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Number of employees and executives who are ongoing, fixed-term or casual and work full-time or part-time.
Key facts
Overall public sector workforce
75% are employed on an ongoing basis
18% are employed fixed-term
7% are employed casually
46% work part-time
4.5% of executives work part-time
6.1% of executives who are women work part-time compared to 2.9% of executives who are men
70% say they use a flexible work arrangement (source: People matter survey 2023).
Victorian Public Service
75% are employed on an ongoing basis
24% are employed fixed-term
1% are employed casually
14% work part-time
5.7% of executives work part-time
73% say they use a flexible work arrangement (source: People matter survey 2023).
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Executives who work part-time
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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Age
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Employers
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Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees
Remuneration
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Percentage
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Salary
Percentage of industry
Percentage of total public sector workforce
Data sets and how we prepare data
Workforce data sets
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Employee personal leave 2023
Employee work locations 2023
Updated
4 April 2025