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Where Government & Defenceroles are concentrated across Australia — the hiring hotspots, who's advertising, what they pay, and the latest openings.

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4,188Classified roles
1,547 ↑New this week
MelbourneTop hiring region
$110kMedian annual salary

Where the roles are

Government & Defence roles across Australia

Hobart and the South: 33 rolesGold Coast: 35 rolesHunter: 38 rolesTropical North Queensland: 57 rolesTownsville: 69 rolesDarwin: 115 rolesBrisbane: 118 rolesAdelaide: 276 rolesDestination Perth: 442 rolesCanberra: 537 rolesCanberraSydney: 635 rolesSydneyMelbourne: 685 rolesMelbourne
Bubble size = number of live rolesCounted within 150km of each region centre

By the numbers

4,188 classified Government & Defence roles

1,547 new roles this week· 4,188 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time1880 (45%)
  • Other1689 (40%)
  • Contract216 (5%)
  • Casual155 (4%)
  • Part-time117 (3%)
  • Gig61 (1%)
  • Temporary33 (1%)
  • Advisor10 (0%)
  • Unspecified27 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring nationally.

  • 1Transport for NSW70
  • 2BAE Systems27
  • 3Corrections Victoria27
  • 4justice.vic.gov.au24
  • 5NSW Health23
  • 6HR Partners22
  • 7Amazon Web Services (AWS)21
  • 8RTX21

Advertised salary

Which Government & Defence sub-fields pay most.

$110kmedian annualised advertised pay
  • Army$325.9k
  • Navy$132.4k
  • Government - State$126.5k
  • Policy, Planning & Regulation$123.2k
  • Air Force$115k
  • Government - Federal$112.6k
  • Emergency Services$108.3k
  • Other$107.7k

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