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 2025

Released

26/06/2025

Key statistics

Seasonally adjusted estimates for May 2025:

Total job vacancies were 339,400, an increase of 2.9% from February 2025.
Private sector vacancies were 301,900, an increase of 3.2% from February 2025.
Public sector vacancies were 37,500, an increase of 0.6% from February 2025.

Job vacancies, public and private sector
		May-2025 ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Trend	Private sector	300.2	0.4	-2.8
	Public sector	37.5	2.0	-1.4
	Private and public sectors	337.7	0.6	-2.7
Seasonally adjusted	Private sector	301.9	3.2	-2.7
	Public sector	37.5	0.6	-3.3
	Private and public sectors	339.4	2.9	-2.8
Original	Private sector	294.1	0.6	-2.6
	Public sector	38.0	4.5	-3.3
	Private and public sectors	332.2	1.0	-2.7

Survey impacts and changes

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies increased by 2.9% (9,500 vacancies) in the three months to May 2025 (seasonally adjusted). This is down by 28.5% from May 2022 when the level of job vacancies peaked.

Job vacancies, seasonally adjusted
	Job vacancies ('000)
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	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	232.6
May-19	227.2
Aug-19	221.7
Nov-19	230.6
Feb-20	227.5
May-20	128.5
Aug-20	202.9
Nov-20	260.1
Feb-21	288.2
May-21	367.2
Aug-21	328.0
Nov-21	406.6
Feb-22	423.9
May-22	474.7
Aug-22	463.3
Nov-22	451.1
Feb-23	441.3
May-23	424.9
Aug-23	395.1
Nov-23	384.3
Feb-24	363.2
May-24	349.0
Aug-24	327.3
Nov-24	344.8
Feb-25	329.9
May-25	339.4

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-20	39.8	28.7	25.2	6.8	16.8	1.9	1.7	3.6
Aug-20	62.2	45.8	42.1	12.5	32.2	3.4	4.2	5.6
Nov-20	82.7	58.4	47.9	15.6	37.4	5.1	4.2	7.9
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

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	May-23	May-24	May-25
NSW	-10.0	-3.8	-2.0	3.5	-3.9	-3.4	-11.7	-19.2	-6.0
Vic	-3.6	-4.4	-5.3	-2.2	-6.1	7.9	-12.5	-16.8	-6.1
Qld	-11.1	-3.7	0.9	13.8	-9.2	1.7	-2.0	-13.1	6.0
SA	8.0	-17.3	-9.0	17.7	-8.7	9.0	2.0	-14.0	6.6
WA	-3.3	-12.3	-1.0	-0.1	3.9	-6.3	-15.8	-23.5	-3.6
Tas	4.7	-6.6	-4.1	4.0	-17.4	3.0	-5.8	-10.1	-15.0
NT	-7.4	15.2	-6.4	8.8	-2.8	-12.2	-18.5	-12.6	-13.2
ACT	1.0	-5.0	-4.9	13.7	-16.8	11.6	-7.7	-27.2	0.4
Australia	-6.1	-5.9	-2.8	4.9	-5.5	1.0	-10.0	-17.7	-2.7
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-5.5	-3.9	-6.2	5.4	-4.3	2.9	-10.5	-17.9	-2.8
Australia (Trend)	-5.0	-4.3	-2.9	-0.5	0.2	0.6	-5.1	-17.7	-2.7

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-20	33.4	24.3	22.9	5.2	15.4	1.6	1.3	2.5
Aug-20	55.0	40.6	39.2	10.6	30.2	2.8	3.6	3.7
Nov-20	74.4	52.8	44.0	13.3	35.0	4.4	3.5	6.0
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

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, private sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	May-23	May-24	May-25
NSW	-9.1	-4.7	-1.4	3.1	-3.7	-3.7	-14.7	-18.8	-5.7
Vic	-3.7	-4.4	-3.8	-3.2	-7.7	7.4	-17.0	-15.1	-7.7
Qld	-12.1	-4.0	1.9	14.3	-9.8	1.5	-1.8	-15.3	6.6
SA	11.5	-19.9	-12.1	23.5	-10.0	8.0	-1.2	-14.3	5.5
WA	-1.9	-13.9	-0.1	1.4	4.5	-6.6	-16.4	-24.6	-1.1
Tas	4.5	-9.0	-2.6	3.8	-19.4	3.6	-9.4	-13.2	-15.5
NT	-8.7	23.5	-6.8	14.5	-5.2	-13.0	-21.9	-10.6	-12.0
ACT	7.1	-8.4	-0.1	17.2	-24.7	14.4	-3.1	-32.1	1.0
Australia	-5.7	-6.7	-1.9	5.2	-6.1	0.6	-12.4	-17.8	-2.6
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-5.3	-4.1	-6.1	5.9	-5.2	3.2	-12.8	-18.0	-2.7
Australia (Trend)	-5.0	-4.1	-2.8	-0.5	0.1	0.4	-6.7	-17.7	-2.8

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-20	6.3	4.4	2.3	1.6	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.0
Aug-20	7.2	5.1	2.9	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.6	1.9
Nov-20	8.2	5.6	3.9	2.2	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.9
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

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Change in job vacancies, public sector (%)
	Change from previous quarter						Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25	May-23	May-24	May-25
NSW	-17.0	3.4	-6.6	6.6	-6.0	-1.2	18.4	-21.9	-7.5
Vic	-2.8	-4.8	-17.8	7.5	8.3	11.4	41.0	-28.9	6.6
Qld	-1.6	-0.7	-8.1	8.7	-3.4	4.2	-4.2	11.8	0.5
SA	-14.3	4.8	11.0	-11.8	0.9	15.6	29.6	-12.5	14.1
WA	-18.9	9.4	-11.0	-17.8	-4.5	-0.3	-7.3	-9.9	-30.4
Tas	5.9	7.2	-11.3	5.2	-6.9	0.4	24.5	9.0	-12.7
NT	-3.1	-8.6	-4.7	-13.1	9.2	-9.0	-4.3	-19.7	-17.6
ACT	-12.3	4.2	-16.0	4.2	7.4	5.5	-19.2	-12.6	-0.9
Australia	-9.9	1.0	-9.3	2.5	-0.5	4.5	14.1	-16.5	-3.3
Australia (Seasonally adjusted)	-6.9	-2.7	-7.5	0.7	3.1	0.6	14.0	-16.6	-3.3
Australia (Trend)	-5.3	-5.4	-3.9	-0.6	1.1	2.0	11.2	-17.5	-1.4

Data refers to original series unless otherwise stated

Industry

Job vacancies, industry, original ('000)
	Feb-24	May-24	Aug-24	Nov-24	Feb-25	May-25
Mining	10.7	8.5	8.4	9.6	10.3	10.0
Manufacturing	23.3	16.4	14.7	14.8	18.2	19.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.5	3.9	3.4
Construction	27.9	24.9	25.1	22.2	18.5	22.3
Wholesale trade	16.2	11.2	11.9	11.6	12.2	10.5
Retail trade	32.1	28.4	28.7	30.5	25.6	25.3
Accommodation and food services	35.1	38.3	31.7	38.0	38.7	38.1
Transport, postal and warehousing	10.1	8.7	9.9	11.3	11.2	10.7
Information media and telecommunications	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.8	3.7	3.9
Financial and insurance services	11.7	10.9	11.1	11.5	11.8	12.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services	5.8	5.7	5.5	6.1	6.5	5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	34.6	40.1	38.7	41.1	34.1	38.4
Administrative and support services	30.0	26.0	25.4	27.4	25.4	26.3
Public administration and safety	19.0	21.9	21.0	20.5	20.4	22.0
Education and training	15.6	12.3	12.1	10.9	11.6	12.2
Health care and social assistance	65.0	61.8	60.9	62.7	59.1	55.2
Arts and recreation services	4.9	4.8	5.2	6.6	4.6	4.3
Other services	12.6	13.6	14.1	15.0	13.4	11.8

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