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

May 2026

Released

25/06/2026

Release date and time

25/06/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for May 2026:

Total job vacancies were 329,500, a decrease of 2.1% from February 2026.
Private sector vacancies were 293,800, a decrease of 1.4% from February 2026.
Public sector vacancies were 35,700, a decrease of 7.9% from February 2026.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		May-2026 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	296.1	0.8	1.0
	Public sector	36.7	-3.6	-2.8
	Private and public sectors	332.8	0.3	0.5
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	293.8	-1.4	-1.8
	Public sector	35.7	-7.9	-4.9
	Private and public sectors	329.5	-2.1	-2.1
Original	Private sector	287.8	-5.4	-2.2
	Public sector	36.2	-5.1	-4.9
	Private and public sectors	324.0	-5.4	-2.5

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 2.1% (7,100 vacancies) in the three months to May 2026 (seasonally adjusted). This is 30.3% lower than it was in May 2022 when the level of job vacancies peaked.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
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	287.8
May-21	366.7
Aug-21	329.2
Nov-21	406.5
Feb-22	422.8
May-22	473.1
Aug-22	466.7
Nov-22	451.3
Feb-23	439.1
May-23	422.3
Aug-23	399.8
Nov-23	385.1
Feb-24	359.7
May-24	346.3
Aug-24	332.7
Nov-24	346.3
Feb-25	325.0
May-25	336.7
Aug-25	327.9
Nov-25	328.7
Feb-26	336.6
May-26	329.5

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)
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
May-26	96.1	76.4	69.5	18.8	43.1	5.8	6.3	7.8

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
	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	May-24	May-25	May-26
NSW	-3.9	-3.4	0.8	-0.6	3.8	-5.1	-19.2	-6.0	-1.3
Vic	-6.1	7.9	-8.8	7.0	3.9	-8.0	-16.8	-6.1	-6.9
Qld	-9.2	1.7	0.6	-1.2	3.0	-4.3	-13.1	6.0	-2.0
SA	-8.7	9.0	-3.9	-6.6	-2.3	-6.5	-14.0	6.6	-17.9
WA	3.9	-6.3	0.3	6.5	4.3	-4.3	-23.5	-3.6	6.7
Tas	-17.4	3.0	1.6	-1.6	5.9	1.4	-10.1	-15.0	7.3
NT	-2.8	-12.2	21.9	-11.3	23.0	-0.1	-12.6	-13.2	32.8
ACT	-16.8	11.6	-6.4	3.7	0.3	-3.4	-27.2	0.4	-5.9
Australia	-5.5	1.0	-1.9	1.4	3.6	-5.4	-17.7	-2.7	-2.5
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-6.2	3.6	-2.6	0.2	2.4	-2.1	-18.0	-2.8	-2.1
Australia (Trend)	-0.6	-0.8	-0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	-17.7	-4.5	0.5

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)
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
May-26	84.7	66.1	64.7	15.7	40.9	4.9	5.4	5.3

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	May-24	May-25	May-26
NSW	-3.7	-3.7	-0.4	-1.5	5.3	-4.9	-18.8	-5.7	-1.8
Vic	-7.7	7.4	-9.8	7.4	5.3	-10.2	-15.1	-7.7	-8.4
Qld	-9.8	1.5	1.4	-1.6	3.7	-2.4	-15.3	6.6	1.0
SA	-10.0	8.0	-4.7	-8.0	-3.3	-5.2	-14.3	5.5	-19.7
WA	4.5	-6.6	1.2	6.5	4.0	-3.8	-24.6	-1.1	7.8
Tas	-19.4	3.6	-0.1	2.4	6.6	0.7	-13.2	-15.5	9.9
NT	-5.2	-13.0	30.9	-13.7	22.6	1.8	-10.6	-12.0	41.0
ACT	-24.7	14.4	-13.1	2.6	13.7	-10.0	-32.1	1.0	-8.8
Australia	-6.1	0.6	-2.2	1.0	4.7	-5.4	-17.8	-2.6	-2.2
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-7.2	3.9	-3.4	0.1	2.9	-1.4	-18.2	-2.7	-1.8
Australia (Trend)	-0.8	-1.3	-0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	-17.7	-5.0	1.0

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)
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
May-26	11.3	10.4	4.9	3.0	2.2	0.9	0.9	2.5

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
	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	May-24	May-25	May-26
NSW	-6.0	-1.2	9.6	6.2	-5.9	-6.2	-21.9	-7.5	2.7
Vic	8.3	11.4	-1.8	4.0	-6.2	8.7	-28.9	6.6	4.1
Qld	-3.4	4.2	-6.8	2.8	-3.3	-24.0	11.8	0.5	-29.6
SA	0.9	15.6	0.9	1.7	3.1	-12.3	-12.5	14.1	-7.1
WA	-4.5	-0.3	-13.9	7.5	10.7	-13.3	-9.9	-30.4	-11.3
Tas	-6.9	0.4	9.7	-19.0	1.9	5.1	9.0	-12.7	-4.9
NT	9.2	-9.0	-15.1	3.7	24.8	-10.0	-19.7	-17.6	-1.1
ACT	7.4	5.5	9.5	5.8	-23.9	14.6	-12.6	-0.9	1.1
Australia	-0.5	4.5	0.8	4.0	-4.3	-5.1	-16.5	-3.3	-4.9
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	2.9	1.3	3.4	1.1	-1.2	-7.9	-16.5	-3.2	-4.9
Australia (Trend)	1.4	3.0	2.7	0.2	-2.0	-3.6	-17.5	-0.8	-2.8

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	Feb-25	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26
Mining	10.3	10.0	8.6	9.3	10.2	10.3
Manufacturing	18.2	19.6	21.5	19.7	18.6	21.7
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	3.9	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.7
Construction	18.5	22.3	19.5	18.1	21.6	19.9
Wholesale trade	12.2	10.5	11.7	13.3	15.1	15.9
Retail trade	25.6	25.3	28.7	27.8	30.7	26.0
Accommodation and food services	38.7	38.1	37.7	38.2	40.6	34.0
Transport, postal and warehousing	11.2	10.7	10.5	9.5	10.4	9.2
Information media and telecommunications	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.6
Financial and insurance services	11.8	12.4	10.5	10.8	11.3	8.9
Rental, hiring and real estate services	6.5	5.8	5.4	4.7	4.8	4.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	34.1	38.4	34.3	33.6	36.2	35.7
Administrative and support services	25.4	26.3	27.4	28.7	27.1	26.6
Public administration and safety	20.4	22.0	21.3	23.2	22.5	21.2
Education and training	11.6	12.2	12.9	10.9	11.8	11.0
Health care and social assistance	59.1	55.2	55.3	59.6	57.8	56.7
Arts and recreation services	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.8	4.5	3.9
Other services	13.4	11.8	9.4	11.2	12.0	11.3

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