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Construction jobs in Sydney, NSW

There are 441 Construction jobs advertised in Sydney on ViewJobs, from 213 employers and recruiters. 44 were posted in the last week.

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By the numbers

441 Construction roles in Sydney

44 new roles this week· 263 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time398 (90%)
  • Apprenticeship18 (4%)
  • Casual16 (4%)
  • Part-time5 (1%)
  • Contract4 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Sydney.

Explore specialisms

Construction by specialism.

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

89 live rolesConstruction project management63 live rolesForeperson/supervisors42 live rolesConstruction health, safety & environment40 live rolesEstimating35 live rolesConstruction management34 live rolesContracts management32 live rolesConstruction surveying17 live rolesPlant & machinery operators14 live rolesConstruction quality assurance & control

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The local market

Sydney's construction job market

Figures for Sydney cover ABS region Greater Sydney (GCCSA 1GSYD). 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 construction job ads a month, Greater SydneyConstruction occupations: construction trades, and construction and mining labourers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Construction trades
  • Construction and mining labourers
02505007501kConstruction trades, Sep: 658Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 185843SepConstruction trades, Oct: 669Construction and mining labourers, Oct: 185Construction trades, Nov: 633Construction and mining labourers, Nov: 182NovConstruction trades, Dec: 519Construction and mining labourers, Dec: 154Construction trades, Jan: 480Construction and mining labourers, Jan: 156JanConstruction trades, Feb: 495Construction and mining labourers, Feb: 165Construction trades, Mar: 596Construction and mining labourers, Mar: 197MarConstruction trades, Apr: 586Construction and mining labourers, Apr: 193Construction trades, May: 569Construction and mining labourers, May: 192MayConstruction trades, Jun: 529Construction and mining labourers, Jun: 194Construction trades, Jul: 555Construction and mining labourers, Jul: 207JulConstruction trades, Aug: 583Construction and mining labourers, Aug: 206Construction trades, Sep: 603Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 205808Sep

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

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Online construction job ads a month, Greater Sydney
MonthConstruction tradesConstruction and mining labourersTotal
September 2025658185843
October 2025669185854
November 2025633182815
December 2025519154673
January 2026480156636
February 2026495165660
March 2026596197793
April 2026586193779
May 2026569192761
June 2026529194723
July 2026555207762
August 2026583206789
September 2026603205808
Unemployment rate
4.8%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
3,050,262
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 1.1% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
44,625
JSA, September 2026 · down 2.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
115,345
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 2.9% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in construction occupations in SydneyAn estimated 121,398 people employed in September 2026: up 1.2% on September 2025, and up 15.0% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 105,523Sep 2021105,523Sep 2022: 112,971Sep 2022112,971Sep 2023: 119,092Sep 2023119,092Sep 2024: 120,147Sep 2024120,147Sep 2025: 119,907Sep 2025119,907Sep 2026: 121,398Sep 2026121,398

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

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People employed in construction occupations in Sydney
MonthPeople employed
September 2021105,523
September 2022112,971
September 2023119,092
September 2024120,147
September 2025119,907
September 2026121,398

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Construction jobs, Greater Sydney, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 241,2562019241,2562020: 242,4702020242,4702021: 247,9482021247,9482022: 254,0792022254,0792023: 265,4722023265,472

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9].

Show the numbers
Construction jobs, Greater Sydney, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
2019241,256
2020242,470
2021247,948
2022254,079
2023265,472

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Popular Construction roles in Sydney

Quick answers

Construction work in Sydney, answered

How many Construction jobs are there in Sydney?

441 Construction jobs are live on ViewJobs in Sydney, from 213 employers and recruiters. 44 were posted in the last 7 days. 398 are full-time, 18 apprenticeship and 16 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Is demand for Construction workers in Sydney growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, placed about 808 online ads a month for construction jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 4.2% on a year earlier (843). Ads for construction trades fell from 658 to 603 a month. Ads for construction and mining labourers rose from 185 to 205 a month.

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

Who is hiring Construction workers in Sydney?

Ivory Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (15). Next are Redpath Partners (14), CPB (11) and Housing Industry Association (10). 213 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What do Construction jobs pay in Sydney?

65 ads state a yearly salary: $30,000 to $300,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $115,000. 34 more state pay in other units, 20 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 322 of the 441 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Which Construction roles are most advertised in Sydney?

Project Management, with 89 of the 441 live ads. Next are Foreperson/Supervisors (63) and Other (46).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What is the job market like in Sydney overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, averaged 44,625 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 2.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Sydney?

The unemployment rate in Sydney, across the area Greater Sydney, was 4.8% in September 2026, up 0.6 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

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

Are Sydney Construction jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 398 of 441 (90%). 18 are apprenticeship (4%), 16 casual (4%), 5 part-time (1%) and 4 contract (1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

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 construction occupation groups combined.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  10. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 31 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.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region: employee jobs by industry, published under CC BY 4.0. The latest ABS jobs figures here are for the year to 30 June 2023. Every figure shows its year.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Construction classification, placed in Sydney, counted on 31 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). Construction jobs in Sydney, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/sydney/construction

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