Job Vacancies, Australia, August 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

New data on the impact of AI on job vacancies

From the August quarter 2026, this release will include estimates on the impact and expected impact of artificial intelligence on job vacancies.

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

Impact of AI on job vacancies

In August 2026, most businesses reported that there was no impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their level of job vacancies (81.8%), while 3.8% reported that AI had led to a decrease in job vacancies, and 0.6% reported that it had led to an increase. The remaining 13.0% of businesses were unsure of the impact that AI had on their vacancies.

The industry with the highest proportion of businesses reporting a decrease in vacancies due to AI was Information media and telecommunications (16.2%). The industry with the highest proportion reporting an increase in vacancies due to AI was Electricity, gas, water and waste services (9.9%). Transport, postal and warehousing had the highest proportion of businesses that reported that AI had no impact on job vacancies (94.2%).

Impact of AI on job vacancies, industries, August 2026
	Increased due to AI (%)	Decreased due to AI (%)
Mining	0.1	2.1
Manufacturing	1.3	6.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	9.9	0.1
Construction	0.1	1.6
Wholesale trade	0.1	8.1
Retail trade	0.0	5.8
Accommodation and food services	0.1	0.8
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.0	0.0
Information media and telecommunications	0.7	16.2
Financial and insurance services	0.4	4.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.8	0.7
Professional, scientific and technical services	0.1	5.2
Administrative and support services	1.6	3.5
Public administration and safety	3.9	4.4
Education and training	0.2	0.9
Health care and social assistance	2.0	4.2
Arts and recreation services	0.0	0.0
Other services	0.0	3.3
All industries	0.6	3.8

Impact of AI on job vacancies, industries, August 2026

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Proportions do not take into account businesses in the surveyed sample that did not respond to the questions. Businesses with 0-4 employees are also excluded.

Impact of AI on job vacancies, states and territories, August 2026
	Increased due to AI (%)	Decreased due to AI (%)
NSW	1.0	5.7
Vic	0.4	2.9
Qld	0.0	0.9
SA	0.0	4.2
WA	0.4	3.4
Tas	0.8	0.3
NT	0.6	5.0
ACT	2.6	9.8
Australia	0.6	3.8

Impact of AI on job vacancies, states and territories, August 2026

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Proportions do not take into account businesses in the surveyed sample that did not respond to the questions. Businesses with 0-4 employees are also excluded.

The impact of AI on job vacancies is expected to increase over the next 12 months. While 4.3% of businesses reported an impact of AI on the level of job vacancies in August 2026, this proportion increased to 9.6% when businesses were asked about the expected impact over the next year.

The percentage of businesses reporting no expected impact of AI on job vacancies over the next year was 68.5%, compared with 81.8% reporting no impact in August 2026.

Expected impact of AI on job vacancies, industries, August 2026
	Increase due to AI (%)	Decrease due to AI (%)
Mining	0.4	2.7
Manufacturing	0.1	6.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.1	1.8
Construction	0.3	8.5
Wholesale trade	0.0	13.4
Retail trade	0.0	6.3
Accommodation and food services	0.2	3.8
Transport, postal and warehousing	1.3	3.8
Information media and telecommunications	2.1	43.1
Financial and insurance services	0.9	18.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.7	1.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	7.4	19.7
Administrative and support services	1.7	3.8
Public administration and safety	2.3	6.9
Education and training	0.2	3.3
Health care and social assistance	2.3	1.1
Arts and recreation services	0.5	0.7
Other services	0.1	10.7
All industries	1.4	8.2

Expected impact of AI on job vacancies, industries, August 2026

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Proportions do not take into account businesses in the surveyed sample that did not respond to the questions. Businesses with 0-4 employees are also excluded.
Expected impact refers to the impact over the next 12 months.

Expected impact of AI on job vacancies, states and territories, August 2026
	Increase due to AI (%)	Decrease due to AI (%)
NSW	2.4	9.7
Vic	1.6	8.6
Qld	0.0	4.7
SA	0.2	11.8
WA	0.4	7.1
Tas	2.2	3.5
NT	3.9	2.5
ACT	2.0	11.4
Australia	1.4	8.2

Expected impact of AI on job vacancies, states and territories, August 2026

["","Increase due to AI","Decrease due to AI"]

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Proportions do not take into account businesses in the surveyed sample that did not respond to the questions. Businesses with 0-4 employees are also excluded.
Expected impact refers to the impact over the next 12 months.

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From August quarter 2026, data on the impact of AI was included in the JVS release. The data does not take into account businesses in the surveyed sample that did not respond to the questions. Businesses with 0-4 employees are also excluded.

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