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

August 2026

Released

1/10/2026

Release date and time

01/10/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2026:

Total job vacancies were 325,000, a decrease of 0.9% from May 2026.
Private sector vacancies were 286,300, a decrease of 2.0% from May 2026.
Public sector vacancies were 38,700, an increase of 7.8% from May 2026.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		Aug-2026 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	288.8	-1.0	-0.9
	Public sector	37.4	-0.5	-3.5
	Private and public sectors	326.3	-0.9	-1.2
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	286.3	-2.0	-1.5
	Public sector	38.7	7.8	0.0
	Private and public sectors	325.0	-0.9	-1.3
Original	Private sector	283.2	-1.6	-1.5
	Public sector	38.3	6.0	0.0
	Private and public sectors	321.5	-0.8	-1.4

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 0.9% (3,000 vacancies) in the three months to August 2026 (seasonally adjusted). The level of job vacancies is now 31.2% lower than the series peak in May 2022.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
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	213.0
May-18	223.5
Aug-18	227.2
Nov-18	232.4
Feb-19	232.5
May-19	227.2
Aug-19	221.9
Nov-19	230.6
Feb-20	227.3
May-20	128.4
Aug-20	203.5
Nov-20	260.0
Feb-21	287.7
May-21	366.5
Aug-21	329.7
Nov-21	406.4
Feb-22	422.6
May-22	472.7
Aug-22	467.6
Nov-22	451.2
Feb-23	438.5
May-23	422.0
Aug-23	400.6
Nov-23	385.5
Feb-24	359.0
May-24	345.3
Aug-24	334.0
Nov-24	347.0
Feb-25	324.0
May-25	335.5
Aug-25	329.5
Nov-25	329.6
Feb-26	335.5
May-26	328.0
Aug-26	325.0

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-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
Aug-26	96.5	77.5	69.5	19.9	40.9	5.4	5.8	6.1

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
	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	Aug-26	Aug-24	Aug-25	Aug-26
NSW	-3.4	0.8	-0.6	3.8	-5.1	0.4	-17.1	-3.3	-1.7
Vic	7.9	-8.8	7.0	3.9	-8.0	1.4	-16.8	-9.7	3.6
Qld	1.7	0.6	-1.2	3.0	-4.3	-0.1	-15.6	5.7	-2.7
SA	9.0	-3.9	-6.6	-2.3	-6.5	5.8	-21.0	12.7	-9.6
WA	-6.3	0.3	6.5	4.3	-4.3	-5.1	-20.9	-2.4	0.9
Tas	3.0	1.6	-1.6	5.9	1.4	-7.9	-9.5	-10.0	-2.7
NT	-12.2	21.9	-11.3	23.0	-0.1	-8.0	-14.1	13.1	0.2
ACT	11.6	-6.4	3.7	0.3	-3.4	-21.9	-24.4	-1.2	-21.4
Australia	1.0	-1.9	1.4	3.6	-5.4	-0.8	-17.5	-1.8	-1.4
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	3.6	-1.8	0.0	1.8	-2.2	-0.9	-16.6	-1.3	-1.3
Australia (Trend)	-0.8	-0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.9	-15.8	-2.5	-1.2

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-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
Aug-26	83.7	66.6	64.3	16.4	38.5	4.5	4.9	4.2

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	Aug-26	Aug-24	Aug-25	Aug-26
NSW	-3.7	-0.4	-1.5	5.3	-4.9	-1.2	-17.2	-4.8	-2.6
Vic	7.4	-9.8	7.4	5.3	-10.2	0.7	-14.3	-13.5	2.3
Qld	1.5	1.4	-1.6	3.7	-2.4	-0.5	-16.7	6.1	-0.9
SA	8.0	-4.7	-8.0	-3.3	-5.2	4.4	-24.4	14.4	-12.0
WA	-6.6	1.2	6.5	4.0	-3.8	-5.9	-20.7	0.2	0.3
Tas	3.6	-0.1	2.4	6.6	0.7	-7.6	-11.6	-13.3	1.6
NT	-13.0	30.9	-13.7	22.6	1.8	-9.0	-9.8	23.6	-2.0
ACT	14.4	-13.1	2.6	13.7	-10.0	-22.0	-25.5	-12.2	-18.1
Australia	0.6	-2.2	1.0	4.7	-5.4	-1.6	-17.3	-2.9	-1.5
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	3.8	-2.4	-0.1	2.2	-1.6	-2.0	-16.4	-2.4	-1.5
Australia (Trend)	-1.3	-0.5	0.6	-0.1	-0.4	-1.0	-15.6	-3.5	-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)
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
Aug-26	12.7	10.9	5.1	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.9	2.0

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-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	Aug-26	Aug-24	Aug-25	Aug-26
NSW	-1.2	9.6	6.2	-5.9	-6.2	12.3	-16.5	8.6	5.3
Vic	11.4	-1.8	4.0	-6.2	8.7	5.3	-35.5	27.3	11.7
Qld	4.2	-6.8	2.8	-3.3	-24.0	5.7	-2.5	2.0	-20.1
SA	15.6	0.9	1.7	3.1	-12.3	12.7	2.8	3.8	3.7
WA	-0.3	-13.9	7.5	10.7	-13.3	8.5	-22.9	-32.6	11.8
Tas	0.4	9.7	-19.0	1.9	5.1	-9.2	3.7	8.0	-21.2
NT	-9.0	-15.1	3.7	24.8	-10.0	-2.3	-27.0	-26.6	13.9
ACT	5.5	9.5	5.8	-23.9	14.6	-21.7	-21.3	29.3	-27.7
Australia	4.5	0.8	4.0	-4.3	-5.1	6.0	-19.0	7.5	0.0
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	1.7	2.7	1.2	-1.0	-7.4	7.8	-18.8	7.6	0.0
Australia (Trend)	3.0	2.5	0.0	-1.6	-1.4	-0.5	-17.7	5.9	-3.5

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	May-25	Aug-25	Nov-25	Feb-26	May-26	Aug-26
Mining	10.0	8.6	9.3	10.2	10.3	11.0
Manufacturing	19.6	21.5	19.7	18.6	21.7	22.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.9
Construction	22.3	19.5	18.1	21.6	19.9	20.0
Wholesale trade	10.5	11.7	13.3	15.1	15.9	13.0
Retail trade	25.3	28.7	27.8	30.7	26.0	32.4
Accommodation and food services	38.1	37.7	38.2	40.6	34.0	33.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	10.7	10.5	9.5	10.4	9.2	9.5
Information media and telecommunications	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.6	3.0
Financial and insurance services	12.4	10.5	10.8	11.3	8.9	10.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services	5.8	5.4	4.7	4.8	4.4	4.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	38.4	34.3	33.6	36.2	35.7	29.5
Administrative and support services	26.3	27.4	28.7	27.1	26.6	26.1
Public administration and safety	22.0	21.3	23.2	22.5	21.2	21.9
Education and training	12.2	12.9	10.9	11.8	11.0	10.1
Health care and social assistance	55.2	55.3	59.6	57.8	56.7	54.3
Arts and recreation services	4.3	4.5	4.8	4.5	3.9	4.3
Other services	11.8	9.4	11.2	12.0	11.3	11.9

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