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 2022

Released

31/03/2022

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Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for February 2022:

Total job vacancies were 423,500, an increase of 6.9% from November 2021.
Private sector vacancies were 386,200, an increase of 6.7% from November 2021.
Public sector vacancies were 37,300, an increase of 8.6% from November 2021.

Job vacancies, public and private sector, seasonally adjusted
	Feb-22	Quarterly Change	Annual Change
	'000	%	%
Private sector	386.2	6.7	48.0
Public sector	37.3	8.6	34.2
Private and public sectors	423.5	6.9	46.6

Survey impacts and changes

Continuing use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

In the May 2020 Job Vacancies release, the ABS changed the method used to produce seasonally adjusted estimates from the ‘concurrent’ method to the ‘forward factors’ method. The forward factors approach is better suited to managing large movements at the end point of series and ensures that large movements do not have a disproportionate influence on the seasonal factors. The forward factors approach is not considered suitable for series with a non-seasonal span, and the concurrent adjustment method continued to be used for these series.

Given the large movements in the labour market during the COVID-19 period and the continuing use of a forward factors approach to seasonal adjustment, the ABS undertook an extensive annual review of its seasonally adjusted job vacancies series, prior to the release of the May 2021 estimates. Static forward factors for the next 12 months were calculated through this annual process and were used from the May 2021 release.

For further information on seasonal adjustment during a period of uncertainty please see: Seasonal adjustment throughout periods of significant disruption and uncertainty | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au).

Suspension of trend estimates

Since May 2020, trend estimates have been suspended for all job vacancies series. The reinstatement of trend series will be reviewed in future cycles.

Survey response remains high in February

Responses for the Job Vacancies Survey February 2022 quarter remained high. The ABS would like to thank the Australian business community for their continued support in responding to our surveys during such a challenging time, given how critically important this information is.

Other measures of labour demand

In addition to Job Vacancies, there are a number of non-ABS indicators 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 National Skills Commission'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 Recruitment Experiences and Outlook Survey, 22 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 Employers' Recruitment Insights.

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

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies increased by 6.9% (27,300 vacancies) in the three months to February 2022 (seasonally adjusted). The estimates captured a point in time after the initial peak of the Omicron wave but when there was still considerable disruption in the labour market.

The level of job vacancies in February 2022 was 86% higher than in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. The ongoing high level of vacancies reflects the pace of recovery in labour demand from the fall in May 2020, as well as businesses across the economy indicating labour shortages and ongoing disruptions to operations.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
Feb-80	40.6
May-80	36.7
Aug-80	37.5
Nov-80	38.7
Feb-81	37.4
May-81	44.0
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
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	172.2
May-16	171.1
Aug-16	177.5
Nov-16	182.3
Feb-17	185.0
May-17	185.7
Aug-17	200.9
Nov-17	204.4
Feb-18	212.8
May-18	223.9
Aug-18	228.6
Nov-18	230.2
Feb-19	232.4
May-19	228.1
Aug-19	224.2
Nov-19	226.5
Feb-20	227.7
May-20	129.3
Aug-20	206.2
Nov-20	253.6
Feb-21	288.8
May-21	370.0
Aug-21	333.6
Nov-21	396.2
Feb-22	423.5

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted

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The Job Vacancies Survey was suspended between August 2008 to August 2009 (inclusive).

Businesses reporting vacancies

The number of businesses reporting at least one vacancy shows the extent of the acute reduction in labour demand in May 2020, as well as the subsequent change since then. In May 2020, a much lower proportion of businesses reported at least one vacancy (6.5%). By February 2022, this had increased to 23.5% of businesses, after a slight fall in August 2021.

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, Australia
	Feb-20 (%)	May-20 (%)	Aug-20 (%)	Nov-20 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Aug-21 (%)	Nov-21 (%)	Feb-22 (%)
Australia	11.0	6.5	12.1	14.7	18.1	22.0	20.3	20.7	23.5

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, Australia

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Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, states and territories
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21	Nov-21	Feb-22
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
New South Wales	12.1	5.8	11.6	15.1	19.6	22.9	19.4	22.3	24.2
Victoria	11.2	6.0	11.5	15.5	18.0	22.0	18.8	21.2	22.9
Queensland	10.4	10.5	13.7	12.9	17.4	22.6	26.9	20.0	26.0
South Australia	8.1	2.9	8.8	9.1	15.7	15.6	13.1	14.7	17.6
Western Australia	10.2	5.5	15.6	16.7	16.3	21.7	21.5	19.5	22.4
Tasmania	8.3	4.5	10.7	14.2	17.8	21.8	15.1	18.5	19.2
Northern Territory	9.2	6.7	20.7	21.0	21.8	26.5	20.8	23.1	27.8
Australian Capital Territory	9.4	3.5	4.7	17.3	12.1	13.8	9.4	13.4	16.6
Australia	11	6.5	12.1	14.7	18.1	22.0	20.3	20.7	23.5

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, industry
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21	Nov-21	Feb-22
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Mining	20.9	8.3	16.1	16.3	21.1	11.0	18.1	17.1	27.8
Manufacturing	8.0	4.4	14.0	14.6	15.3	15.1	22.9	24.9	29.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	10.2	11.8	21.9	18.5	13.9	12.8	9.9	21.3	39.2
Construction	13.6	4.6	12.0	13.0	22.8	26.9	23.3	21.5	24.3
Wholesale trade	14.6	14.1	14.0	17.8	15.2	23.6	22.3	20.5	29.5
Retail trade	13.3	9.7	9.9	17.8	16.4	21.6	21.4	15.9	16.6
Accommodation and food services	14.5	2.3	13.9	16.9	30.5	30.5	18.3	30.9	32.4
Transport, postal and warehousing	5.3	4.1	10.7	4.3	20.2	22.0	15.7	17.3	22.4
Information media and telecommunications	14.0	7.0	5.2	14.0	18.3	20.0	15.9	15.5	19.8
Financial and insurance services	4.5	5.0	6.6	15.7	16.9	20.5	10.3	5.5	14.8
Rental, hiring and real estate services	6.9	4.1	11.8	12.8	11.1	16.9	19.3	15.1	20.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	9.4	9.2	14.8	14.2	14.5	16.4	15.4	16.6	17.6
Administrative and support services	16.5	7.8	16.2	18.9	17.1	23.6	29.8	30.5	36.2
Public administration and safety	31.3	22.6	27.9	35.4	30.0	42.2	29.8	27.5	33.5
Education and training	7.5	4.0	10.8	5.2	8.6	11.5	9.7	9.1	9.9
Health care and social assistance	8.2	6.5	8.9	13.6	13.4	23.3	21.2	26.7	18.9
Arts and recreation services	3.4	0.5	2.1	21.0	3.1	14.0	9.3	6.7	8.3
Other services	10.6	5.6	11.1	16.7	21.1	22.8	28.1	25.4	32.7
All industries	11.0	6.5	12.1	14.7	18.1	22.0	20.3	20.7	23.5

Reasons for vacancies
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21	Nov-21	Feb-22
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Replacement/resignations	78.6	72.9	75.3	75.1	76.2	76.0	75.1	77.4	79.7
Increased workload	35.9	32.0	36.7	41.3	44.5	45.4	42.3	45.9	47.8
Expansion of business	25.4	15.7	19.9	21.2	25.4	26.8	25.3	25.7	25.9
Restructure	16.6	14.1	14.6	16.8	14.0	14.3	15.7	13.8	13.9
Relocation	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.5	1.0
Seasonal	10.7	9.0	11.7	16.4	10.1	10.0	11.4	19.0	12.0
Special event	1.5	2.7	3.0	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.4	2.1
Takeover	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.6	2.0
Other	6.5	11.6	11.9	10.9	8.8	10.3	11.8	12.0	12.9

Businesses may have multiple reasons for reporting job vacancies
Proportions are of businesses that reported at least one vacancy

States and territories

Job vacancies, states and territories, original
	Feb-20 ('000)	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)	Nov-21 ('000)	Feb-22 ('000)
NSW	79.3	39.8	62.2	82.7	94.0	112.8	95.2	120.9	130.0
Vic	59.7	28.7	45.8	58.4	65.6	87.6	81.3	106.0	101.8
Qld	38.4	25.2	42.1	47.9	53.5	67.2	70.6	70.3	76.9
SA	11.7	6.8	12.5	15.6	19.3	21.3	18.0	23.7	24.5
WA	27.6	16.8	32.2	37.4	40.0	46.2	52.1	60.8	66.5
Tas	3.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	5.7	6.5	5.8	6.8	7.3
NT	2.9	1.7	4.2	4.2	4.8	5.0	6.1	6.2	8.5
ACT	6.6	3.6	5.6	7.9	8.2	8.8	8.0	9.9	11.5

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
Nov-20	32.9	27.6	13.7	24.6	16.2	50.4	0.1	40.4	24.6	23.0
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Feb-22	7.5	-4.0	9.4	3.1	9.2	7.6	36.6	15.9	5.5	6.9
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-20	-5.6	-7.0	4.9	24.6	0.5	15.3	-21.0	0.1	-2.2	-2.0
Feb-21	18.5	10.0	39.6	65.6	44.8	66.0	68.0	22.8	26.8	26.8
Feb-22	38.3	55.1	43.6	26.5	66.3	29.5	76.4	40.4	46.7	46.6

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2022, states and territories, original
State	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
New South Wales	63.9
Victoria	70.6
Queensland	100.4
South Australia	109.6
Western Australia	140.8
Tasmania	115.1
Northern Territory	196.2
Australian Capital Territory	72.4

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2022, states and territories, original

["State","Change from before COVID-19 (%)"]

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Private sector

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original
	Feb-20 ('000)	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)	Nov-21 ('000)	Feb-22 ('000)
NSW	71.4	33.4	55.0	74.4	85.9	102.7	85.2	111.1	118.7
Vic	53.7	24.3	40.6	52.8	59.5	80.9	74.0	97.5	93.7
Qld	34.9	22.9	39.2	44.0	49.1	62.8	66.2	64.9	70.8
SA	10.0	5.2	10.6	13.3	17.3	18.7	15.5	20.9	21.9
WA	25.4	15.4	30.2	35.0	36.8	43.3	48.5	57.0	62.6
Tas	2.9	1.6	2.8	4.4	5.1	5.9	4.9	5.7	6.6
NT	2.1	1.3	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.1	5.0	5.2	7.1
ACT	4.9	2.5	3.7	6.0	6.0	6.7	6.1	7.7	8.5

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, Private sector
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
Nov-20	35.4	30.0	12.1	25.2	16.1	53.2	-2.9	62.1	25.6	24.0
Feb-21	15.4	12.6	11.7	30.2	5.0	17.8	8.7	0.7	12.9	14.4
May-21	19.5	36.1	27.8	8.1	17.7	14.6	9.1	10.5	23.3	30.0
Aug-21	-17.0	-8.5	5.4	-17.1	12.1	-16.4	21.1	-8.4	-6.0	-10.9
Nov-21	30.3	31.8	-2.0	34.4	17.4	16.0	3.6	26.1	21.1	19.7
Feb-22	6.9	-3.9	9.1	4.8	9.9	15.1	37.4	10.5	5.4	6.7
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-20	-7.7	-8.8	3.2	27.2	-1.9	19.2	-34.6	2.3	-4.2	-4.0
Feb-21	20.4	10.8	41.0	73.4	45.0	75.4	84.5	22.1	28.5	28.6
Feb-22	38.2	57.6	44.1	26.1	70.3	28.0	88.2	41.0	47.9	48.0

Public sector

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original
	Feb-20 ('000)	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)	Nov-21 ('000)	Feb-22 ('000)
NSW	7.9	6.3	7.2	8.2	8.1	10.1	9.9	9.8	11.3
Vic	6.0	4.4	5.1	5.6	6.2	6.7	7.3	8.5	8.1
Qld	3.5	2.3	2.9	3.9	4.4	4.4	4.4	5.4	6.1
SA	1.7	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.6	2.4	2.9	2.6
WA	2.2	1.4	2.0	2.4	3.2	2.9	3.5	3.9	3.9
Tas	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.8
NT	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.3
ACT	1.7	1.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.2	3.0

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, Public sector
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
Nov-20	13.9	8.5	34.7	21.2	17.9	36.3	16.7	-1.2	15.7	15.2
Feb-21	-2.1	10.7	12.1	-11.5	33.4	-31.7	33.4	12.5	6.5	8.9
May-21	25.4	7.8	0.8	31.3	-7.6	11.9	-10.1	-1.9	10.4	10.0
Aug-21	-1.8	9.4	-1.5	-6.0	20.3	48.9	21.0	-10.2	3.6	2.3
Nov-21	-1.2	16.1	23.7	16.5	9.5	24.4	-8.3	16.9	10.4	9.7
Feb-22	15.2	-4.6	12.1	-9.1	-0.5	-30.4	31.9	34.6	6.4	8.6
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Feb-20	19.5	13.9	26.8	11.3	39.9	-3.9	68.3	-5.8	18.3	17.8
Feb-21	1.4	3.0	25.4	19.2	42.3	9.9	25.4	24.8	12.8	12.6
Feb-22	40.2	30.7	37.8	30.7	21.1	44.4	31.6	38.6	34.4	34.2

Industry

Job vacancies ('000), industry
	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21	Nov-21	Feb-22
Mining	6.3	7.5	8.3	8.4	9.7	10.6
Manufacturing	15.3	16.6	20.7	23.2	29.5	30.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	2.2	2.7	3.0	3.0	3.5	4.0
Construction	17.9	26.7	29.9	23.2	30.0	35.2
Wholesale trade	13.4	14.0	17.8	14.4	16.7	21.7
Retail trade	25.7	24.9	34.3	33.6	36.0	29.1
Accommodation and food services	22.4	27.6	38.2	27.6	45.8	46.1
Transport, postal and warehousing	6.6	9.3	10.6	11.5	13.3	14.7
Information media and telecommunications	2.7	3.8	3.7	3.5	4.7	4.5
Financial and insurance services	12.8	14.7	17.9	15.8	17.0	18.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	4.4	4.6	7.8	5.8	8.5	9.3
Professional, scientific and technical services	27.0	31.2	31.9	31.7	37.1	42.1
Administrative and support services	26.8	28.6	35.2	36.8	39.9	40.6
Public administration and safety	16.7	15.0	17.2	17.5	18.9	21.5
Education and training	6.7	8.5	10.5	9.8	10.2	11.6
Health care and social assistance	37.7	39.1	47.7	51.2	60.2	60.2
Arts and recreation services	4.0	2.6	5.4	3.9	7.4	6.2
Other services	10.6	13.6	15.4	16.0	16.1	20.7

All figures are original

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2022, industry, original
Industry	Change from before COVID-19 (%)
Accommodation and food services	212.8
Arts and recreation services	211.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	190.5
Manufacturing	149.8
Other services	118.8
Construction	112.0
Health care and social assistance	102.4
Transport, postal and warehousing	96.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	86.2
Wholesale trade	71.8
Public administration and safety	62.3
Mining	62.0
Professional, scientific and technical services	60.0
Retail trade	54.1
Financial and insurance services	51.8
Education and training	49.8
Information media and telecommunications	33.3
Administrative and support services	30.2

Job vacancies, change from February 2020 to February 2022, industry, original

["Industry","Change from before COVID-19 (%)"]

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ABS website changes

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Labour themes and navigation on the ABS website have changed

The thematic groupings and navigation for labour statistics on the ABS website have been updated to better reflect the current range of available labour statistics, better align key labour market concepts with website themes and navigation, and improve discoverability.

The changes were implemented on the ABS website on Friday 25 March 2022.

The new themes are:

Employment and unemployment
Jobs
Earnings and working conditions
Labour Accounts

The key changes to the current 'Employment and unemployment' and 'Earnings and work hours' themes include:

addition of a 'Jobs' theme - to reflect the increasing range of jobs-related data ABS is releasing – including Weekly payroll jobs and wages and Jobs in Australia (currently in 'Earnings and work hours'), in addition to the longstanding statistics on Job vacancies and Job mobility (currently in 'Employment and unemployment').
addition of a 'Labour Accounts' theme - for cross-cutting quarterly and annual labour account data on jobs, people, hours and payments (currently in 'Employment and unemployment').
renaming the 'Earnings and work hours' theme to 'Earnings and working conditions' - to provide a clearer pathway to the large range of information available on working conditions beyond wages (work arrangements, flexibility, workplace relations, etc) and reflect that key hours data are available from the 'Employment and unemployment' theme (from the monthly Labour Force Survey) and the Labour Account.

While these changes resulted in a change to the placement of some statistical releases, and some URLs, there are automatic redirects in place. These redirects ensure that existing URLs and bookmarks will continue to work.

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Survey impacts and changes

Continuing use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Suspension of trend estimates

Survey response remains high in February

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Businesses reporting vacancies

States and territories

Private sector

Public sector

Industry

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Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

Continuing use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Suspension of trend estimates

Survey response remains high in February

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Businesses reporting vacancies

States and territories

Private sector

Public sector

Industry

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

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200,000 more job vacancies than before the pandemic

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