Judging by the National Skills Commission’s Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) – a monthly count of online job advertisements – Australia’s job ads have peaked.
As shown in the next chart, total job advertisements appear to have topped out at 301,061 after roughly doubling from their pre-pandemic level:
![Total job ads](https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Capture-217.png)
As expected, job ads are highest across the three largest states and have risen sharply everywhere from their pre-COVID level:
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![State and territory job ads](https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Capture-216.png)