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Construction jobs in Brisbane, QLD

There are 497 Construction jobs advertised in Brisbane on ViewJobs, from 199 employers and recruiters. 53 were posted in the last week.

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By the numbers

497 Construction roles in Brisbane

53 new roles this week· 295 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time465 (94%)
  • Casual23 (5%)
  • Apprenticeship4 (1%)
  • Temporary3 (1%)
  • Part-time2 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Brisbane.

Explore specialisms

Construction by specialism.

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

92 live rolesForeperson/supervisors81 live rolesConstruction project management53 live rolesPlant & machinery operators38 live rolesConstruction health, safety & environment31 live rolesConstruction surveying30 live rolesContracts management29 live rolesEstimating25 live rolesConstruction management16 live rolesConstruction quality assurance & control

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The local market

Brisbane's construction job market

Figures for Brisbane cover ABS region Greater Brisbane (GCCSA 3GBRI). 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 BrisbaneConstruction 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: 483Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 259742SepConstruction trades, Oct: 486Construction and mining labourers, Oct: 270Construction trades, Nov: 480Construction and mining labourers, Nov: 248NovConstruction trades, Dec: 424Construction and mining labourers, Dec: 204Construction trades, Jan: 446Construction and mining labourers, Jan: 190JanConstruction trades, Feb: 471Construction and mining labourers, Feb: 215Construction trades, Mar: 537Construction and mining labourers, Mar: 266MarConstruction trades, Apr: 487Construction and mining labourers, Apr: 260Construction trades, May: 461Construction and mining labourers, May: 237MayConstruction trades, Jun: 448Construction and mining labourers, Jun: 222Construction trades, Jul: 474Construction and mining labourers, Jul: 237JulConstruction trades, Aug: 497Construction and mining labourers, Aug: 275Construction trades, Sep: 490Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 281771Sep

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

Show the numbers
Online construction job ads a month, Greater Brisbane
MonthConstruction tradesConstruction and mining labourersTotal
September 2025483259742
October 2025486270756
November 2025480248728
December 2025424204628
January 2026446190636
February 2026471215686
March 2026537266803
April 2026487260747
May 2026461237698
June 2026448222670
July 2026474237711
August 2026497275772
September 2026490281771
Unemployment rate
4.6%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.4 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
1,552,515
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 1.5% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
29,449
JSA, September 2026 · up 1.5% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
72,415
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 2.3% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in construction occupations in BrisbaneAn estimated 60,491 people employed in September 2026: up 0.2% on September 2025, and up 19.7% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 50,553Sep 202150,553Sep 2022: 55,542Sep 202255,542Sep 2023: 58,566Sep 202358,566Sep 2024: 59,366Sep 202459,366Sep 2025: 60,393Sep 202560,393Sep 2026: 60,491Sep 202660,491

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

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People employed in construction occupations in Brisbane
MonthPeople employed
September 202150,553
September 202255,542
September 202358,566
September 202459,366
September 202560,393
September 202660,491

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Construction jobs, Greater Brisbane, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 122,3442019122,3442020: 117,5092020117,5092021: 125,7792021125,7792022: 138,6072022138,6072023: 142,9782023142,978

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9].

Show the numbers
Construction jobs, Greater Brisbane, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
2019122,344
2020117,509
2021125,779
2022138,607
2023142,978

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Popular Construction roles in Brisbane

Quick answers

Construction work in Brisbane, answered

How many Construction jobs are there in Brisbane?

497 Construction jobs are live on ViewJobs in Brisbane, from 199 employers and recruiters. 53 were posted in the last 7 days. 465 are full-time, 23 casual and 4 apprenticeship.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Is demand for Construction workers in Brisbane growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Brisbane, across the area Greater Brisbane, placed about 771 online ads a month for construction jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 3.9% on a year earlier (742). Ads for construction and mining labourers rose from 259 to 281 a month. Ads for construction trades rose from 483 to 490 a month.

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

Who is hiring Construction workers in Brisbane?

CPB has the most live ads of any direct employer (20). Next are AWX (17), 1Recruit International Pty (15) and Downer Group Australia (15). 199 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What do Construction jobs pay in Brisbane?

56 ads state a yearly salary: $70,000 to $260,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $120,000. 43 more state pay in other units, 19 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 379 of the 497 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Which Construction roles are most advertised in Brisbane?

Foreperson/Supervisors, with 92 of the 497 live ads. Next are Project Management (81) and Other (66).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What is the job market like in Brisbane overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Brisbane, across the area Greater Brisbane, averaged 29,449 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 1.5% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Brisbane?

The unemployment rate in Brisbane, across the area Greater Brisbane, was 4.6% in September 2026, up 0.4 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

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

Are Brisbane Construction jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 465 of 497 (94%). 23 are casual (5%), 4 apprenticeship (1%), 3 temporary (1%) and 2 part-time (under 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 Brisbane, 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 Brisbane, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/brisbane/construction

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