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 2024
Released
26/09/2024
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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 (%)
TrendPrivate sector294.3-4.5-17.6
Public sector36.2-5.4-18.6
Private and public sectors330.5-4.6-17.7
Seasonally AdjustedPrivate sector294.1-4.9-16.9
Public sector35.8-7.5-18.9
Private and public sectors329.9-5.2-17.1
OriginalPrivate sector296.3-1.9-17.3
Public sector35.7-9.3-19.0
Private and public sectors332.0-2.8-17.5

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.

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

States and territories

Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
 NSWVicQldSAWATasNTACTAustraliaAustralia (Seasonally adjusted)Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-23-11.7-5.1-9.38.74.0-7.6-8.3-1.1-6.2-3.5-4.4
Aug-23-4.5-5.23.8-1.0-4.3-4.7-4.8-8.4-3.0-6.1-4.6
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-24-10.0-3.6-11.18.0-3.34.7-7.41.0-6.1-6.3-4.8
May-24-3.8-4.4-3.7-17.3-12.3-6.615.2-5.0-5.9-3.5-4.7
Aug-24-2.0-5.30.9-9.0-1.0-4.1-6.4-4.9-2.8-5.2-4.6
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-2258.455.721.640.316.78.324.950.041.041.739.1
Aug-23-18.8-21.3-6.8-2.1-13.67.7-21.4-13.0-15.3-14.7-11.9
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
 

Private sector

Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
 NSWVicQldSAWATasNTACTAustraliaAustralia (Seasonally adjusted)Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-23-13.3-7.4-8.69.43.3-9.6-13.32.4-7.3-3.9-4.7
Aug-23-3.3-4.63.6-0.4-5.0-4.3-7.6-9.0-2.6-6.2-4.8
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-24-9.1-3.7-12.111.5-1.94.5-8.77.1-5.7-6.2-4.7
May-24-4.7-4.4-4.0-19.9-13.9-9.023.5-8.4-6.7-3.6-4.6
Aug-24-1.4-3.81.9-12.1-0.1-2.6-6.8-0.1-1.9-4.9-4.5
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-2259.757.118.844.216.712.326.823.240.641.339.0
Aug-23-19.9-24.6-6.5-3.6-14.65.9-28.93.2-16.6-16.0-13.1
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

Change in job vacancies, public sector (%)
 NSWVicQldSAWATasNTACTAustraliaAustralia (Seasonally adjusted)Australia (Trend)
Change from previous quarter
May-232.914.7-17.14.614.47.414.7-10.13.1-0.7-2.0
Aug-23-12.6-9.45.3-5.54.1-6.84.8-6.7-6.5-4.9-3.6
Nov-234.1-15.28.63.1-2.32.9-13.52.5-1.8-3.2-4.5
Feb-24-17.0-2.8-1.6-14.3-18.95.9-3.1-12.3-9.9-6.6-5.0
May-243.4-4.8-0.74.89.47.2-8.64.21.0-2.9-5.2
Aug-24-6.6-17.8-8.111.0-11.0-11.3-4.7-16.0-9.3-7.5-5.4
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-2247.441.262.915.316.1-13.616.5136.544.645.240.5
Aug-23-8.715.6-9.410.00.920.815.9-40.3-3.2-2.9-0.6
Aug-24-16.5-35.5-2.52.8-22.93.7-27.0-21.3-19.0-18.9-18.6

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated
 

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
 May-23Aug-23Nov-23Feb-24May-24Aug-24
Mining11.711.411.510.78.58.4
Manufacturing22.625.123.423.316.414.7
Electricity, gas, water and waste services4.94.94.84.64.54.3
Construction33.128.828.527.924.925.1
Wholesale trade15.315.514.016.211.211.9
Retail trade32.238.537.232.128.428.7
Accommodation and food services42.541.438.835.138.331.7
Transport, postal and warehousing13.412.111.510.18.79.9
Information media and telecommunications3.83.53.43.63.53.4
Financial and insurance services13.411.310.011.710.911.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services5.55.54.85.85.75.5
Professional, scientific and technical services44.742.541.434.640.138.7
Administrative and support services37.533.231.530.026.025.4
Public administration and safety22.923.623.819.021.921.0
Education and training15.915.513.615.612.312.1
Health care and social assistance72.968.167.565.061.860.9
Arts and recreation services6.57.37.34.94.85.2
Other services16.114.213.512.613.614.1

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 6354.0.

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