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, and government schools.
Changes in ongoing and fixed-term employment from June 2024 to June 2025:
Changes in ongoing and fixed-term employment may partially be driven by changes to Fair Work legislation.
Overall employment rises:
Changes in employment by sector:
This table shows the number of employees in the Victorian Public Service (VPS) at June 2025.
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Departments | 10 | 42,447 | 40,576 |
| Administrative offices | 9 | 3,343 | 3,243 |
| Other Victorian Public Service employers including Victoria Police | 35 | 12,379 | 11,853 |
| Total | 54 | 58,169 | 55,672 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Health services | 75 | 157,375 | 116,744 |
| Other health organisations | 3 | 518 | 473 |
| Total | 78 | 157,893 | 117,217 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Schools local payroll | 1,586 | 9,571 | 2,841 |
| Teaching service | 1 | 94,784 | 80,311 |
| Total | 1,587 | 104,355 | 83,152 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Ambulance Victoria | 1 | 7,062 | 6,183 |
| Country Fire Authority | 1 | 1,079 | 992 |
| Fire Rescue Victoria | 1 | 4,665 | 4,627 |
| Triple Zero Victoria | 1 | 1,410 | 1,253 |
| Victoria Police (sworn and PSOs) | 1 | 17,915 | 17,612 |
| Victorian State Emergency Service | 1 | 322 | 285 |
| Total | 6 | 32,453 | 30,952 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Cemeteries | 5 | 803 | 751 |
| Creative industries | 9 | 2,908 | 2,015 |
| Facilities management | 9 | 1,089 | 833 |
| Finance | 9 | 4,353 | 4,156 |
| Regulator | 14 | 1,138 | 1,104 |
| Sport and recreation | 13 | 3,454 | 2,201 |
| Transport | 5 | 3,664 | 3,556 |
| Miscellaneous | 8 | 2,023 | 1,847 |
| Total | 72 | 19,432 | 16,462 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| TAFE | 12 | 9,853 | 8,009 |
| Other education | 3 | 782 | 687 |
| Total | 15 | 10,635 | 8,696 |
| Responses for | Employers | Headcount | FTE |
| Catchment | 9 | 408 | 356 |
| Land management | 8 | 1,921 | 1,714 |
| Planning | 3 | 387 | 372 |
| Water corporations | 19 | 8,010 | 7,673 |
| Total | 39 | 10,726 | 10,115 |