Breakdown of the overall Victorian public sector workforce:
Examples of public entities include public health services, government schools, TAFEs, police and emergency services, water and land management bodies and other statutory authorities and state-owned corporations.
Changes in employment are primarily due to increases in public health care, government schools, transport and water corporations.
Changes in ongoing and fixed-term employment from June 2023 to June 2024:
Changes in ongoing and fixed-term employment may partially be from the Victorian Government’s 2023/24 Budget reprioritisation process.
Overall employment rises:
There was a small rise in FTE in the VPS but overall headcount fell by 41 employees.
Rises in employment by sector:
This table shows the number of employees in the Victorian Public Service (VPS) at June 2024.
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Departments | 10 | 40,972 | 39,085 |
| Administrative offices | 11 | 3,613 | 3,521 |
| Other Victorian Public Service employers including Victoria Police | 32 | 12,760 | 12,233 |
| Total | 53 | 57,345 | 54,839 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Health services | 75 | 154,754 | 114,677 |
| Other health organisations | 3 | 498 | 454 |
| Total | 78 | 155,252 | 115,130 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Schools local payroll | 1,581 | 8,395 | 2,616 |
| Teaching service | 1 | 90,091 | 76,706 |
| Total | 1,582 | 98,486 | 79,322 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Ambulance Victoria | 1 | 7,056 | 6,166 |
| Country Fire Authority | 1 | 1,046 | 962 |
| Fire Rescue Victoria | 1 | 4,672 | 4,639 |
| Triple Zero Victoria | 1 | 1,456 | 1,365 |
| Victoria Police (sworn and PSOs) | 1 | 18,031 | 17,727 |
| Victorian State Emergency Service | 1 | 317 | 274 |
| Total | 6 | 32,578 | 31,133 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Cemeteries | 5 | 781 | 731 |
| Creative industries | 9 | 2,720 | 1,959 |
| Facilities management | 9 | 1,136 | 819 |
| Finance | 9 | 4,235 | 4,053 |
| Regulator | 15 | 1,002 | 964 |
| Sport and recreation | 13 | 3,176 | 2,259 |
| Transport | 5 | 3,459 | 3,357 |
| Miscellaneous | 8 | 1,862 | 1,687 |
| Total | 73 | 18,371 | 15,830 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| TAFE | 12 | 9,512 | 7,827 |
| Other education | 3 | 691 | 610 |
| Total | 15 | 10,203 | 8,437 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Catchment | 9 | 400 | 353 |
| Land management | 9 | 2,111 | 1,852 |
| Planning | 4 | 486 | 469 |
| Water corporations | 19 | 7,591 | 7,265 |
| Total | 41 | 10,588 | 9,938 |