82.2
Nov-94	85.6
Feb-95	72.7
May-95	77.3
Aug-95	74.6
Nov-95	72.5
Feb-96	81.0
May-96	76.7
Aug-96	77.5
Nov-96	82.5
Feb-97	81.3
May-97	82.8
Aug-97	84.9
Nov-97	90.4
Feb-98	98.3
May-98	104.0
Aug-98	89.8
Nov-98	102.0
Feb-99	87.2
May-99	100.2
Aug-99	106.9
Nov-99	109.6
Feb-00	118.1
May-00	115.9
Aug-00	114.4
Nov-00	114.8
Feb-01	99.7
May-01	94.0
Aug-01	90.2
Nov-01	88.5
Feb-02	90.5
May-02	96.2
Aug-02	103.0
Nov-02	97.6
Feb-03	109.7
May-03	104.6
Aug-03	104.1
Nov-03	107.5
Feb-04	103.8
May-04	127.1
Aug-04	124.6
Nov-04	139.2
Feb-05	146.2
May-05	140.9
Aug-05	139.0
Nov-05	134.1
Feb-06	144.3
May-06	154.1
Aug-06	154.9
Nov-06	162.1
Feb-07	160.8
May-07	168.6
Aug-07	173.3
Nov-07	183.3
Feb-08	178.2
May-08	184.5
Aug-08	na
Nov-08	na
Feb-09	na
May-09	na
Aug-09	na
Nov-09	148.9
Feb-10	168.4
May-10	170.3
Aug-10	178.6
Nov-10	191.1
Feb-11	189.4
May-11	187.3
Aug-11	183.4
Nov-11	179.3
Feb-12	181.8
May-12	178.1
Aug-12	175.3
Nov-12	164.8
Feb-13	149.8
May-13	143.5
Aug-13	140.6
Nov-13	138.9
Feb-14	143.2
May-14	147.4
Aug-14	146.6
Nov-14	149.7
Feb-15	151.9
May-15	157.8
Aug-15	161.5
Nov-15	167.4
Feb-16	172.2
May-16	171.3
Aug-16	177.1
Nov-16	182.4
Feb-17	185.1
May-17	185.8
Aug-17	200.1
Nov-17	205.1
Feb-18	213.1
May-18	223.5
Aug-18	227.1
Nov-18	232.4
Feb-19	232.5
May-19	227.2
Aug-19	221.8
Nov-19	230.5
Feb-20	227.4
May-20	128.4
Aug-20	203.4
Nov-20	259.9
Feb-21	287.9
May-21	366.7
Aug-21	329.3
Nov-21	406.2
Feb-22	423.1
May-22	473.1
Aug-22	466.5
Nov-22	450.9
Feb-23	439.3
May-23	423.7
Aug-23	398.0
Nov-23	384.8
Feb-24	360.7
May-24	348.0
Aug-24	329.9

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted

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The Job Vacancies Survey was suspended between August 2008 to August 2009 (inclusive).

States and territories

Job vacancies, states and territories, original
	NSW ('000)	Vic ('000)	Qld ('000)	SA ('000)	WA ('000)	Tas ('000)	NT ('000)	ACT ('000)
Aug-19	72.8	61.2	39.1	11.3	26.4	3.6	4.3	7.6
Nov-19	80.2	60.1	39.2	11.4	25.7	3.6	3.5	7.7
Feb-20	79.3	59.7	38.4	11.7	27.6	3.4	2.9	6.6
May-20	39.8	28.7	25.2	6.8	16.8	1.9	1.7	3.6
Aug-20	62.2	45.8	42.1	12.5	32.2	3.4	4.2	5.6
Nov-20	82.7	58.4	47.9	15.6	37.4	5.1	4.2	7.9
Feb-21	94.0	65.6	53.5	19.3	40.0	5.7	4.8	8.2
May-21	112.8	87.6	67.2	21.3	46.2	6.5	5.0	8.8
Aug-21	95.2	81.3	70.6	18.0	52.1	5.8	6.1	8.0
Nov-21	120.9	106.0	70.3	23.7	60.8	6.8	6.2	9.9
Feb-22	130.0	101.8	76.9	24.5	66.5	7.3	8.5	11.5
May-22	145.1	120.1	78.6	24.5	65.2	7.5	7.7	12.3
Aug-22	150.8	126.6	85.8	25.2	60.7	6.3	7.6	12.0
Nov-22	133.0	117.7	85.7	25.3	61.9	7.1	7.5	12.2
Feb-23	145.0	110.8	85.0	22.9	52.8	7.7	6.9	11.5
May-23	128.1	105.1	77.1	24.9	54.9	7.1	6.3	11.4
Aug-23	122.4	99.6	80.0	24.7	52.5	6.8	6.0	10.4
Nov-23	119.5	94.9	78.2	24.0	49.5	6.5	5.2	8.6
Feb-24	107.6	91.5	69.5	25.9	47.8	6.8	4.8	8.7
May-24	103.5	87.4	67.0	21.5	42.0	6.4	5.5	8.3
Aug-24	101.4	82.8	67.5	19.5	41.5	6.1	5.1	7.9

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-23	-11.7	-5.1	-9.3	8.7	4.0	-7.6	-8.3	-1.1	-6.2	-3.5	-4.4
Aug-23	-4.5	-5.2	3.8	-1.0	-4.3	-4.7	-4.8	-8.4	-3.0	-6.1	-4.6
Nov-23	-2.3	-4.7	-2.2	-2.8	-5.8	-3.6	-13.9	-17.2	-3.9	-3.3	-5.0
Feb-24	-10.0	-3.6	-11.1	8.0	-3.3	4.7	-7.4	1.0	-6.1	-6.3	-4.8
May-24	-3.8	-4.4	-3.7	-17.3	-12.3	-6.6	15.2	-5.0	-5.9	-3.5	-4.7
Aug-24	-2.0	-5.3	0.9	-9.0	-1.0	-4.1	-6.4	-4.9	-2.8	-5.2	-4.6
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-22	58.4	55.7	21.6	40.3	16.7	8.3	24.9	50.0	41.0	41.7	39.1
Aug-23	-18.8	-21.3	-6.8	-2.1	-13.6	7.7	-21.4	-13.0	-15.3	-14.7	-11.9
Aug-24	-17.1	-16.8	-15.6	-21.0	-20.9	-9.5	-14.1	-24.4	-17.5	-17.1	-17.7

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to August 2024, states and territories, original
State	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
New South Wales	27.9
Victoria	38.8
Queensland	76.0
South Australia	67.3
Western Australia	50.5
Tasmania	79.9
Northern Territory	80.3
Australian Capital Territory	18.5

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Private sector

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original
	NSW ('000)	Vic ('000)	Qld ('000)	SA ('000)	WA ('000)	Tas ('000)	NT ('000)	ACT ('000)
Aug-19	65.3	55.9	35.3	9.5	24.5	3.0	3.7	5.1
Nov-19	72.2	54.9	35.5	9.5	23.5	2.9	3.0	5.3
Feb-20	71.4	53.7	34.9	10.0	25.4	2.9	2.1	4.9
May-20	33.4	24.3	22.9	5.2	15.4	1.6	1.3	2.5
Aug-20	55.0	40.6	39.2	10.6	30.2	2.8	3.6	3.7
Nov-20	74.4	52.8	44.0	13.3	35.0	4.4	3.5	6.0
Feb-21	85.9	59.5	49.1	17.3	36.8	5.1	3.8	6.0
May-21	102.7	80.9	62.8	18.7	43.3	5.9	4.1	6.7
Aug-21	85.2	74.0	66.2	15.5	48.5	4.9	5.0	6.1
Nov-21	111.1	97.5	64.9	20.9	57.0	5.7	5.2	7.7
Feb-22	118.7	93.7	70.8	21.9	62.6	6.6	7.1	8.5
May-22	132.2	110.8	72.2	21.9	60.9	6.7	6.3	8.8
Aug-22	136.1	116.3	78.7	22.4	56.6	5.5	6.4	7.5
Nov-22	117.4	107.7	77.9	22.3	57.3	6.2	6.2	8.1
Feb-23	130.1	99.3	77.6	19.8	49.3	6.8	5.6	8.3
May-23	112.8	92.0	70.9	21.7	50.9	6.1	4.9	8.5
Aug-23	109.0	87.7	73.5	21.6	48.3	5.8	4.5	7.7
Nov-23	105.6	84.8	71.2	20.8	45.4	5.6	3.9	5.9
Feb-24	96.1	81.7	62.6	23.2	44.6	5.8	3.5	6.3
May-24	91.5	78.1	60.1	18.6	38.4	5.3	4.4	5.8
Aug-24	90.3	75.2	61.2	16.3	38.3	5.2	4.1	5.8

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-23	-13.3	-7.4	-8.6	9.4	3.3	-9.6	-13.3	2.4	-7.3	-3.9	-4.7
Aug-23	-3.3	-4.6	3.6	-0.4	-5.0	-4.3	-7.6	-9.0	-2.6	-6.2	-4.8
Nov-23	-3.1	-3.3	-3.1	-3.6	-6.0	-4.6	-14.1	-23.9	-4.2	-3.3	-5.0
Feb-24	-9.1	-3.7	-12.1	11.5	-1.9	4.5	-8.7	7.1	-5.7	-6.2	-4.7
May-24	-4.7	-4.4	-4.0	-19.9	-13.9	-9.0	23.5	-8.4	-6.7	-3.6	-4.6
Aug-24	-1.4	-3.8	1.9	-12.1	-0.1	-2.6	-6.8	-0.1	-1.9	-4.9	-4.5
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-22	59.7	57.1	18.8	44.2	16.7	12.3	26.8	23.2	40.6	41.3	39.0
Aug-23	-19.9	-24.6	-6.5	-3.6	-14.6	5.9	-28.9	3.2	-16.6	-16.0	-13.1
Aug-24	-17.2	-14.3	-16.7	-24.4	-20.7	-11.6	-9.8	-25.5	-17.3	-16.9	-17.6

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Public sector

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original
	NSW ('000)	Vic ('000)	Qld ('000)	SA ('000)	WA ('000)	Tas ('000)	NT ('000)	ACT ('000)
Aug-19	7.5	5.3	3.8	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.7	2.5
Nov-19	8.0	5.2	3.6	1.9	2.2	0.7	0.5	2.5
Feb-20	7.9	6.0	3.5	1.7	2.2	0.5	0.8	1.7
May-20	6.3	4.4	2.3	1.6	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.0
Aug-20	7.2	5.1	2.9	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.6	1.9
Nov-20	8.2	5.6	3.9	2.2	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.9
Feb-21	8.1	6.2	4.4	2.0	3.2	0.5	1.0	2.1
May-21	10.1	6.7	4.4	2.6	2.9	0.6	0.9	2.1
Aug-21	9.9	7.3	4.4	2.4	3.5	0.9	1.1	1.9
Nov-21	9.8	8.5	5.4	2.9	3.9	1.1	1.0	2.2
Feb-22	11.3	8.1	6.1	2.6	3.9	0.8	1.3	3.0
May-22	12.9	9.3	6.4	2.5	4.3	0.8	1.5	3.5
Aug-22	14.6	10.3	7.1	2.8	4.1	0.8	1.3	4.5
Nov-22	15.6	10.0	7.8	3.0	4.6	0.9	1.3	4.1
Feb-23	14.9	11.5	7.4	3.1	3.5	0.9	1.2	3.2
May-23	15.3	13.1	6.1	3.3	4.0	1.0	1.4	2.9
Aug-23	13.4	11.9	6.5	3.1	4.2	0.9	1.5	2.7
Nov-23	13.9	10.1	7.0	3.2	4.1	1.0	1.3	2.7
Feb-24	11.5	9.8	6.9	2.7	3.3	1.0	1.2	2.4
May-24	11.9	9.3	6.9	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.1	2.5
Aug-24	11.2	7.7	6.3	3.2	3.2	1.0	1.1	2.1

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Change in job vacancies, public sector (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-23	2.9	14.7	-17.1	4.6	14.4	7.4	14.7	-10.1	3.1	-0.7	-2.0
Aug-23	-12.6	-9.4	5.3	-5.5	4.1	-6.8	4.8	-6.7	-6.5	-4.9	-3.6
Nov-23	4.1	-15.2	8.6	3.1	-2.3	2.9	-13.5	2.5	-1.8	-3.2	-4.5
Feb-24	-17.0	-2.8	-1.6	-14.3	-18.9	5.9	-3.1	-12.3	-9.9	-6.6	-5.0
May-24	3.4	-4.8	-0.7	4.8	9.4	7.2	-8.6	4.2	1.0	-2.9	-5.2
Aug-24	-6.6	-17.8	-8.1	11.0	-11.0	-11.3	-4.7	-16.0	-9.3	-7.5	-5.4
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-22	47.4	41.2	62.9	15.3	16.1	-13.6	16.5	136.5	44.6	45.2	40.5
Aug-23	-8.7	15.6	-9.4	10.0	0.9	20.8	15.9	-40.3	-3.2	-2.9	-0.6
Aug-24	-16.5	-35.5	-2.5	2.8	-22.9	3.7	-27.0	-21.3	-19.0	-18.9	-18.6

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	May-23	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24
Mining	11.7	11.4	11.5	10.7	8.5	8.4
Manufacturing	22.6	25.1	23.4	23.3	16.4	14.7
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.3
Construction	33.1	28.8	28.5	27.9	24.9	25.1
Wholesale trade	15.3	15.5	14.0	16.2	11.2	11.9
Retail trade	32.2	38.5	37.2	32.1	28.4	28.7
Accommodation and food services	42.5	41.4	38.8	35.1	38.3	31.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	13.4	12.1	11.5	10.1	8.7	9.9
Information media and telecommunications	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4
Financial and insurance services	13.4	11.3	10.0	11.7	10.9	11.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	5.5	5.5	4.8	5.8	5.7	5.5
Professional, scientific and technical services	44.7	42.5	41.4	34.6	40.1	38.7
Administrative and support services	37.5	33.2	31.5	30.0	26.0	25.4
Public administration and safety	22.9	23.6	23.8	19.0	21.9	21.0
Education and training	15.9	15.5	13.6	15.6	12.3	12.1
Health care and social assistance	72.9	68.1	67.5	65.0	61.8	60.9
Arts and recreation services	6.5	7.3	7.3	4.9	4.8	5.2
Other services	16.1	14.2	13.5	12.6	13.6	14.1

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to August 2024, industry, original
Industry	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
Arts and recreation services	158.1
Accommodation and food services	114.9
Health care and social assistance	104.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	104.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	72.5
Public administration and safety	57.8
Education and training	55.8
Retail trade	52.0
Construction	50.9
Other services	49.3
Professional, scientific and technical services	47.2
Transport, postal and warehousing	32.2
Mining	28.0
Manufacturing	20.5
Information media and telecommunications	-1.1
Wholesale trade	-5.6
Financial and insurance services	-7.2
Administrative and support services	-18.5

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to August 2024, industry, original

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