WA Government Jobs Ease to 1,017 on 10 Nov; WA Police Staff Ads Jump From 24 to 35
WA Government jobs fell to 1,017 live ads on 10 November. WA Police staff ads rose from 24 to 35, and 46% of annual-pay ads start at $100,000 or more.
WA Government jobs on the state's official board fell to 1,017 live ads on 10 November 2026, down from 1,044 a week earlier. WA Police Force ads went the other way, rising from 24 to 35.
Which WA Government agencies are hiring this week?
Education is still the biggest advertiser by a long way. It had 422 ads on 10 November, one more than a week earlier. Most other large agencies dipped slightly. The health services had the biggest combined drop, with 26 fewer ads.
| Agency | 3 Nov | 10 Nov | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 421 | 422 | +1 |
| WA Country Health Service | 69 | 64 | -5 |
| North Metropolitan Health Service | 53 | 47 | -6 |
| South Metropolitan Health Service | 49 | 43 | -6 |
| Department of Justice | 42 | 43 | +1 |
| Department of Communities | 41 | 39 | -2 |
| Western Australia Police Force | 24 | 35 | +11 |
| East Metropolitan Health Service | 34 | 31 | -3 |
| Child and Adolescent Health Service | 33 | 27 | -6 |
| Department of Housing and Works | 30 | 27 | -3 |
| All agencies | 1,044 | 1,017 | -27 |
What jobs is WA Police advertising?
The 35 WA Police Force ads are mostly police staff jobs, not sworn officer roles. They range from station front counters to data and technology teams. Five of the ads are for two positions each.
- 12 ads are at Level 2, in the board's "from $70,000" pay band. They include administration and customer service officers at the Baldivis, Fremantle and Cockburn police stations.
- 7 ads are at Level 6, starting from $120,000. They include project managers, a records manager and senior developers.
- Specialist roles include a data science manager and a counter terrorism strategic advisor, both starting from $140,000.
- One part-time traffic warden role is paid by the hour. Two ads are temporary employment registers.
Of the 35 ads, 28 are permanent full time, six are fixed-term full time and one is fixed-term part time.
What do WA Government jobs pay this week?
Close to half the annual-salary ads start at six figures. The board groups each ad by the bottom of its pay range. Of the 891 ads quoting an annual band, 411 (46%) start at $100,000 or more, and 82 start above $160,000.
The single most common band is "from $80,000", with 251 ads. That band covers the starting point of most classroom teacher ads. Another 70 ads quote an hourly rate and 43 a weekly rate.
Where are the jobs?
Perth Metropolitan is tagged on 718 of the 1,017 ads. The South West (132), Goldfields-Esperance (118), Wheatbelt (111) and Pilbara (110) regions follow. One ad can list several regions, so these counts overlap.
What it means for Perth job seekers
Admin workers have the clearest opening this week. WA Police alone has a dozen Level 2 office roles open, many of them permanent. Our WA Police jobs page and admin jobs in Perth list similar roles.
The state's utilities hire separately. Water Corporation and Western Power are not among the 54 agencies on the WA Government Jobs board. They advertise on their own careers sites. Our government jobs in Perth hub had 58 live direct-from-employer ads on 10 November. Of the 50 newest, 30 were from Water Corporation and 20 from Western Power. Ten of those 50 close within seven days.
For last week's pay breakdown by agency, see our 3 November WA Government jobs report.
How we reported this
- WA Government Jobs board (search.jobs.wa.gov.au), all live ads and its agency, pay band, region and work type filters, read on 10 November 2026.
- 3 November figures come from our earlier report, which counted every WA Government ad live in the Jobs In Perth feed that day. The two counts use slightly different methods.
- Pay bands are the board's own groupings by the bottom of each ad's range. They are classification ranges, not what a new starter will be paid, and exclude super.
- Jobs In Perth feed figures observed on 10 November 2026 (direct-from-employer ads only).
- Cover image: AI-generated illustration, not a photo of the event.
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