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

February 2021

Released

1/04/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted estimates for the February 2021 quarter are as follows:

Total job vacancies were 288,700, an increase of 13.7% from November 2020.
Private sector vacancies were 260,300, an increase of 14.0% from November 2020.
Public sector vacancies were 28,400, an increase of 11.1% from November 2020.


	Feb 2021 ('000)	Nov 2020 to Feb 2021 (% change)	Feb 2020 to Feb 2021 (% change)
Private sector	260.3	14.0	28.5
Public sector	28.4	11.1	12.8
Private and public sectors	288.7	13.7	26.8

Job vacancies ('000) total & private sector - seasonally adjusted
	Total	Private
Feb-13	149.8	138.5
May-13	143.5	132.4
Aug-13	140.6	129.1
Nov-13	138.9	128.9
Feb-14	143.2	133
May-14	147.4	135.1
Aug-14	146.6	134.2
Nov-14	149.7	137.2
Feb-15	151.9	138.6
May-15	157.7	145.1
Aug-15	161.7	148.2
Nov-15	167.4	151.7
Feb-16	172.3	156.6
May-16	171.1	154.6
Aug-16	177.4	160.3
Nov-16	182.2	164.8
Feb-17	185.1	166.8
May-17	185.7	166.8
Aug-17	200.9	181.1
Nov-17	204.4	186.1
Feb-18	212.9	193.1
May-18	223.9	203.3
Aug-18	228.5	207.9
Nov-18	230.2	208.7
Feb-19	232.5	211.2
May-19	228.2	205.9
Aug-19	223.9	200.4
Nov-19	226.7	202.3
Feb-20	227.7	202.6
May-20	129.3	111.4
Aug-20	205.9	184
Nov-20	253.9	228.4
Feb-21	288.7	260.3

Job vacancies ('000) total & private sector - seasonally adjusted

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Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Given the extent of change in the Job Vacancies time series, the ABS temporarily suspended trend series and moved to using forward factors for seasonal adjustment for a range of series, including some job vacancies estimates. For more information, please refer to: Spotlight: Job Vacancies Survey Methods During COVID-19.

Survey responses remain high in February

Responses for the Job Vacancies Survey February 2021 quarter remained high, with similar levels of responses to previous quarters. The ABS would like to thank the Australian business community for their continued support in responding to our surveys during such a difficult time, given how critically important this information is.

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

In addition to Job Vacancies, there are a number of non-ABS measures that measure labour demand using alternative concepts, sources and methods. These are also widely used as leading indicators of employment. Prominent examples include the ANZ Job Advertisement Series, the SEEK Employment Report, and the Department of Education, Skills and Employment's Internet Vacancy Index.

Measures of job vacancies and job advertisements will differ for a number of reasons. One of the key differences is that job vacancies includes jobs for which job advertisements are undertaken but also include jobs where other recruitment approaches are exclusively used, such as word of mouth or social media. According to the National Skills Commission's Survey of Employer's Recruitment Experience, 19 per cent of jobs are not advertised (i.e. recruitment is done through word of mouth alone or by considering people who approach the business). For further details on recruitment practices, please see the Survey of Employer's Recruitment Experiences 2019 Data Report.

Furthermore, job vacancies count every position advertised within a single notice, while some job advertisements may be used to fill multiple positions.

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

Job vacancies increased by 13.7% (34,800 vacancies) in the three months to February 2021 (seasonally adjusted). The historically high level of vacancies reflects the pace of recovery in labour demand as well as labour shortages in some industries, particularly for lower paid jobs.

Job vacancies ('000), Australia - seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies
Feb-81	37.4
May-81	44
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
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
Nov-92	36.9
Feb-93	37
May-93	42
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
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
Aug-98	89.8
Nov-98	102
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
Aug-01	90.2
Nov-01	88.5
Feb-02	90.5
May-02	96.2
Aug-02	103
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
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
Nov-08
Feb-09
May-09
Aug-09
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	157.7
Aug-15	161.7
Nov-15	167.4
Feb-16	172.3
May-16	171.1
Aug-16	177.4
Nov-16	182.2
Feb-17	185.1
May-17	185.7
Aug-17	200.9
Nov-17	204.4
Feb-18	212.9
May-18	223.9
Aug-18	228.5
Nov-18	230.2
Feb-19	232.5
May-19	228.2
Aug-19	223.9
Nov-19	226.7
Feb-20	227.7
May-20	129.3
Aug-20	205.9
Nov-20	253.9
Feb-21	288.7

Job vacancies ('000), Australia - seasonally adjusted

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Job Vacancy Survey was suspended between August 2008 and August 2009 (inclusive)

Increases in job vacancies were recorded across Australia in February 2021 and Victoria joined the other states and territories with vacancy levels now above the pre-pandemic levels of February 2020.

Job vacancies, states comparison during COVID-19 - original
	Feb 2020 ('000)	May 2020 ('000)	Aug 2020 ('000)	Nov 2020 ('000)	Feb 2021 ('000)
NSW	79.3	39.8	62.2	82.7	94
Vic.	59.7	28.7	45.8	58.4	65.6
Qld.	38.4	25.2	42.1	47.9	53.5
SA	11.7	6.8	12.5	15.6	19.3
WA	27.6	16.8	32.2	37.4	40
Tas.	3.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	5.7
NT	2.9	1.7	4.2	4.2	4.8
ACT	6.6	3.6	5.6	7.9	8.2

Job vacancies, states comparison during COVID-19 - original

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The chart below shows the annual percentage change in job vacancies by industry. Vacancies in most industries surpassed the pre-pandemic levels of February, reflecting changes in COVID-19 restrictions and labour shortages in some industries.

Job vacancies, annual change by industry - original
Industry	Annual change (%)
Accommodation and food services	87.6
Construction	60.3
Other services	44.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	43
Manufacturing	35.9
Retail trade	31.5
Health care and social assistance	31.3
Arts and recreation services	30.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	25.1
Transport, postal and warehousing	23.7
Financial and insurance services	23.2
Professional, scientific and technical services	18.7
Mining	15.2
Public administration and safety	13.2
Information media and telecommunications	11.1
Wholesale trade	10.6
Education and training	10.1
Administrative and support services	-8.1

Job vacancies, annual change by industry - original

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While not a regular output from the survey, a measure of the number of businesses reporting any vacancies also shows the extent of the acute reduction in labour demand in May 2020, as well as the subsequent recovery. In May 2020, a much lower proportion of businesses reported at least one vacancy (6.5%). By February 2021, this had increased to 18.1% of businesses compared with 11.0% in the previous February, prior to the main impact of the pandemic on the economy.

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies - industry
	Feb-21	May-20	Feb-20
Mining	21.1%	8.3%	20.9%
Manufacturing	15.3%	4.4%	8.0%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	13.9%	11.8%	10.2%
Construction	22.8%	4.6%	13.6%
Wholesale trade	15.2%	14.1%	14.6%
Retail trade	16.4%	9.7%	13.3%
Accommodation and food services	30.5%	2.3%	14.5%
Transport, postal and warehousing	20.2%	4.1%	5.3%
Information media and telecommunications	18.3%	7.0%	14.0%
Financial and insurance services	16.9%	5.0%	4.5%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	11.1%	4.1%	6.9%
Professional, scientific and technical services	14.5%	9.2%	9.4%
Administrative and support services	17.1%	7.8%	16.5%
Public administration and safety	30.0%	22.6%	31.3%
Education and training	8.6%	4.0%	7.5%
Health care and social assistance	13.4%	6.5%	8.2%
Arts and recreation services	3.1%	0.5%	3.4%
Other services	21.1%	5.6%	10.6%
All Industries	18.1%	6.5%	11.0%

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies - states and territories
	Feb-21	May-20	Feb-20
New South Wales	19.6%	5.8%	12.1%
Victoria	18.0%	6.0%	11.2%
Queensland	17.4%	10.5%	10.4%
South Australia	15.7%	2.9%	8.1%
Western Australia	16.3%	5.5%	10.2%
Tasmania	17.8%	4.5%	8.3%
Northern Territory	21.8%	6.7%	9.2%
Australian Capital Territory	12.1%	3.5%	9.4%
Australia	18.1%	6.5%	11.0%

States and territories

Job vacancies ('000), states and territories
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	80.2	60.1	39.2	11.4	25.7	3.6	3.5	7.7	231.4	226.7
Feb-20	79.3	59.7	38.4	11.7	27.6	3.4	2.9	6.6	229.5	227.7
May-20	39.8	28.7	25.2	6.8	16.8	1.9	1.7	3.6	124.5	129.3
Aug-20	62.2	45.8	42.1	12.5	32.2	3.4	4.2	5.6	208.0	205.9
Nov-20	82.7	58.4	47.9	15.6	37.4	5.1	4.2	7.9	259.2	253.9
Feb-21	94.0	65.6	53.5	19.3	40.0	5.7	4.8	8.2	291.0	288.7

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	10.1	-1.7	0.2	0.4	-2.6	-0.7	-19.5	2.0	2.2	1.2
Feb-20	-1.1	-0.8	-2.0	2.7	7.3	-5.7	-17.8	-13.8	-0.8	0.5
May-20	-49.9	-51.9	-34.3	-41.6	-39.1	-45.7	-39.7	-46.2	-45.8	-43.2
Aug-20	56.4	59.5	67.0	83.2	91.4	84.7	146.3	57.2	67.1	59.2
Nov-20	32.9	27.6	13.7	24.6	16.2	50.4	0.1	40.4	24.6	23.3
Feb-21	13.6	12.4	11.8	24.2	6.8	10.2	13.1	3.5	12.3	13.7

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Feb-19	9.8	9.8	0.7	-10.3	29.4	0.3	1.7	16.3	9.2	9.2
Feb-20	-5.6	-7	4.9	24.6	0.5	15.3	-21	0.1	-2.2	-2.1
Feb-21	18.5	10	39.6	65.6	44.8	66	68	22.8	26.8	26.8

All figures are original unless stated otherwise
Trend figures are not currently available

Private sector, states and territories

Job vacancies ('000), private sector - states and territories
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	72.2	54.9	35.5	9.5	23.5	2.9	3.0	5.3	206.7	202.3
Feb-20	71.4	53.7	34.9	10.0	25.4	2.9	2.1	4.9	205.1	202.6
May-20	33.4	24.3	22.9	5.2	15.4	*1.6	1.3	2.5	106.5	111.4
Aug-20	55.0	40.6	39.2	10.6	30.2	2.8	3.6	3.7	185.7	184.0
Nov-20	74.4	52.8	44.0	13.3	35.0	4.4	3.5	6.0	233.3	228.4
Feb-21	85.9	59.5	49.1	17.3	36.8	5.1	3.8	6.0	263.5	260.3

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	10.4	-1.8	0.5	-0.5	-3.9	-3.3	-18.4	3.4	2.2	1.0
Feb-20	-1.1	-2.2	-1.8	5.6	7.9	-0.6	-31.1	-6.2	-0.7	0.1
May-20	-53.2	-54.8	-34.3	-48.1	-39.2	-46.6	-39.0	-48.8	-48.1	-45.0
Aug-20	64.5	67.4	71.1	104.7	95.7	82.0	186.8	46.2	74.3	65.2
Nov-20	35.4	30.0	12.1	25.2	16.1	53.2	-2.9	62.1	25.6	24.1
Feb-21	15.4	12.6	11.7	30.2	5.0	17.8	8.7	0.7	12.9	14.0

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Feb-19	10.3	10.8	0.8	-16.3	30.1	-0.5	2.3	12.5	9.3	9.4
Feb-20	-7.7	-8.8	3.2	27.2	-1.9	19.2	-34.6	2.3	-4.2	-4.1
Feb-21	20.4	10.8	41.0	73.4	45.0	75.4	84.5	22.1	28.5	28.5

All figures are original unless stated otherwise
Trend figures are not currently available
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

Public sector, states and territories

Job vacancies ('000), public sector - states and territories
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	8.0	5.2	3.6	1.9	2.2	0.7	0.5	2.5	24.7	24.4
Feb-20	7.9	6.0	3.5	1.7	2.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	24.4	25.2
May-20	6.3	4.4	2.3	1.6	*1.4	0.3	0.5	1.0	17.9	17.9
Aug-20	7.2	5.1	2.9	1.8	2.0	0.6	*0.6	1.9	22.3	21.9
Nov-20	8.2	5.6	3.9	2.2	2.4	0.8	*0.8	1.9	25.8	25.6
Feb-21	8.1	6.2	4.4	2.0	3.2	0.5	*1.0	2.1	27.5	28.4

Change from previous quarter (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Nov-19	7.3	-0.8	-2.9	5.1	14.0	12.6	-25.4	-0.8	2.7	3.5
Feb-20	-1.0	14.4	-3.6	-12.1	0.3	-27.7	63.0	-30.0	-1.2	3.3
May-20	-20.2	-26.1	-34.3	-2.7	-37.1	-40.8	-41.5	-38.8	-26.5	-28.9
Aug-20	14.0	16.1	26.4	14.3	43.8	99.1	37.8	83.5	24.6	22.0
Nov-20	13.9	8.5	34.7	21.2	17.9	36.3	16.7	-1.2	15.7	16.9
Feb-21	-2.1	10.7	12.1	-11.5	33.4	-31.7	33.4	12.5	6.5	11.1

Change from corresponding quarter of previous year (%)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
Feb-19	4.5	0.6	-0.2	45.2	19.7	4.6	-1.8	27.8	7.6	7.8
Feb-20	19.5	13.9	26.8	11.3	39.9	-3.9	68.3	-5.8	18.3	18.2
Feb-21	1.4	3.0	25.4	19.2	42.3	9.9	25.4	24.8	12.8	12.8

All figures are original unless stated otherwise
Trend figures are not currently available
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

Industry

Job vacancies ('000), industry
	Nov-19	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21
Mining	6.2	6.5	4.3	5.6	6.3	7.5
Manufacturing	10.9	12.2	7.0	13.5	15.3	16.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.8	2.1	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.7
Construction	16.6	16.6	8.3	15.9	17.9	26.7
Wholesale trade	11.8	12.6	6.5	9.9	13.4	14.0
Retail trade	24.8	18.9	11.4	18.5	25.7	24.9
Accommodation and food services	14.5	14.7	*5.0	13.5	22.4	27.6
Transport, postal and warehousing	7.1	7.5	3.3	5.5	6.6	9.3
Information media and telecommunications	3.3	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.7	3.8
Financial and insurance services	11.0	11.9	7.8	12.3	12.8	14.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	2.7	3.2	*1.0	*3.6	4.4	4.6
Professional, scientific and technical services	23.7	26.3	13.1	23.5	27.0	31.2
Administrative and support services	34.5	31.2	17.5	24.2	26.8	28.6
Public administration and safety	12.9	13.3	8.6	13.4	16.7	15.0
Education and training	7.3	7.7	3.6	6.4	6.7	8.5
Health care and social assistance	28.0	29.8	19.7	28.4	37.7	39.1
Arts and recreation services	2.8	2.0	**0.1	1.2	4.0	2.6
Other services	11.4	9.4	*3.6	8.3	10.6	13.6

All figures are original
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use

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Key statistics

Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in February

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

States and territories

Private sector, states and territories

Public sector, states and territories

Industry

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Key statistics

Survey Impacts

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in February

Comparing job vacancies with other measures of labour demand

COVID-19 impacts on job vacancies

States and territories

Private sector, states and territories

Public sector, states and territories

Industry

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Table 1. Job vacancies, state and territories ('000)

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