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Accounting jobs in Hunter, NSW

There are 20 Accounting jobs advertised in the Hunter on ViewJobs, from 18 employers and recruiters. 5 were posted in the last week.

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New this week
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By the numbers

20 Accounting roles in Hunter

5 new roles this week· 14 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time19 (95%)
  • Part-time1 (5%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Hunter.

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Accounting by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

4 live rolesBusiness services & corporate advisory3 live rolesAccounts receivable/credit control3 live rolesAssistant accountants

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The local market

The Hunter's accounting job market

Figures for the Hunter combine two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley (SA4 106) and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie (SA4 111). Counts are summed and rates worked out from the sums. Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online accounting job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake MacquarieFinance occupations: business, finance and human resource professionals, and numerical clerks. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Business, finance and human resource professionals
  • Numerical clerks
0100200300Business, finance and human resource professionals, Sep: 130Numerical clerks, Sep: 77207SepBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Oct: 127Numerical clerks, Oct: 71Business, finance and human resource professionals, Nov: 124Numerical clerks, Nov: 66NovBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Dec: 115Numerical clerks, Dec: 65Business, finance and human resource professionals, Jan: 120Numerical clerks, Jan: 62JanBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Feb: 120Numerical clerks, Feb: 75Business, finance and human resource professionals, Mar: 132Numerical clerks, Mar: 79MarBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Apr: 120Numerical clerks, Apr: 74Business, finance and human resource professionals, May: 122Numerical clerks, May: 68MayBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Jun: 116Numerical clerks, Jun: 63Business, finance and human resource professionals, Jul: 128Numerical clerks, Jul: 70JulBusiness, finance and human resource professionals, Aug: 126Numerical clerks, Aug: 68Business, finance and human resource professionals, Sep: 131Numerical clerks, Sep: 77208Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Show the numbers
Online accounting job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
MonthBusiness, finance and human resource professionalsNumerical clerksTotal
September 202513077207
October 202512771198
November 202512466190
December 202511565180
January 202612062182
February 202612075195
March 202613279211
April 202612074194
May 202612268190
June 202611663179
July 202612870198
August 202612668194
September 202613177208
Unemployment rate
4.9%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
372,665
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 2.3% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
4,854
ViewJobs analysis of JSA, September 2026 · down 4.4% since September 2025[2]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
21,425
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 3.6% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in accounting occupations in the HunterAn estimated 18,939 people employed in September 2026: up 2.3% on September 2025, and up 0.2% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 18,895Sep 202118,895Sep 2022: 18,845Sep 202218,845Sep 2023: 18,627Sep 202318,627Sep 2024: 18,678Sep 202418,678Sep 2025: 18,522Sep 202518,522Sep 2026: 18,939Sep 202618,939

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

Show the numbers
People employed in accounting occupations in the Hunter
MonthPeople employed
September 202118,895
September 202218,845
September 202318,627
September 202418,678
September 202518,522
September 202618,939

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Popular Accounting roles in Hunter

Quick answers

Accounting work in the Hunter, answered

How many Accounting jobs are there in the Hunter?

20 Accounting jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Hunter, from 18 employers and recruiters. 5 were posted in the last 7 days. 19 are full-time and 1 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Is demand for Accounting workers in the Hunter growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, placed about 208 online ads a month for accounting jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (207).

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Which Accounting roles are most advertised in the Hunter?

Business Services & Corporate Advisory, with 4 of the 20 live ads.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What is the job market like in the Hunter overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, averaged 4,854 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 4.4% on a year earlier.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

What is the unemployment rate in the Hunter?

Across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, the ABS areas that cover the Hunter, unemployment was 4.9% in September 2026 (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are the Hunter's Accounting jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 19 of 20 (95%). 1 is part-time (5%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The two accounting occupation groups combined. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Rates are worked out from the summed counts.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Figures for this region are the sum of the SA4 market areas listed. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Accounting classification, placed in the Hunter, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). Accounting jobs in Hunter, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/hunter/accounting

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