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Occupations Lists for all States (Update August 2018)

Below you will find all current and updated lists for all Australian States on one page (Update August 2018). All lists are available for download by clicking on the underlined text.

New South Wales

The latest skilled occupations list for New South Australia was published in July: NSW-Priority-skilled-occupation-list-2018-19

489 Visa – Individual Region Lists for Skilled Migration

Orana Skills List
Central West (no application before 20 August 2018)
Mid North Coast
Murray Skills List
Northern Inland Skills List
Riverina Skills List
Southern Inland Skills List

Victoria

The State of Victoria has updated its lists on 2 July 2018.
For International Student Graduates, the following lists apply: Graduate occupations eligible to apply for Victorian visa nomination.

If you wish to apply to work and live in Australia as a skilled migrant, the following list applies: Visa Nomination Occupation List for Victoria

Queensland

The Queensland state occupation list is divided into 4 different lists:

A List for applicants already working in Queensland: Queensland – Onshore Occupations List
A List for applicants that are currently overseas: Queensland – Offshore Occupations List

A list for students graduating from a Master’s Degree from a QLD University: Master Graduate – Occupation List Queensland

South Australia

The state of South Australia updated their occupation list in July 2018 and made a few additions.

The state of South Australia has two lists:

The State Nominated Occupation List and the Supplementary Skilled List with 297 occupations.

The State Nominated Occupation List is available to all applicants, including international graduates of SA.
The Supplementary Skilled List shows occupations that are on the STSOL but are not on the State Occupations List for South Australia. For this list additional requirements apply.

Tasmania

Following two occupations are removed from the Tasmanian State occupation list

  • 251513 – Retail Pharmacist
  • 251511 – Hospital Pharmacist

However in July 2018 further occupations were added, such as Sales and Marketing Manager, Speech Pathologist and ICT Business Analyst: Tasmanian Skilled Occupations List.

The Tasmanian government committed to processing nomination for subclasses 489 and 190 visas for no fee. There are also no occupation ceilings. 

Northern Territory (NT)

If you are living in the Northern Territory the following lists may apply to you: Northern Territory Occupations List

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

You can find the ACT Occupations List and information on open and closed occupation here: ACT Occupations List

Western Australia

Western Australia’s occupation did not have any changes: Western Australia Occupations List

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