Where charts show demographic groups, we calculate percentages within each group. We do not calculate them from the total number of starters or separations.
We look at all employees in one group and then show what share of that group started or left.
For example, if 40.4% appears for ages 15 to 24, it means 40.4% out of all employees aged 15 to 24 in the Victorian Public Sector are new starters.
In 2025, 50,164 non-casual employees started working with a Victorian public sector employer (down 14.8% from 58,887 new starters in 2024):
New starters accounted for 12.3% of all non-casual public sector employees in 2025 (down from 14.6% in 2024).
Separations refers to the number of people who ended their employment with the public sector, either through resignation, termination or retirement.
In 2025, 43,300 non-casual employees separated from a Victorian public sector employer (down 9.4% from 47,797 in 2024):
This is a separation rate of 10.6% of all non-casual public sector employees (compared to 11.8% in 2024).
In 2025, 9,255 non-casual employees started working with a VPS employer (down 13.1% from 10,646 in 2024).
The VPS mobility rate is the number of new starters who came from another VPS employer. This has steadily increased since 2018 but has decreased compared to 2023.
The mobility rate for VPS employees is:
The decline in new starters and mobility rate compared to 2023 may be attributed to the Victorian Government's budget reprioritisation in recent years.
9,062 non-casual employees separated from a VPS employer (down 20.4% from 11,378 in 2024).
Among those who separated from a VPS employer:
New starter rates in the public sector have steadily decreased to 12.3% since their peak in 2023 (15.6%). New starter rates refer to the proportion of all non-casual employees who were new starters.
In 2025, new starters made up:
Separation rates for non-casual public sector employees have steadily decreased since 2022.
Between July 2024 to June 2025:
Separation rates continue to fall. From July 2024 to June 2025, separation rates for non-casual employees decreased slightly across all industry groups.
The Victorian Public Service (VPS) is a single employer with common terms and conditions for employees, made up of:
As a large and diverse employer, VPS employees can build satisfying careers across a service-wide structure.
The number of people transferring between VPS agencies has increased from 1,175 in 2019 to 1,980 at June 2025.
From July 2024 to June 2025, 21.0% of new starters (1,980 employees) came from another VPS employer (up from 16.5% or 1,905 employees from July 2023 to June 2024).
Mobility refers to the movement of employees between Victorian Public Service (VPS) employers.
The mobility rate is the proportion of all active non-casual staff who moved between VPS employers.
The mobility rate was 3.4% in 2025 (unchanged compared to 2024 but down from 5.0% in 2023).