ABS job vacancies soar way above pre-COVID levels

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today released job vacancy data for the February quarter of 2021, which has rebounded way above pre-COVID levels.

Overall job vacancies rose 13.7% over the February quarter, with private sector vacancies rising 14.0% and public sector vacancies rising 10.9%.

Over the year to February, job vacancies rose by 26.7%, with private sector vacancies climbing 28.5% and public sector vacancies rising 13.7%:

Australian job vacancies

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.