Table 15: All employees: state by year, 30 June 2003 to 30 June 2021
| State | June | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
| ACT | 43329 | 44685 | 46577 | 51583 | 56068 | 58121 | 59789 | 61948 | 63780 | 66381 | 64321 | 60644 | 58059 | 57884 | 57552 | 56836 | 54882 | 56548 | 58837 | ||
| NSW | 27470 | 26823 | 26996 | 29327 | 30642 | 30948 | 31217 | 31419 | 31009 | 31260 | 31517 | 30068 | 29324 | 29718 | 28585 | 27830 | 26836 | 26779 | 27050 | ||
| VIC | 22570 | 21975 | 21715 | 23573 | 25222 | 25610 | 25960 | 25885 | 26446 | 26408 | 26651 | 25583 | 24485 | 26261 | 25511 | 25519 | 25424 | 25897 | 26002 | ||
| QLD | 16097 | 15860 | 16087 | 17531 | 18005 | 18099 | 18132 | 18284 | 18031 | 17840 | 18009 | 17307 | 16640 | 17352 | 17058 | 16972 | 16856 | 17754 | 18189 | ||
| SA | 7918 | 7852 | 8040 | 8651 | 9195 | 9526 | 9647 | 9784 | 9969 | 9841 | 9818 | 9465 | 9305 | 9471 | 9066 | 8972 | 9103 | 9620 | 9800 | ||
| WA | 7941 | 7826 | 7777 | 8526 | 8751 | 8455 | 8253 | 7989 | 7816 | 7709 | 7631 | 7275 | 7030 | 7374 | 6819 | 6953 | 6696 | 6945 | 7193 | ||
| Tas | 3170 | 3185 | 3225 | 3545 | 3720 | 4497 | 4168 | 4164 | 4132 | 3956 | 4240 | 3972 | 3820 | 3926 | 3763 | 3704 | 3628 | 3763 | 3828 | ||
| NT | 2207 | 2177 | 2059 | 2229 | 2393 | 2871 | 2802 | 2859 | 2778 | 2683 | 2611 | 2288 | 2193 | 2197 | 2125 | 2014 | 1936 | 1888 | 1847 | ||
| O'seas | 930 | 911 | 910 | 994 | 1094 | 1171 | 1307 | 1458 | 1511 | 1261 | 1348 | 1337 | 1384 | 1422 | 1469 | 1463 | 1409 | 1223 | 1199 | ||
| Total | 131632 | 131294 | 133386 | 145959 | 155090 | 159298 | 161275 | 163790 | 165472 | 167339 | 166146 | 157939 | 152240 | 155605 | 151948 | 150263 | 146770 | 150417 | 153945 | ||
Source: APSED