The Australian Occupations Ceilings are the maximum number of skilled immigrants who would be allowed to come to Australia in a specific career field on a skilled visa. Once the occupation ceiling for an occupation has been reached, no more invitations are issued for that occupation.
We’ve already written a post describing the occupation ceiling for the 2019 – 2020 migration year however as we’re now more than halfway through the migration year, we thought it might be interesting to see how many invitations had been issued against each of the occupations in demand.
It’s worth noting that Occupation Ceilings do not apply to the following visa subclasses:
- State or Territory Nominated
- Employer-sponsored
- Business Innovation and Investment
Australian Occupation Ceiling 2020
Here are the occupation ceilings for the program year 2019-2020:
| Occ. ID | Description | Occupation Ceiling Value 2019-20 | Invitations to 11/12/2019 |
| 1213 | Livestock Farmers | 5,934 | |
| 1341 | Child Care Centre Managers | 1,000 | |
| 1331 | Construction Managers | 4,983 | <5 |
| 1332 | Engineering Managers | 1,000 | <5 |
| 1342 | Health & Welfare Services Managers | 1,785 | |
| 1399 | Other Specialist Managers | 3,044 | |
| 2111 | Actors, Dancers & Other Entertainers | 1,000 | |
| 2112 | Music Professionals | 1,000 | |
| 2121 | Artistic Directors, & Media Producers and Presenters | 1,098 | |
| 2211 | Accountants* | 2,746 | 280 |
| 2212 | Auditors, Company Secretaries & Corporate Treasurers* | 1,552 | 159 |
| 2241 | Actuaries, Mathematicians and Statisticians | 1,000 | 15 |
| 2243 | Economists | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2245 | Land Economists and Valuers | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2247 | Management consultant | 5,269 | 11 |
| 2321 | Architects and Landscape Architects | 2,171 | 228 |
| 2322 | Cartographers and Surveyors | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2331 | Chemical and Materials Engineers | 1,000 | 39 |
| 2332 | Civil Engineering Professionals | 3,772 | 223 |
| 2333 | Electrical Engineers | 1,000 | 146 |
| 2334 | Electronics Engineers* | 1,000 | 90 |
| 2335 | Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers* | 1,600 | 164 |
| 2336 | Mining Engineers | 1,000 | 14 |
| 2339 | Other Engineering Professionals* | 1,000 | 100 |
| 2341 | Agricultural and Forestry Scientists | 1,000 | 14 |
| 2342 | Chemists, and Food and Wine Scientists | 1,000 | 13 |
| 2343 | Environmental Scientists | 1,472 | <5 |
| 2344 | Geologists, Geophysicists and Hydrogeologists | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2345 | Life Scientists | 1,000 | 34 |
| 2346 | Medical Laboratory Scientists | 1,505 | 5 |
| 2347 | Veterinarians | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2349 | Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals | 1,000 | 7 |
| 2411 | Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers | 2,294 | 12 |
| 2414 | Secondary School Teachers | 8,052 | 12 |
| 2415 | Special Education Teachers | 1,111 | |
| 2421 | University Lecturers and Tutors | 3,407 | 28 |
| 2512 | Medical Imaging Professionals | 1,203 | <5 |
| 2514 | Optometrists and Orthoptists | 1,000 | |
| 2519 | Other Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals | 1,000 | |
| 2521 | Chiropractors & Osteopaths | 1,000 | |
| 2524 | Occupational Therapists | 1,082 | <5 |
| 2525 | Physiotherapists | 1,784 | 5 |
| 2526 | Podiatrists | 1,000 | |
| 2527 | Speech Professionals & Audiologists | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2531 | General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers | 3,550 | 24 |
| 2533 | Internal Medicine Specialists | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2534 | Psychiatrists | 1,000 | |
| 2535 | Surgeons | 1,000 | <5 |
| 2539 | Other Medical Practitioners | 1,250 | 23 |
| 2541 | Midwives | 1,218 | |
| 2544 | Registered Nurses | 17,509 | 276 |
| 2611 | ICT Business & Systems Analysts* | 2,587 | 255 |
| 2612 | Multimedia Specialists & Web Developers | 1,000 | 18 |
| 2613 | Software & Applications Programmers* | 8,748 | 858 |
| 2621 | Database & Systems Administrators & IT Security Specialists | 2,887 | 131 |
| 2631 | Computer Network Professionals* | 2,553 | 254 |
| 2633 | Telecommunications Engineering Professionals | 1,000 | 134 |
| 2711 | Barristers | 1,000 | |
| 2713 | Solicitors | 4,650 | 6 |
| 2723 | Psychologists | 1,832 | <5 |
| 2725 | Social Workers | 2,128 | 50 |
| 3122 | Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians | 1,000 | 18 |
| 3123 | Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians | 1,000 | <5 |
| 3132 | Telecommunications Technical Specialists | 1,000 | |
| 3211 | Automotive Electricians | 1,000 | <5 |
| 3212 | Motor Mechanics | 6,399 | <5 |
| 3222 | Sheetmetal Trades Workers | 1,000 | |
| 3223 | Structural Steel & Welding Trades Workers | 3,983 | <5 |
| 3232 | Metal Fitters & Machinists | 7,007 | |
| 3233 | Precision Metal Trades Workers | 1,000 | |
| 3241 | Panelbeaters | 1,000 | |
| 3311 | Bricklayers & Stonemasons | 1,610 | |
| 3312 | Carpenters & Joiners | 8,536 | |
| 3322 | Painting Trades Workers | 3,330 | <5 |
| 3331 | Glaziers | 1,000 | |
| 3332 | Plasterers | 2,100 | |
| 3334 | Wall & Floor Tilers | 1,682 | |
| 3341 | Plumbers | 5,060 | |
| 3411 | Electricians | 8,624 | <5 |
| 3421 | Airconditioning & Refrigeration Mechanics | 1,851 | |
| 3422 | Electrical Distribution Trades Workers | 1,000 | |
| 3423 | Electronics Trades Workers | 1,313 | <5 |
| 3513 | Chefs | 2,738 | 10 |
| 3611 | Animal Attendants and Trainers | 1,051 | |
| 3941 | Cabinetmakers | 2,112 | |
| 3991 | Boat Builders and Shipwrights | 1,000 | |
| 4523 | Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials | 4,071 | |
| 4524 | Sportspersons | 1,000 |
Please remember, Although the ceiling gives a good indication of how ‘in demand’ an occupation is, ceilings should not be mistaken for the number of invites to be issued. The numbers are a ‘ceiling’ and it does not mean that these many invitations will be given.
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