Job Vacancies, Australia, February 2024

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Feb-2024 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	324.8	-4.2	-17.7
	Public sector	40.4	-4.6	-14.3
	Private and public sectors	365.3	-4.3	-17.4
Seasonally Adjusted	Private sector	323.7	-6.1	-18.1
	Public sector	40.1	-6.1	-14.6
	Private and public sectors	363.8	-6.1	-17.7
Original	Private sector	323.8	-5.7	-18.4
	Public sector	39.0	-9.9	-14.7
	Private and public sectors	362.7	-6.1	-18.0

Survey impacts and changes

New approach for estimating the contribution of micro-employers

Other measures of labour demand

Intention to retire the additional estimates produced during the COVID-19 period

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 6.1% (23,600 vacancies) in the three months to February 2024 (seasonally adjusted). Despite this being the seventh consecutive quarterly decrease, the level of job vacancies in February 2024 remained elevated. Job vacancies were 59.8% 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)
Feb-80	40.6
May-80	36.7
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	157.9
Aug-15	161.5
Nov-15	167.4
Feb-16	172.2
May-16	171.4
Aug-16	177.1
Nov-16	182.4
Feb-17	185.1
May-17	185.9
Aug-17	200.0
Nov-17	205.1
Feb-18	213.1
May-18	223.6
Aug-18	226.9
Nov-18	232.4
Feb-19	232.6
May-19	227.3
Aug-19	221.5
Nov-19	230.6
Feb-20	227.7
May-20	128.5
Aug-20	202.7
Nov-20	260.1
Feb-21	288.7
May-21	367.4
Aug-21	326.8
Nov-21	407.2
Feb-22	424.9
May-22	475.4
Aug-22	459.9
Nov-22	453.1
Feb-23	442.3
May-23	426.2
Aug-23	390.4
Nov-23	387.4
Feb-24	363.8

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

Businesses reporting vacancies

The number of businesses reporting at least one vacancy shows the extent of the acute reduction in labour demand in May 2020, as well as the subsequent change since then. In February 2020, just prior to the main effects of COVID-19, the proportion of businesses reporting at least one vacancy was 11.0%. In May 2020, a much lower proportion of businesses reported at least one vacancy (6.5%). By November 2022, this had increased to 27.7%. In line with the decrease in the number of vacancies over recent quarters, the proportion of businesses reporting at least one vacancy also decreased to 18.3% in February 2024.

With the new approach for estimating the number of vacancies for micro-employers, the contribution to the proportion of businesses reporting vacancies for these employers will also be modelled from November 2023.

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, Australia
	Proportion (%)
Feb-20	11.0
May-20	6.5
Aug-20	12.1
Nov-20	14.7
Feb-21	18.1
May-21	22.0
Aug-21	20.3
Nov-21	20.7
Feb-22	23.5
May-22	25.2
Aug-22	26.7
Nov-22	27.7
Feb-23	24.3
May-23	24.7
Aug-23	21.7
Nov-23	19.7
Feb-24	18.3

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Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, states and territories (%)
	Feb-22	May-22	Aug-22	Nov-22	Feb-23	May-23	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24
New South Wales	24.2	26.2	28.9	28.0	27.4	26.5	20.1	18.8	18.5
Victoria	22.9	27.3	27.1	29.2	25.4	24.7	26.3	20.6	19.5
Queensland	26.0	22.8	26.7	28.3	22.6	25.4	23.3	24.1	17.1
South Australia	17.6	17.3	19.7	18.4	16.0	19.4	17.2	15.3	19.4
Western Australia	22.4	28.3	25.2	29.4	21.6	23.1	16.3	17.1	16.1
Tasmania	19.2	19.1	14.0	22.0	15.6	14.5	16.9	12.7	17.3
Northern Territory	27.8	31.6	36.5	35.6	26.4	23.4	25.8	20.9	21.4
Australian Capital Territory	16.6	13.7	15.5	13.7	16.0	17.1	15.0	12.8	12.3
Australia	23.5	25.2	26.7	27.7	24.3	24.7	21.7	19.7	18.3

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, industry (%)
	Feb-22	May-22	Aug-22	Nov-22	Feb-23	May-23	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24
Mining	27.8	24.8	19.3	27.1	26.0	26.4	25.3	20.9	23.8
Manufacturing	29.6	22.3	25.9	23.8	26.8	16.8	29.5	18.2	19.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	39.2	34.5	13.1	31.0	25.2	36.7	24.2	26.0	15.2
Construction	24.3	30.3	28.5	28.5	24.2	23.6	22.2	26.7	25.0
Wholesale trade	29.5	16.8	26.1	19.9	23.4	22.9	23.1	21.1	23.8
Retail trade	16.6	17.7	23.8	31.5	23.0	21.7	28.1	17.1	16.3
Accommodation and food services	32.4	34.0	42.5	45.3	41.7	35.5	31.8	25.6	20.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	22.4	22.6	25.8	21.5	16.6	21.3	13.2	20.9	10.3
Information media and telecommunications	19.8	26.7	20.4	29.0	21.4	21.3	15.8	16.4	31.1
Financial and insurance services	14.8	20.0	8.2	21.7	7.4	11.8	7.5	9.4	11.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services	20.1	25.2	27.3	26.1	13.9	13.0	15.7	8.7	18.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	17.6	18.0	19.4	24.8	19.6	22.2	16.8	16.1	9.3
Administrative and support services	36.2	38.3	32.8	36.8	26.7	34.0	27.5	28.6	32.4
Public administration and safety	33.5	37.9	37.4	35.0	43.3	32.0	34.8	29.6	25.1
Education and training	9.9	14.6	8.3	7.7	28.9	28.7	26.8	17.8	18.1
Health care and social assistance	18.9	26.7	33.4	17.5	30.8	29.5	21.2	20.3	22.6
Arts and recreation services	8.3	10.2	4.7	9.3	18.6	22.7	17.8	10.8	16.1
Other services	32.7	32.7	34.4	36.7	25.3	31.1	18.6	23.2	18.3
All industries	23.5	25.2	26.7	27.7	24.3	24.7	21.7	19.7	18.3

Reasons for vacancies (%)
	Feb-22	May-22	Aug-22	Nov-22	Feb-23	May-23	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24
Replacement/resignations	79.7	80.4	78.2	77.1	79.6	77.6	77.4	77.9	82.8
Increased workload	47.8	47.0	45.4	44.0	44.0	39.7	38.6	38.9	39.2
Expansion of business	25.9	27.8	27.8	25.6	26.7	26.4	24.8	26.3	26.2
Restructure	13.9	14.4	13.2	12.8	13.7	14.5	14.3	14.3	15.1
Relocation	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.7
Seasonal	12.0	11.6	14.1	18.1	12.3	11.4	13.4	18.4	12.7
Special event	2.1	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.3
Takeover	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.2
Other	12.9	8.6	7.1	6.4	9.8	8.2	9.2	10.4	6.5

Businesses may have multiple reasons for reporting job vacancies
Proportions are of businesses that reported at least one vacancy

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)
Feb-19	84.0	64.1	36.6	9.4	27.5	3.0	3.6	6.6
May-19	77.2	60.1	33.2	11.2	23.2	3.3	4.2	6.7
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

Job vacancies, states and territories, original

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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
Nov-22	-11.8	-7.0	-0.1	0.4	1.9	12.8	-1.7	2.0	-5.2	-1.5	0.1
Feb-23	9.0	-5.9	-0.8	-9.4	-14.8	8.4	-8.4	-5.8	-1.8	-2.4	-2.9
May-23	-11.7	-5.1	-9.3	8.7	4.0	-7.6	-8.3	-1.1	-6.2	-3.6	-4.7
Aug-23	-4.5	-5.2	3.8	-1.0	-4.3	-4.7	-4.8	-8.4	-3.0	-8.4	-5.0
Nov-23	-2.3	-4.7	-2.2	-2.8	-5.8	-3.6	-13.9	-17.2	-3.9	-0.8	-4.7
Feb-24	-10.0	-3.6	-11.1	8.0	-3.3	4.7	-7.4	1.0	-6.1	-6.1	-4.3
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-22	38.3	55.1	43.6	26.5	66.3	29.5	76.4	40.4	46.7	47.2	49.2
Feb-23	11.5	8.8	10.5	-6.2	-20.6	4.8	-18.9	0.3	3.7	4.1	3.7
Feb-24	-25.8	-17.4	-18.2	13.0	-9.3	-11.0	-30.4	-24.2	-18.0	-17.7	-17.4

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2024, states and territories, original
State	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
New South Wales	35.7
Victoria	53.4
Queensland	81.2
South Australia	122.3
Western Australia	73.4
Tasmania	100.6
Northern Territory	67.3
Australian Capital Territory	31.1

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2024, states and territories, original

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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)
Feb-19	77.3	58.9	33.8	7.9	25.8	2.4	3.1	4.8
May-19	69.6	54.6	30.1	9.6	21.7	2.7	3.6	4.8
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

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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
Nov-22	-13.7	-7.4	-1.0	-0.4	1.3	12.1	-2.8	7.8	-6.1	-2.0	-0.4
Feb-23	10.8	-7.8	-0.4	-11.2	-14.1	9.2	-8.7	2.7	-1.6	-2.7	-3.3
May-23	-13.3	-7.4	-8.6	9.4	3.3	-9.6	-13.3	2.4	-7.3	-4.0	-5
Aug-23	-3.3	-4.6	3.6	-0.4	-5.0	-4.3	-7.6	-9.0	-2.6	-8.7	-5.1
Nov-23	-3.1	-3.3	-3.1	-3.6	-6.0	-4.6	-14.1	-23.9	-4.2	-0.5	-4.7
Feb-24	-9.1	-3.7	-12.1	11.5	-1.9	4.5	-8.7	7.1	-5.7	-6.1	-4.2
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-22	38.2	57.6	44.1	26.1	70.3	28.0	88.2	41.0	47.9	48.5	50.7
Feb-23	9.6	6.0	9.5	-9.4	-21.3	3.0	-21.1	-2.1	1.8	2.2	1.6
Feb-24	-26.2	-17.8	-19.3	17.1	-9.6	-13.8	-37.2	-24.1	-18.4	-18.1	-17.7

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)
Feb-19	6.7	5.3	2.8	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.8
May-19	7.6	5.5	3.0	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.9
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

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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
Nov-22	6.6	-3.0	10.0	6.8	10.9	17.5	4.0	-7.8	4.1	3.6	4.7
Feb-23	-4.8	14.7	-5.7	4.3	-23.6	2.7	-7.2	-22.7	-3.5	0.3	0.9
May-23	2.9	14.7	-17.1	4.6	14.4	7.4	14.7	-10.1	3.1	-1.0	-2.2
Aug-23	-12.6	-9.4	5.3	-5.5	4.1	-6.8	4.8	-6.7	-6.5	-5.8	-3.9
Nov-23	4.1	-15.2	8.6	3.1	-2.3	2.9	-13.5	2.5	-1.8	-2.5	-4.5
Feb-24	-17.0	-2.8	-1.6	-14.3	-18.9	5.9	-3.1	-12.3	-9.9	-6.1	-4.6
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-22	40.2	30.7	37.8	30.7	21.1	44.4	31.6	38.6	34.4	34.6	35.6
Feb-23	31.5	41.9	21.8	21.2	-9.7	20.4	-7.1	7.1	23.6	23.7	24.9
Feb-24	-22.3	-14.3	-6.7	-12.7	-5.7	9.1	0.7	-24.6	-14.7	-14.6	-14.3

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	Nov-22	Feb-23	May-23	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24
Mining	9.8	10.6	11.7	11.4	11.5	10.7
Manufacturing	25.9	25.1	22.6	25.1	23.4	23.3
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.5	4.5	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.6
Construction	29.9	31.2	33.1	28.8	28.5	27.9
Wholesale trade	16.6	16.5	15.3	15.5	14.0	16.2
Retail trade	49.9	36.4	32.2	38.5	37.2	32.1
Accommodation and food services	56.3	57.8	42.5	41.4	38.8	35.1
Transport, postal and warehousing	15.4	14.6	13.4	12.1	11.5	10.1
Information media and telecommunications	4.3	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.6
Financial and insurance services	16.8	14.9	13.4	11.3	10.0	11.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	9.4	5.9	5.5	5.5	4.8	5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	40.8	47.6	44.7	42.5	41.4	34.6
Administrative and support services	41.3	38.4	37.5	33.2	31.5	30.0
Public administration and safety	30.1	26.4	22.9	23.6	23.8	19.0
Education and training	11.1	13.5	15.9	15.5	13.6	15.6
Health care and social assistance	62.7	72.4	72.9	68.1	67.5	65.0
Arts and recreation services	7.8	6.6	6.5	7.3	7.3	4.9
Other services	18.0	16.5	16.1	14.2	13.5	12.6

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2024, industry, original
Industry	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
Arts and recreation services	143.1
Accommodation and food services	138.1
Health care and social assistance	118.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	117.9
Education and training	102.2
Manufacturing	90.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	79.7
Retail trade	69.8
Construction	67.8
Mining	63.1
Public administration and safety	43.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	34.4
Other services	33.5
Professional, scientific and technical services	31.6
Wholesale trade	27.9
Information media and telecommunications	4.7
Financial and insurance services	-1.6
Administrative and support services	-3.7

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

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Survey impacts and changes

New approach for estimating the contribution of micro-employers

Other measures of labour demand

Intention to retire the additional estimates produced during the COVID-19 period

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Job Vacancies, Australia

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Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

New approach for estimating the contribution of micro-employers

Other measures of labour demand

Intention to retire the additional estimates produced during the COVID-19 period

Job vacancies over time

Businesses reporting vacancies

States and territories

Private sector

Public sector

Industry

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