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Australia job market

Official market size and labour demand, compared with the active job listings JobLake currently observes across employers, agencies and portals.

JobLake coverage

8,696

deduplicated active jobs

Updated Aug 2026

Population

27,614,411

Period ending Dec 2025

Labour force

15,510,100

Period ending Jun 2026

Unemployed

686,800

Period ending Jun 2026

Unemployment rate

4.4%

Period ending Jun 2026

Vacancy rate

2.2%

Period ending May 2026

Calculated from sources

Available jobs

329,500

Period ending May 2026

Coverage snapshot

What JobLake sees now

Listings are deduplicated across sources. The observed-listing ratio compares today's JobLake catalog with the latest published available-jobs measure; it is directional because one available job can produce multiple advertisements, and some are never advertised online.

8,696

Active jobs

59

Added in 24h

2,163

Added in 7 days

479

Companies

13

Agencies

0

Job portals

0

Duplicates collapsed

2.6%

Listings / available jobs

806

With known salary

Jobs by industry

Where hiring is concentrated

Software & IT1,186 · 13.6%
Hospitality & tourism1,034 · 11.9%
Retail & e-commerce838 · 9.6%
Construction517 · 5.9%
Aerospace & defense500 · 5.7%
Food & beverage438 · 5%
Transport & logistics432 · 5%
Energy & utilities418 · 4.8%
Manufacturing418 · 4.8%
Banking & finance325 · 3.7%

Main job posters

Companies

  1. 01Compass Group Australia610
  2. 02Marriott International272
  3. 03Tata Consultancy Services240
  4. 04Amazon228
  5. 05WSP200
  6. 06EssilorLuxottica177
  7. 07AccorHotel175
  8. 08JLL141
  9. 09BAE Systems140
  10. 10Accenture133

Recruitment market

Agencies

  1. 01Robert Half140
  2. 02Morgan McKinley25
  3. 03Jenny Barbour IT19
  4. 04Korn Ferry11
  5. 05Havas Media Melbourne Pty Ltd4
  6. 06Global Enterprise Partners2
  7. 07La Fosse2
  8. 08Selby Jennings2
  9. 09CONEXUS International Recruitment1
  10. 10Darwin Recruitment1

Distribution

Job portals

No portal ranking is available yet.

Sources and methodology

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Population

World Bank World Development Indicators / UN

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour force

Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey

Jun 2026 to Jun 2026 · Direct observation

seasonally adjusted

Unemployed

Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey

Jun 2026 to Jun 2026 · Direct observation

seasonally adjusted

Unemployment rate

Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey

Jun 2026 to Jun 2026 · Direct observation

seasonally adjusted

Vacancy rate

Australian Bureau of Statistics Job Vacancies Survey

May 2026 to May 2026 · Derived from official data

Available jobs

Australian Bureau of Statistics Job Vacancies Survey

May 2026 to May 2026 · Direct observation

seasonally adjusted

Labour-market indicators update on their source's release schedule. JobLake catalog data refreshes hourly, and historical snapshots are retained so coverage can be measured over time.