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

November 2024

Released

8/01/2025

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for November 2024:

Total job vacancies were 344,000, an increase of 4.2% from August 2024.
Private sector vacancies were 308,000, an increase of 4.7% from August 2024.
Public sector vacancies were 36,000, an increase of 0.4% from August 2024.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Nov-2024 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	300.1	-0.8	-11.5
	Public sector	35.5	-3.2	-16.4
	Private and public sectors	335.6	-1.0	-12.0
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	308.0	4.7	-9.6
	Public sector	36.0	0.4	-15.6
	Private and public sectors	344.0	4.2	-10.3
Original	Private sector	311.6	5.2	-9.2
	Public sector	36.6	2.5	-15.4
	Private and public sectors	348.2	4.9	-9.9

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies increased by 4.2% (14,000 vacancies) in the three months to November 2024 (seasonally adjusted). This is the first increase since May 2022 when job vacancies reached their historical peak.

Job vacancies in November 2024 were 51.3% 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)
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	230.6
Feb-20	227.4
May-20	128.4
Aug-20	203.3
Nov-20	260.0
Feb-21	287.9
May-21	366.8
Aug-21	329.1
Nov-21	406.1
Feb-22	423.1
May-22	474.0
Aug-22	466.2
Nov-22	450.2
Feb-23	439.3
May-23	424.9
Aug-23	398.0
Nov-23	383.4
Feb-24	360.8
May-24	349.4
Aug-24	330.0
Nov-24	344.0

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)
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
Nov-24	104.9	81.0	76.9	23.0	41.5	6.4	5.6	9.0

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Nov-22	Nov-23	Nov-24
NSW	-4.5	-2.3	-10.0	-3.8	-2.0	3.5	10.1	-10.2	-12.2
Vic	-5.2	-4.7	-3.6	-4.4	-5.3	-2.2	11.0	-19.3	-14.7
Qld	3.8	-2.2	-11.1	-3.7	0.9	13.8	21.9	-8.7	-1.7
SA	-1.0	-2.8	8.0	-17.3	-9.0	17.7	6.8	-5.2	-4.3
WA	-4.3	-5.8	-3.3	-12.3	-1.0	-0.1	1.7	-20.1	-16.1
Tas	-4.7	-3.6	4.7	-6.6	-4.1	4.0	4.1	-7.9	-2.4
NT	-4.8	-13.9	-7.4	15.2	-6.4	8.8	21.0	-31.2	8.6
ACT	-8.4	-17.2	1.0	-5.0	-4.9	13.7	23.5	-29.3	3.8
Australia	-3.0	-3.9	-6.1	-5.9	-2.8	4.9	11.3	-14.2	-9.9
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-6.3	-3.7	-5.9	-3.1	-5.5	4.2	10.9	-14.8	-10.3
Australia (Trend)	-4.7	-5.1	-5.2	-3.9	-2.5	-1.0	11.7	-16.1	-12.0

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to November 2024, states and territories, original
State	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
New South Wales	32.3
Victoria	35.8
Queensland	100.3
South Australia	96.9
Western Australia	50.5
Tasmania	87.1
Northern Territory	96.1
Australian Capital Territory	34.7

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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)
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
Nov-24	93.0	72.7	70.0	20.2	38.9	5.4	4.7	6.8

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Nov-22	Nov-23	Nov-24
NSW	-3.3	-3.1	-9.1	-4.7	-1.4	3.1	5.7	-10.1	-11.9
Vic	-4.6	-3.3	-3.7	-4.4	-3.8	-3.2	10.4	-21.2	-14.3
Qld	3.6	-3.1	-12.1	-4.0	1.9	14.3	20.0	-8.5	-1.7
SA	-0.4	-3.6	11.5	-19.9	-12.1	23.5	6.9	-6.7	-3.1
WA	-5.0	-6.0	-1.9	-13.9	-0.1	1.4	0.7	-20.8	-14.4
Tas	-4.3	-4.6	4.5	-9.0	-2.6	3.8	8.5	-9.9	-3.8
NT	-7.6	-14.1	-8.7	23.5	-6.8	14.5	18.9	-37.1	20.2
ACT	-9.0	-23.9	7.1	-8.4	-0.1	17.2	5.3	-27.2	14.8
Australia	-2.6	-4.2	-5.7	-6.7	-1.9	5.2	9.0	-14.8	-9.2
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-6.5	-3.7	-5.8	-3.2	-5.3	4.7	8.5	-15.5	-9.6
Australia (Trend)	-4.9	-5.1	-5.1	-3.7	-2.3	-0.8	9.5	-16.8	-11.5

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)
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
Nov-24	11.9	8.3	6.9	2.8	2.6	1.0	0.9	2.2

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Change in job vacancies, public sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Nov-22	Nov-23	Nov-24
NSW	-12.6	4.1	-17.0	3.4	-6.6	6.6	59.1	-10.9	-14.5
Vic	-9.4	-15.2	-2.8	-4.8	-17.8	7.5	18.0	1.1	-18.2
Qld	5.3	8.6	-1.6	-0.7	-8.1	8.7	44.8	-10.5	-2.4
SA	-5.5	3.1	-14.3	4.8	11.0	-11.8	5.7	6.2	-12.1
WA	4.1	-2.3	-18.9	9.4	-11.0	-17.8	17.5	-11.1	-35.2
Tas	-6.8	2.9	5.9	7.2	-11.3	5.2	-18.4	5.8	6.0
NT	4.8	-13.5	-3.1	-8.6	-4.7	-13.1	32.0	-3.5	-26.6
ACT	-6.7	2.5	-12.3	4.2	-16.0	4.2	86.5	-33.6	-20.0
Australia	-6.5	-1.8	-9.9	1.0	-9.3	2.5	36.3	-8.7	-15.4
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-4.7	-3.4	-6.6	-3.0	-7.2	0.4	36.0	-8.9	-15.6
Australia (Trend)	-3.5	-4.5	-5.3	-4.8	-4.2	-3.2	36.0	-9.1	-16.4

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	Aug-23	Nov-23	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24
Mining	11.4	11.5	10.7	8.5	8.4	9.6
Manufacturing	25.1	23.4	23.3	16.4	14.7	14.8
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.5
Construction	28.8	28.5	27.9	24.9	25.1	22.2
Wholesale trade	15.5	14.0	16.2	11.2	11.9	11.6
Retail trade	38.5	37.2	32.1	28.4	28.7	30.5
Accommodation and food services	41.4	38.8	35.1	38.3	31.7	38.0
Transport, postal and warehousing	12.1	11.5	10.1	8.7	9.9	11.3
Information media and telecommunications	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.8
Financial and insurance services	11.3	10.0	11.7	10.9	11.1	11.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	5.5	4.8	5.8	5.7	5.5	6.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	42.5	41.4	34.6	40.1	38.7	41.1
Administrative and support services	33.2	31.5	30.0	26.0	25.4	27.4
Public administration and safety	23.6	23.8	19.0	21.9	21.0	20.5
Education and training	15.5	13.6	15.6	12.3	12.1	10.9
Health care and social assistance	68.1	67.5	65.0	61.8	60.9	62.7
Arts and recreation services	7.3	7.3	4.9	4.8	5.2	6.6
Other services	14.2	13.5	12.6	13.6	14.1	15.0

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to November 2024, industry, original
Industry	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
Arts and recreation services	231.5
Accommodation and food services	158.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	111.9
Health care and social assistance	110.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	89.3
Retail trade	61.5
Other services	59.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	56.3
Public administration and safety	54.5
Transport, postal and warehousing	50.7
Mining	47.7
Education and training	41.1
Construction	33.5
Manufacturing	20.8
Information media and telecommunications	11.7
Financial and insurance services	-4.0
Wholesale trade	-8.0
Administrative and support services	-12.0

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

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