Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2021.
For some visuals, we give you a breakdown of the data by:
The industry groups are:
At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2015 to June 2021.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
More fixed-term employees were required to manage the impacts of COVID-19 and to meet increased demand in:
More fixed-term employees were needed to manage the impacts of COVID-19 and to support COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria.
Changes in part-time employment:
Data on the type of flexible work arrangements employees use was collected in the People matter survey 2021.
For data on flexible work see Organisation climate and support.
The VPS grade classification structure is established under the VPS Enterprise Agreement 2020 and used across Victorian Public Service agencies.
VPS grades are based on the requirements of the job.
Around 76% of Victorian Public Service employees are employed under this structure.
Occupation classifications are established under the VPS Enterprise Agreement 2020 and 4 other enterprise agreements that cover specific employee groups.
Around 24% of Victorian Public Service employees are employed in these occupation classifications.
People are assigned to an occupation based on the type of work they do.
These are the major occupational groups across public entities.
This data set covers June 2015 to June 2021.
We source this data from our annual workforce and executive data collections that cover over 1,800 Victorian public sector employers.
This file has Victorian public sector employment type numbers, by:
Download employment status ongoing, fixed-term and casual employment data set (XLSX, 89kb)
This file has Victorian public sector full-time or part-time numbers, by: