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

February 2026

Released

2/04/2026

Release date and time

02/04/2026 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for February 2026:

Total job vacancies were 337,900, an increase of 2.7% from November 2025.
Private sector vacancies were 299,000, an increase of 3.2% from November 2025.
Public sector vacancies were 39,000, a decrease of 0.7% from November 2025.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Feb-2026 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	294.4	0.6	-0.9
	Public sector	39.3	0.8	6.9
	Private and public sectors	333.7	0.6	-0.1
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	299.0	3.2	3.6
	Public sector	39.0	-0.7	4.7
	Private and public sectors	337.9	2.7	3.7
Original	Private sector	304.2	4.7	4.0
	Public sector	38.1	-4.3	4.8
	Private and public sectors	342.4	3.6	4.1

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies increased by 2.7% (8,900 vacancies) in the three months to February 2026 (seasonally adjusted). This is 28.6% lower than it was in May 2022 when the level of job vacancies peaked.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
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	260.1
Feb-21	287.9
May-21	366.7
Aug-21	329.2
Nov-21	406.6
Feb-22	422.9
May-22	473.1
Aug-22	466.5
Nov-22	451.3
Feb-23	439.3
May-23	422.2
Aug-23	399.6
Nov-23	385.2
Feb-24	360.2
May-24	345.9
Aug-24	332.3
Nov-24	346.5
Feb-25	325.8
May-25	336.0
Aug-25	327.5
Nov-25	329.0
Feb-26	337.9

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)
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
Nov-25	97.5	80.0	70.5	20.5	43.2	5.4	5.2	8.1
Feb-26	101.2	83.1	72.6	20.1	45.1	5.7	6.4	8.1

Job vacancies, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	Feb-24	Feb-25	Feb-26
NSW	3.5	-3.9	-3.4	0.8	-0.6	3.8	-25.8	-6.3	0.4
Vic	-2.2	-6.1	7.9	-8.8	7.0	3.9	-17.4	-16.8	9.2
Qld	13.8	-9.2	1.7	0.6	-1.2	3.0	-18.2	0.3	4.1
SA	17.7	-8.7	9.0	-3.9	-6.6	-2.3	13.0	-19.1	-4.3
WA	-0.1	3.9	-6.3	0.3	6.5	4.3	-9.3	-9.8	4.5
Tas	4.0	-17.4	3.0	1.6	-1.6	5.9	-11.0	-23.0	9.1
NT	8.8	-2.8	-12.2	21.9	-11.3	23.0	-30.4	13.9	16.7
ACT	13.7	-16.8	11.6	-6.4	3.7	0.3	-24.2	-14.5	8.7
Australia	4.9	-5.5	1.0	-1.9	1.4	3.6	-18.0	-9.3	4.1
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	4.3	-6.0	3.1	-2.5	0.5	2.7	-18.0	-9.5	3.7
Australia (Trend)	-0.7	-0.6	-1.0	-0.3	0.6	0.6	-18.0	-7.5	-0.1

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)
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
Nov-25	84.7	69.9	63.9	17.2	40.9	4.6	4.3	5.2
Feb-26	89.1	73.6	66.2	16.6	42.5	4.9	5.3	5.9

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	Feb-24	Feb-25	Feb-26
NSW	3.1	-3.7	-3.7	-0.4	-1.5	5.3	-26.2	-6.7	-0.5
Vic	-3.2	-7.7	7.4	-9.8	7.4	5.3	-17.8	-17.8	9.6
Qld	14.3	-9.8	1.5	1.4	-1.6	3.7	-19.3	0.8	4.9
SA	23.5	-10.0	8.0	-4.7	-8.0	-3.3	17.1	-21.8	-8.5
WA	1.4	4.5	-6.6	1.2	6.5	4.0	-9.6	-8.8	4.6
Tas	3.8	-19.4	3.6	-0.1	2.4	6.6	-13.8	-25.8	13.0
NT	14.5	-5.2	-13.0	30.9	-13.7	22.6	-37.2	24.8	20.5
ACT	17.2	-24.7	14.4	-13.1	2.6	13.7	-24.1	-19.2	15.9
Australia	5.2	-6.1	0.6	-2.2	1.0	4.7	-18.4	-9.7	4.0
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	4.7	-7.1	3.4	-3.2	0.3	3.2	-18.4	-9.9	3.6
Australia (Trend)	-0.7	-0.8	-1.4	-0.6	0.5	0.6	-18.4	-7.4	-0.9

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)
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
Nov-25	12.9	10.2	6.6	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.9
Feb-26	12.1	9.5	6.4	3.5	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.2

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
	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	Feb-24	Feb-25	Feb-26
NSW	6.6	-6.0	-1.2	9.6	6.2	-5.9	-22.3	-3.2	8.2
Vic	7.5	8.3	11.4	-1.8	4.0	-6.2	-14.3	-8.9	6.7
Qld	8.7	-3.4	4.2	-6.8	2.8	-3.3	-6.7	-4.3	-3.4
SA	-11.8	0.9	15.6	0.9	1.7	3.1	-12.7	3.5	22.4
WA	-17.8	-4.5	-0.3	-13.9	7.5	10.7	-5.7	-23.6	2.1
Tas	5.2	-6.9	0.4	9.7	-19.0	1.9	9.1	-6.8	-9.1
NT	-13.1	9.2	-9.0	-15.1	3.7	24.8	0.7	-17.3	0.1
ACT	4.2	7.4	5.5	9.5	5.8	-23.9	-24.6	-2.1	-6.9
Australia	2.5	-0.5	4.5	0.8	4.0	-4.3	-14.7	-6.6	4.8
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	0.3	3.4	0.9	2.8	1.6	-0.7	-14.7	-6.5	4.7
Australia (Trend)	-1.1	1.5	2.8	1.9	1.2	0.8	-14.5	-8.6	6.9

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26
Mining	9.6	10.3	10.0	8.6	9.3	10.2
Manufacturing	14.8	18.2	19.6	21.5	19.7	18.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.5	3.9	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.8
Construction	22.2	18.5	22.3	19.5	18.1	21.6
Wholesale trade	11.6	12.2	10.5	11.7	13.3	15.1
Retail trade	30.5	25.6	25.3	28.7	27.8	30.7
Accommodation and food services	38.0	38.7	38.1	37.7	38.2	40.6
Transport, postal and warehousing	11.3	11.2	10.7	10.5	9.5	10.4
Information media and telecommunications	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.3
Financial and insurance services	11.5	11.8	12.4	10.5	10.8	11.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services	6.1	6.5	5.8	5.4	4.7	4.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	41.1	34.1	38.4	34.3	33.6	36.2
Administrative and support services	27.4	25.4	26.3	27.4	28.7	27.1
Public administration and safety	20.5	20.4	22.0	21.3	23.2	22.5
Education and training	10.9	11.6	12.2	12.9	10.9	11.8
Health care and social assistance	62.7	59.1	55.2	55.3	59.6	57.8
Arts and recreation services	6.6	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.8	4.5
Other services	15.0	13.4	11.8	9.4	11.2	12.0

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