Publications

Labour Market Update - May 2023

The Labour Market Updates are quarterly reports that provide information about issues affecting Australia’s current and emerging labour market. This update brings together a range of Jobs and Skills Australia, and Australian Bureau of Statistics data sources to analyse the state of the Australian labour market in the March quarter of 2023. This update highlights: the recent overall strength of the Australian labour market variations in outcomes across industries, occupations and skill levels – including strong recent employment outcomes for occupations where VET qualifications are the primary pathway a slight easing in recruitment difficulty and an increase in the likelihood of employers filling an advertised role improved recent results across a number of indicators of wages growth an expansion of preliminary analysis of the underlying drivers of skills shortage for the top 20 occupations in demand, to assess whether the shortage is primarily driven by: a lack of people with the essential technical skills or by other factors – such as non-technical qualities considered important by employers or by willingness to apply for the vacancies under current conditions a deep dive into key regional skills needs.

May 30, 2023

Labour Market

Skills Shortage Quarterly – March 2023

The Skills Shortage Quarterly presents quarterly analysis on occupation shortage pressures. Data underpinning the analysis is drawn from the Survey of Employers who Recently Advertised. Key findings in the March 2023 report include: recent rising fill rates point to a potential labour market softening fill rates have been consistently low in some occupations including for Health Professionals, Construction Trades Workers and Sports and Personal Service Workers there is a persistent gap between the average number of qualified and suitable applicants which can be viewed as an indicator that formal qualifications alone are not sufficient to meet employer needs.

May 10, 2023

Occupations Skills

Australian Labour Market for Migrants - April 2023

The Australian Labour Market for Migrants publication provides information on the Australian labour market. It is intended to inform recent migrants to Australia, people interested in working in Australia on a temporary or permanent basis, and organisations providing services to migrants and potential visa applicants. Australia’s labour market conditions are robust with strong increases in full time employment, and improvements for both the long-term unemployed and underemployed. However, the strong pace of employment growth will be difficult to sustain and the Australian labour market is not immune to the international forces driving higher inflation and slower global growth.

May 2, 2023

Labour Market

Labour Market Update

The Labour Market Updates are quarterly reports that provide information about issues affecting Australia’s current and emerging labour market. This update brings together a range of Jobs and Skills Australia, and Australian Bureau of Statistics data sources to analyse the state of the Australian labour market in the December quarter of 2022. This update highlights: the recent overall strength of the Australian labour market variations in outcomes across industries, occupations and skill levels – including strong recent employment outcomes for occupations where VET qualifications are the primary pathway a slight easing in recruitment difficulty and an increase in the likelihood of employers filing an advertised role improved recent results across a number of indicators of wages growth updated analysis of the top 20 occupations in demand (both nationally and for each state and territory) preliminary analysis of the underlying drivers of skills shortage for the top 20 occupations in demand.

February 28, 2023

Labour Market

Australian Labour Market for Migrants - January 2023

The Australian Labour Market for Migrants publication provides information on the Australian labour market. It is intended to inform recent migrants to Australia, people interested in working in Australia on a temporary or permanent basis, and organisations providing services to migrants and potential visa applicants. Labour market conditions in Australia were particularly robust in 2022 and the unemployment rate fell to levels not seen in close to 50 years. However, the strong pace of employment growth will be difficult to sustain and the Australian labour market is not immune to the international forces driving higher inflation and slower global growth.

January 31, 2023

Labour Market

Vocational education and training in regional, rural and remote Australia

The report, Vocational education and training in regional, rural and remote Australia, examines the availability and accessibility of vocational education and training (VET) for students outside of Australia’s capital cities. These initial findings will help inform future research and analysis in this area. Key findings include:  training is driven to a large extent by local industries with higher enrolments in agricultural and engineering-related training when compared with major cities training in essential services, such as health and education, has an equal weighting across major cities and regions VET students in regional Australia are more likely to be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students or from a lower socioeconomic background than their counterparts from major cities student satisfaction is consistently high across regions and over time.

January 25, 2023

Training