Job Vacancies, Australia, August 2025

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Aug-2025 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	289.7	-1.5	-3.9
	Public sector	38.4	1.8	4.9
	Private and public sectors	328.1	-1.1	-3.0
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	288.7	-3.4	-2.6
	Public sector	38.4	2.2	7.4
	Private and public sectors	327.2	-2.7	-1.5
Original	Private sector	287.6	-2.2	-2.9
	Public sector	38.3	0.8	7.5
	Private and public sectors	325.9	-1.9	-1.8

Survey impacts and changes

Approach for estimating the contribution of micro-employers

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 2.7% (9,200 vacancies) in the three months to August 2025 (seasonally adjusted). This is 30.9% lower than it was in May 2022 when the level of job vacancies peaked.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
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	287.8
May-21	366.7
Aug-21	329.2
Nov-21	406.5
Feb-22	422.9
May-22	473.2
Aug-22	466.6
Nov-22	450.9
Feb-23	439.5
May-23	422.5
Aug-23	399.5
Nov-23	384.4
Feb-24	360.9
May-24	346.2
Aug-24	332.2
Nov-24	345.0
Feb-25	327.2
May-25	336.4
Aug-25	327.2

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-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
Feb-25	100.8	76.1	69.8	21.0	43.2	5.3	5.4	7.4
May-25	97.3	82.1	71.0	22.9	40.4	5.4	4.8	8.3
Aug-25	98.1	74.8	71.4	22.0	40.6	5.5	5.8	7.8

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Aug-23	Aug-24	Aug-25
NSW	-3.8	-2.0	3.5	-3.9	-3.4	0.8	-18.8	-17.1	-3.3
Vic	-4.4	-5.3	-2.2	-6.1	7.9	-8.8	-21.3	-16.8	-9.7
Qld	-3.7	0.9	13.8	-9.2	1.7	0.6	-6.8	-15.6	5.7
SA	-17.3	-9.0	17.7	-8.7	9.0	-3.9	-2.1	-21.0	12.7
WA	-12.3	-1.0	-0.1	3.9	-6.3	0.3	-13.6	-20.9	-2.4
Tas	-6.6	-4.1	4.0	-17.4	3.0	1.6	7.7	-9.5	-10.0
NT	15.2	-6.4	8.8	-2.8	-12.2	21.9	-21.4	-14.1	13.1
ACT	-5.0	-4.9	13.7	-16.8	11.6	-6.4	-13.0	-24.4	-1.2
Australia	-5.9	-2.8	4.9	-5.5	1.0	-1.9	-15.3	-17.5	-1.8
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-4.1	-4.0	3.9	-5.2	2.8	-2.7	-14.4	-16.9	-1.5
Australia (Trend)	-4.1	-2.4	-0.7	-0.4	-0.8	-1.1	-11.8	-15.9	-3.0

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

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-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
Feb-25	89.6	67.1	63.1	18.1	40.6	4.3	4.4	5.1
May-25	86.3	72.1	64.1	19.6	37.9	4.5	3.8	5.8
Aug-25	86.0	65.0	64.9	18.7	38.4	4.5	5.0	5.1

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Aug-23	Aug-24	Aug-25
NSW	-4.7	-1.4	3.1	-3.7	-3.7	-0.4	-19.9	-17.2	-4.8
Vic	-4.4	-3.8	-3.2	-7.7	7.4	-9.8	-24.6	-14.3	-13.5
Qld	-4.0	1.9	14.3	-9.8	1.5	1.4	-6.5	-16.7	6.1
SA	-19.9	-12.1	23.5	-10.0	8.0	-4.7	-3.6	-24.4	14.4
WA	-13.9	-0.1	1.4	4.5	-6.6	1.2	-14.6	-20.7	0.2
Tas	-9.0	-2.6	3.8	-19.4	3.6	-0.1	5.9	-11.6	-13.3
NT	23.5	-6.8	14.5	-5.2	-13.0	30.9	-28.9	-9.8	23.6
ACT	-8.4	-0.1	17.2	-24.7	14.4	-13.1	3.2	-25.5	-12.2
Australia	-6.7	-1.9	5.2	-6.1	0.6	-2.2	-16.6	-17.3	-2.9
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-4.3	-3.6	4.2	-6.1	3.0	-3.4	-15.6	-16.6	-2.6
Australia (Trend)	-3.9	-2.2	-0.7	-0.6	-1.1	-1.5	-13.1	-15.7	-3.9

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-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
Feb-25	11.2	8.9	6.6	2.8	2.5	0.9	1.0	2.3
May-25	11.0	10.0	6.9	3.3	2.5	1.0	0.9	2.5
Aug-25	12.1	9.8	6.4	3.3	2.2	1.0	0.8	2.7

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, public sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Aug-23	Aug-24	Aug-25
NSW	3.4	-6.6	6.6	-6.0	-1.2	9.6	-8.7	-16.5	8.6
Vic	-4.8	-17.8	7.5	8.3	11.4	-1.8	15.6	-35.5	27.3
Qld	-0.7	-8.1	8.7	-3.4	4.2	-6.8	-9.4	-2.5	2.0
SA	4.8	11.0	-11.8	0.9	15.6	0.9	10.0	2.8	3.8
WA	9.4	-11.0	-17.8	-4.5	-0.3	-13.9	0.9	-22.9	-32.6
Tas	7.2	-11.3	5.2	-6.9	0.4	9.7	20.8	3.7	8.0
NT	-8.6	-4.7	-13.1	9.2	-9.0	-15.1	15.9	-27.0	-26.6
ACT	4.2	-16.0	4.2	7.4	5.5	9.5	-40.3	-21.3	29.3
Australia	1.0	-9.3	2.5	-0.5	4.5	0.8	-3.2	-19.0	7.5
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-2.4	-7.9	0.9	3.0	1.1	2.2	-3.0	-18.9	7.4
Australia (Trend)	-5.3	-3.9	-1.0	1.7	2.3	1.8	-0.6	-17.8	4.9

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25
Mining	8.5	8.4	9.6	10.3	10.0	8.6
Manufacturing	16.4	14.7	14.8	18.2	19.6	21.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.5	4.3	4.5	3.9	3.4	3.3
Construction	24.9	25.1	22.2	18.5	22.3	19.5
Wholesale trade	11.2	11.9	11.6	12.2	10.5	11.7
Retail trade	28.4	28.7	30.5	25.6	25.3	28.7
Accommodation and food services	38.3	31.7	38.0	38.7	38.1	37.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	8.7	9.9	11.3	11.2	10.7	10.5
Information media and telecommunications	3.5	3.4	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.5
Financial and insurance services	10.9	11.1	11.5	11.8	12.4	10.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	5.7	5.5	6.1	6.5	5.8	5.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	40.1	38.7	41.1	34.1	38.4	34.3
Administrative and support services	26.0	25.4	27.4	25.4	26.3	27.4
Public administration and safety	21.9	21.0	20.5	20.4	22.0	21.3
Education and training	12.3	12.1	10.9	11.6	12.2	12.9
Health care and social assistance	61.8	60.9	62.7	59.1	55.2	55.3
Arts and recreation services	4.8	5.2	6.6	4.6	4.3	4.5
Other services	13.6	14.1	15.0	13.4	11.8	9.4

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