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Employee turnover and mobility 2023
New starter, separation and mobility rates of public sector employees.
Key facts
All public sector new starters
61,051 non-casual employees started with a Victorian public sector employer:
23,325 were aged 24 to 34
30,306 were fixed-term employees
25,333 were part-time employees
40,605 were women.
All public sector separations
50,498 non-casual employees separated from a Victorian public sector employer:
31,665 were ongoing employees
27,313 were full-time employees
33,501 were women.
Victorian Public Service (VPS) only
12,816 non-casual employees started with a VPS employer.
54% of new employees (6,969) were employed on a fixed-term basis, compared to 67% in 2021-22.
12,571 non-casual employees separated from a VPS employer.
41% of separated employees (5,145) were employed on a fixed-term basis.
The number of new starters who came from another VPS employer has been increasing since 2018.
5% of all ongoing and fixed-term VPS employees (2,833) moved between VPS organisations.
New starter and separation rates
This chart shows the number and percentage of non-casual employees who started with or separated from a new employer between July 2022 and June 2023.
You can filter the data by:
age
full-time or part-time employment
ongoing, fixed term or casual employment
gender.
The percentage figures represent the percentage of all employees within each demographic.
You can also filter by number to see the distribution of new starters or separations by industry or demographic.
New starter rates over time
Separation rates over time
Separation rates by industry
In 2022-23, separation rates for non-casual employees:
fell across most industry groups
rose in the Emergency Services Telecommunication Authority (police and emergency services)
rose among water catchment employees (water and land management).
Victorian Public Service employees who moved across organisations
The Victorian Public Service (VPS) is a single employer with common terms and conditions for employees, made up of:
10 departments
Victoria Police
45 offices and authorities.
As a large and diverse employer, VPS employees can build satisfying careers across a service-wide structure.
In July 2019, the government set up the Jobs and Skills Exchange to support mobility in the VPS.
Since its introduction along with a new recruitment policy, the number of people transferring between VPS agencies has increased from 1,175 to 2,833.
New starters who came from another Victoria Public Service employer
Mobility rate in the Victorian Public Service
The mobility rate is the proportion of all active non-casual employees who moved between Victorian Public Service employers.
About one in 20 employees moved between VPS employers in 2023.
