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Job Vacancies, Australia

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

Reference period

August 2020

Released

1/10/2020

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Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates

Total job vacancies in August 2020 were 206,000, an increase of 59.4% from May 2020.
In the private sector vacancies were 184,100 in August 2020, an increase of 65.4% from May 2020.
In the public sector vacancies were 21,900 in August 2020, an increase of 22.0% from May 2020.

	Aug 2020 ('000)	May 2020 to August 2020 (% change)	August 2019 to August 2020 (% change)
Private sector	184.1	65.4	-8.2
Public sector	21.9	22.0	-7.2
Private and public sectors	206.0	59.4	-8.1

Job vacancies ('000) total & private sector - seasonally adjusted
	Total	Private
Aug-2012	175.3	162.3
Nov-2012	164.8	152.5
Feb-2013	149.8	138.5
May-2013	143.5	132.4
Aug-2013	140.6	129.1
Nov-2013	138.9	128.9
Feb-2014	143.2	133.0
May-2014	147.4	135.1
Aug-2014	146.6	134.2
Nov-2014	149.7	137.2
Feb-2015	152.0	138.6
May-2015	157.7	145.1
Aug-2015	161.7	148.2
Nov-2015	167.4	151.7
Feb-2016	172.3	156.6
May-2016	171.1	154.6
Aug-2016	177.4	160.4
Nov-2016	182.2	164.8
Feb-2017	185.1	166.8
May-2017	185.6	166.8
Aug-2017	200.9	181.2
Nov-2017	204.4	186.1
Feb-2018	212.8	193.1
May-2018	223.8	203.1
Aug-2018	228.6	208.0
Nov-2018	230.5	208.9
Feb-2019	232.3	211.0
May-2019	228.0	205.8
Aug-2019	224.0	200.5
Nov-2019	227.1	202.7
Feb-2020	227.3	202.1
May-2020	129.2	111.3
Aug-2020	206.0	184.1

Job vacancies ('000) total & private sector - seasonally adjusted

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Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

Job vacancies increased by 59.4% (76,800 vacancies) in the three months to August 2020 (seasonally adjusted). This follows the largest fall in job vacancies in the history of the series, a reflection of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions on people and businesses.

Job vacancies ('000), Australia - seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies
May-1979	43.5
Aug-1979	41.9
Nov-1979	38.4
Feb-1980	40.6
May-1980	36.7
Aug-1980	37.5
Nov-1980	38.7
Feb-1981	37.4
May-1981	44.0
Aug-1981	44.5
Nov-1981	41.7
Feb-1982	37.3
May-1982	30.3
Aug-1982	26.8
Nov-1982	30.3
Feb-1983	29.7
May-1983	32.4
Aug-1983	33.6
Nov-1983	36.3
Feb-1984	44.6
May-1984	40.3
Aug-1984	48.5
Nov-1984	49.8
Feb-1985	60.4
May-1985	68.6
Aug-1985	67.2
Nov-1985	66.2
Feb-1986	64.8
May-1986	66.1
Aug-1986	61.1
Nov-1986	66.3
Feb-1987	69.5
May-1987	66.9
Aug-1987	70.1
Nov-1987	66.9
Feb-1988	70.2
May-1988	74.4
Aug-1988	80.8
Nov-1988	85.1
Feb-1989	84.7
May-1989	93.7
Aug-1989	76.6
Nov-1989	79.2
Feb-1990	71.9
May-1990	64.0
Aug-1990	56.7
Nov-1990	41.6
Feb-1991	33.8
May-1991	31.6
Aug-1991	29.8
Nov-1991	30.9
Feb-1992	33.3
May-1992	31.9
Aug-1992	33.0
Nov-1992	36.9
Feb-1993	37.0
May-1993	42.0
Aug-1993	46.2
Nov-1993	48.5
Feb-1994	57.6
May-1994	69.5
Aug-1994	82.2
Nov-1994	85.6
Feb-1995	72.7
May-1995	77.3
Aug-1995	74.6
Nov-1995	72.5
Feb-1996	81.0
May-1996	76.7
Aug-1996	77.5
Nov-1996	82.5
Feb-1997	81.3
May-1997	82.8
Aug-1997	84.9
Nov-1997	90.4
Feb-1998	98.3
May-1998	104.0
Aug-1998	89.8
Nov-1998	102.0
Feb-1999	87.2
May-1999	100.2
Aug-1999	106.9
Nov-1999	109.6
Feb-2000	118.1
May-2000	115.9
Aug-2000	114.4
Nov-2000	114.8
Feb-2001	99.7
May-2001	94.0
Aug-2001	90.2
Nov-2001	88.5
Feb-2002	90.5
May-2002	96.2
Aug-2002	103.0
Nov-2002	97.6
Feb-2003	109.7
May-2003	104.6
Aug-2003	104.1
Nov-2003	107.5
Feb-2004	103.8
May-2004	127.1
Aug-2004	124.6
Nov-2004	139.2
Feb-2005	146.2
May-2005	140.9
Aug-2005	139.0
Nov-2005	134.1
Feb-2006	144.3
May-2006	154.1
Aug-2006	154.9
Nov-2006	162.1
Feb-2007	160.8
May-2007	168.6
Aug-2007	173.3
Nov-2007	183.3
Feb-2008	178.2
May-2008	184.5
Aug-2008
Nov-2008
Feb-2009
May-2009
Aug-2009
Nov-2009	148.9
Feb-2010	168.4
May-2010	170.3
Aug-2010	178.6
Nov-2010	191.1
Feb-2011	189.4
May-2011	187.3
Aug-2011	183.4
Nov-2011	179.3
Feb-2012	181.8
May-2012	178.1
Aug-2012	175.3
Nov-2012	164.8
Feb-2013	149.8
May-2013	143.5
Aug-2013	140.6
Nov-2013	138.9
Feb-2014	143.2
May-2014	147.4
Aug-2014	146.6
Nov-2014	149.7
Feb-2015	152.0
May-2015	157.7
Aug-2015	161.7
Nov-2015	167.4
Feb-2016	172.3
May-2016	171.1
Aug-2016	177.4
Nov-2016	182.2
Feb-2017	185.1
May-2017	185.6
Aug-2017	200.9
Nov-2017	204.4
Feb-2018	212.8
May-2018	223.8
Aug-2018	228.6
Nov-2018	230.5
Feb-2019	232.3
May-2019	228.0
Aug-2019	224.0
Nov-2019	227.1
Feb-2020	227.3
May-2020	129.2
Aug-2020	206.0

Job vacancies ('000), Australia - seasonally adjusted

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All states and territories recorded increases in job vacancies in August 2020 compared with May 2020. The two biggest states, New South Wales and Victoria, were still well below the pre pandemic levels of vacancies in February 2020, as was the Australian Capital Territory. However, vacancies in many states surged in the August 2020 quarter to higher levels than those seen in February 2020, as restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 were progressively eased in parts of the economy.

Job vacancies, states comparison during COVID-19 - original
	Feb 2020 ('000)	May 2020 ('000)	Aug 2020 ('000)
NSW	79.3	39.8	62.2
Vic.	59.7	28.7	45.8
Qld.	38.4	25.2	42.1
SA	11.7	6.8	12.5
WA	27.6	16.8	32.2
Tas.	3.4	1.9	3.4
NT	2.9	1.7	4.2
ACT	6.6	3.6	5.6

Job vacancies, states comparison during COVID-19 - original

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The chart below shows the annual percentage change in job vacancies by industry. Services industries that were exposed to social distancing restrictions continued to show lower levels of vacancies, compared with pre-COVID conditions. Arts and recreation services continued to be particularly low, reflecting the closures of venues such as casinos, theatres, fitness centres, sporting grounds and zoos, and cancellations of a range of public events due to social distancing requirements.

Job vacancies, annual change by industry - original
Industry	Annual change (%)
Manufacturing	16.2
Construction	7.1
Health care and social assistance	3.6
Public administration and safety	1.8
Financial and insurance services	1.4
Education and training	-2.8
Wholesale trade	-4.5
Professional, scientific and technical services	-6.0
Accommodation and food services	-6.8
Other services	-8.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-10.1
Mining	-11.3
Information media and telecommunications	-11.9
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-12.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	-14.1
Retail trade	-16.3
Administrative and support services	-29.2
Arts and recreation services	-67.9

Job vacancies, annual change by industry - original

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While not a regular output from the survey, a measure of the number of businesses reporting any vacancies also shows the extent of the acute reduction in labour demand in May 2020, as well as the recovery in August 2020. In May 2020, a much lower proportion of businesses reported having at least one vacancy (6.5%) compared with May 2019 (11.9%). In August 2020, this had increased to 12.1% of businesses compared with 14.0% in the previous August.

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies - industry
	Aug 2020	May 2020	Aug 2019
Mining	16.1%	8.3%	11.0%
Manufacturing	14.0%	4.4%	11.1%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	21.9%	11.8%	11.6%
Construction	12.0%	4.6%	14.0%
Wholesale trade	14.0%	14.1%	14.7%
Retail trade	9.9%	9.7%	16.8%
Accommodation and food services	13.9%	2.3%	16.1%
Transport, postal and warehousing	10.7%	4.1%	2.1%
Information media and telecommunications	5.2%	7.0%	5.6%
Financial and insurance services	6.6%	5.0%	12.8%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	11.8%	4.1%	10.2%
Professional, scientific and technical services	14.8%	9.2%	11.4%
Administrative and support services	16.2%	7.8%	31.6%
Public administration and safety	27.9%	22.6%	31.5%
Education and training	10.8%	4.0%	11.0%
Health care and social assistance	8.9%	6.5%	13.6%
Arts and recreation services	2.1%	0.5%	5.4%
Other services	11.1%	5.6%	16.1%
All Industries	12.1%	6.5%	14.0%

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies - states and territories
	Aug 2020	May 2020	Aug 2019
New South Wales	11.6%	5.8%	15.1%
Victoria	11.5%	6.0%	13.8%
Queensland	13.7%	10.5%	13.7%
South Australia	8.8%	2.9%	11.2%
Western Australia	15.6%	5.5%	11.7%
Tasmania	10.7%	4.5%	14.7%
Northern Territory	20.7%	6.7%	23.7%
Australian Capital Territory	4.7%	3.5%	10.4%
Australia	12.1%	6.5%	14.0%

1. Job vacancies, states and territories

Job vacancies ('000), states and territories
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	77.2	60.1	33.2	11.2	23.2	3.3	4.2	6.7	219.1	228.0	nca
Aug-19	72.8	61.2	39.1	11.3	26.4	3.6	4.3	7.6	226.3	224.0	nca
Nov-19	80.2	60.1	39.2	11.4	25.7	3.6	3.5	7.7	231.4	227.1	nca
Feb-20	79.3	59.7	38.4	11.7	27.6	3.4	2.9	6.6	229.5	227.3	nca
May-20	39.8	28.7	25.2	6.8	16.8	1.9	1.7	3.6	124.5	129.2	nca
Aug-20	62.2	45.8	42.1	12.5	32.2	3.4	4.2	5.6	208.0	206.0	nca

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	-8.1	-6.3	-9.3	19.5	-15.3	10.5	15.7	1.3	-6.7	-1.8	nca
Aug-19	-5.6	1.8	17.9	1.2	13.6	11.3	3.1	12.2	3.3	-1.7	nca
Nov-19	10.1	-1.7	0.2	0.4	-2.6	-0.7	-19.5	2.0	2.2	1.4	nca
Feb-20	-1.1	-0.8	-2.0	2.7	7.3	-5.7	-17.8	-13.8	-0.8	0.1	nca
May-20	-49.9	-51.9	-34.3	-41.6	-39.1	-45.7	-39.7	-46.2	-45.8	-43.1	nca
Aug-20	56.4	59.5	67.0	83.2	91.4	84.7	146.3	57.2	67.1	59.4	nca

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Aug-18	6.1	21.6	-0.9	29.1	41.2	20.5	-1.2	16.9	13.6	13.8	nca
Aug-19	-8.5	-7.6	12.8	-3.5	2.1	20.3	20.6	12.5	-2.2	-2	nca
Aug-20	-14.6	-25.2	7.8	10.2	21.9	-6.1	-1.8	-25.6	-8.1	-8.1	nca

All figures are original unless stated otherwise

nca not currently available due to break in series

2. Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories

Job vacancies ('000), private sector - states and territories
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	69.6	54.6	30.1	9.6	21.7	2.7	*3.6	4.8	196.8	205.8	nca
Aug-19	65.3	55.9	35.3	9.5	24.5	3.0	3.7	5.1	202.3	200.5	nca
Nov-19	72.2	54.9	35.5	9.5	23.5	2.9	3.0	5.3	206.7	202.7	nca
Feb-20	71.4	53.7	34.9	10.0	25.4	2.9	2.1	4.9	205.1	202.1	nca
May-20	33.4	24.3	22.9	5.2	15.4	*1.6	1.3	2.5	106.5	111.3	nca
Aug-20	55.0	40.6	39.2	10.6	30.2	2.8	3.6	3.7	185.7	184.1	nca

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	-10.0	-7.3	-10.8	22.3	-15.9	9.5	15.7	0.4	-8.1	-2.5	nca
Aug-19	-6.1	2.4	17.2	-1.0	12.5	13.2	0.6	5.0	2.8	-2.6	nca
Nov-19	10.4	-1.8	0.5	-0.5	-3.9	-3.3	-18.4	3.4	2.2	1.1	nca
Feb-20	-1.1	-2.2	-1.8	5.6	7.9	-0.6	-31.1	-6.2	-0.7	-0.3	nca
May-20	-53.2	-54.8	-34.3	-48.1	-39.2	-46.6	-39.0	-48.8	-48.1	-44.9	nca
Aug-20	64.5	67.4	71.1	104.7	95.7	82.0	186.8	46.2	74.3	65.4	nca

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Aug-18	8.2	22.8	-1.7	26.9	42.0	15.3	-1.6	25.0	14.6	14.8	nca
Aug-19	-11.0	-7.1	11.3	-8.0	2.4	25.1	14.3	-2.9	-3.8	-3.6	nca
Aug-20	-15.9	-27.3	11.0	11.7	23.3	-6.5	-1.7	-27.4	-8.2	-8.2	nca

All figures are original unless stated otherwise.

* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

nca not currently available due to break in series

3. Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories

Job vacancies ('000), public sector - states and territories
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	7.6	5.5	3.0	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.9	22.2	22.2	nca
Aug-19	7.5	5.3	3.8	1.8	2.0	0.6	*0.7	2.5	24.0	23.5	nca
Nov-19	8.0	5.2	3.6	1.9	2.2	0.7	0.5	2.5	24.7	24.4	nca
Feb-20	7.9	6.0	3.5	1.7	2.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	24.4	25.2	nca
May-20	6.3	4.4	2.3	1.6	*1.4	0.3	0.5	1.0	17.9	17.9	nca
Aug-20	7.2	5.1	2.9	1.8	2.0	0.6	*0.6	1.9	22.3	21.9	nca

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
May-19	13.8	4.9	9.1	5.2	-6.0	15.4	15.6	3.9	7.9	4.4	nca
Aug-19	-1.2	-4.3	24.2	14.6	30.2	2.2	19.7	30.6	8.0	5.9	nca
Nov-19	7.3	-0.8	-2.9	5.1	14.0	12.6	-25.4	-0.8	2.7	3.5	nca
Feb-20	-1.0	14.4	-3.6	-12.1	0.3	-27.7	63.0	-30.0	-1.2	3.3	nca
May-20	-20.2	-26.1	-34.3	-2.7	-37.1	-40.8	-41.5	-38.8	-26.5	-28.9	nca
Aug-20	14.0	16.1	26.4	14.3	43.8	99.1	37.8	83.5	24.6	22.0	nca

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)	Australia (Trend)
Aug-18	-13.7	11.5	9.4	48.5	31.5	47.6	1.9	-4.9	4.7	4.2	nca
Aug-19	20.9	-12.1	29.2	30.6	-1.5	0.7	73.6	67.2	14.7	14.4	nca
Aug-20	-3.4	-2.6	-22.3	2.6	3.5	-3.9	-2.1	-22.1	-7.1	-7.2	nca

All figures are original unless stated otherwise

* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

nca not currently available due to break in series

4. Job vacancies, industry

Job vacancies ('000), industry
	May-19	Aug-19	Nov-19	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20
Mining	5.6	6.4	6.2	6.5	4.3	5.6
Manufacturing	11.5	11.6	10.9	12.2	7.0	13.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	2.0	2.2	1.8	2.1	1.6	1.9
Construction	15.7	14.9	16.6	16.6	8.3	15.9
Wholesale trade	9.3	10.4	11.8	12.6	6.5	9.9
Retail trade	19.0	22.1	24.8	18.9	11.4	18.5
Accommodation and food services	14.0	14.5	14.5	14.7	*5.0	13.5
Transport, postal and warehousing	6.6	6.4	7.1	7.5	3.3	5.5
Information media and telecommunications	2.5	2.7	3.3	3.4	2.0	2.4
Financial and insurance services	11.4	12.1	11.0	11.9	7.8	12.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services	3.8	4.1	2.7	3.2	*1.0	*3.6
Professional, scientific and technical services	28.6	25.0	23.7	26.3	13.1	23.5
Administrative and support services	30.7	34.2	34.5	31.2	17.5	24.2
Public administration and safety	11.9	13.2	12.9	13.3	8.6	13.4
Education and training	7.1	6.6	7.3	7.7	3.6	6.4
Health care and social assistance	29.8	27.4	28.0	29.8	19.7	28.4
Arts and recreation services	2.4	3.6	2.8	2.0	**0.1	1.2
Other services	7.2	9.0	11.4	9.4	*3.6	8.3

All figures are original

* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use

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Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

1. Job vacancies, states and territories

2. Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories

3. Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories

4. Job vacancies, industry

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Job Vacancies, Australia

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Key statistics

Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

1. Job vacancies, states and territories

2. Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories

3. Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories

4. Job vacancies, industry

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Table 1. Job vacancies, state and territories ('000)

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