Figures for the Gold Coast cover ABS region SA4 309. 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 hospitality job ads a month, Gold CoastHospitality occupations: food trades, hospitality workers, and food preparation assistants. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online hospitality job ads a month, Gold Coast
Month
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Total
September 2025
185
196
53
434
October 2025
204
210
55
469
November 2025
206
215
52
473
December 2025
196
179
45
420
January 2026
193
157
40
390
February 2026
179
139
35
353
March 2026
174
149
38
361
April 2026
157
127
33
317
May 2026
163
132
31
326
June 2026
164
132
24
320
July 2026
164
158
29
351
August 2026
179
177
32
388
September 2026
209
195
42
446
Unemployment rate
3.5%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
398,089
ABS, September 2026 · up 1.1% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
5,473
JSA, September 2026 · down 8.4% since September 2025[1]
Figure 2: People employed in hospitality occupations in the Gold CoastAn estimated 26,739 people employed in September 2026: up 4.9% on September 2025, and up 11.3% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[5]; ViewJobs[6].
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People employed in hospitality occupations in the Gold Coast
Month
People employed
September 2021
24,025
September 2022
23,475
September 2023
24,043
September 2024
25,703
September 2025
25,501
September 2026
26,739
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Accommodation and food services jobs, Gold Coast, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
Hospitality & Tourism work in the Gold Coast, answered
How many Hospitality & Tourism jobs are there in the Gold Coast?
436 Hospitality & Tourism jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Gold Coast, from 60 employers and recruiters. 72 were posted in the last 7 days. 230 are full-time, 120 casual and 82 part-time.
Is demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers in the Gold Coast growing?
Demand is rising. Employers in the Gold Coast placed about 446 online ads a month for hospitality jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 2.8% on a year earlier (434). Ads for food trades rose from 185 to 209 a month. Ads for food preparation assistants fell from 53 to 42 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Hospitality & Tourism workers in the Gold Coast?
Accor has the most live ads of any direct employer (112). Next are GYG Mexican Kitchen (67), Marriott International (36) and Compass Group (32). 60 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Hospitality & Tourism jobs pay in the Gold Coast?
36 ads state an hourly rate: $27 to $200 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $27.98. 25 more state pay in other units, 17 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 358 of the 436 ads state no pay.
[2]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The three hospitality occupation groups combined.
[5]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.
[6]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
[7]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
[8]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.
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 Hospitality & Tourism classification, placed in the Gold Coast, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.
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ViewJobs (2026). Hospitality & Tourism jobs in Gold Coast, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/gold-coast/hospitality-and-tourism
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