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Australia's job vacancies was 325 thousands as of July 2026. The number of job vacancies in Australia each quarter: positions employers are actively trying to fill. A leading indicator of labour-market strength. Rising vacancies signal a tight labour market and more bargaining power for workers; falling vacancies can be an early warning of a slowing economy and rising unemployment. Data is sourced from ABS Job Vacancies (Cat. 6354.0) - total, seasonally adjusted, all industries, Australia and updated quarterly.
The number of job vacancies in Australia each quarter: positions employers are actively trying to fill. A leading indicator of labour-market strength.
Rising vacancies signal a tight labour market and more bargaining power for workers; falling vacancies can be an early warning of a slowing economy and rising unemployment.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Job Vacancies (Cat. 6354.0) - total, seasonally adjusted, all industries, Australia
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Job Vacancies (Cat. 6354.0) - total, seasonally adjusted, all industries, Australia), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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