Subclass 189 Invitation Trends by Occupation
How estimated invitations move across SkillSelect 189 rounds — the biggest, most consistent, newest, rising and falling occupations over a selectable window.
In the 4 June 2026 round, 10,000 invitations were issued across subclass 189. Over the last two financial years the most estimated invitations went to Registered Nurses nec. Newly invited in this round (first appearance on record): Fitter and Turner, Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic, Footballer. Received no invitations this round despite earlier demand: Civil Engineering Draftsperson, Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher, Accountant (General), Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.
Invitations per round
Official total invited across 5 rounds in this window
Most invited
Est.Highest total estimated invitations over the window.
- 1Registered Nurses nec~6,401
- 2Carpenter~2,973
- not invited this round
- 4Secondary School Teacher~1,790
- not invited this round
Most consistently invited
OfficialInvited in the most rounds — official, counts every round the occupation appeared in.
- 1Registered Nurses nec5 rounds
- 2Carpenter5 rounds
- 3Secondary School Teacher5 rounds
- 4Social Worker5 rounds
- 5General Practitioner5 rounds
Rising & falling
Rising
Est.Biggest increase in estimated invitations, FY2025-26 vs FY2024-25.
- 1Registered Nurses nec1,544 last FY+3,313
- 2Carpenter672 last FY+1,629
- 3Registered Nurse (Aged Care)262 last FY+874
- 4Secondary School Teacher484 last FY+822
- 5Social Worker415 last FY+716
Falling
Est.Biggest decrease in estimated invitations, FY2025-26 vs FY2024-25.
- 1Civil Engineering Draftsperson1,439 last FY-1,262not invited this round
- 2Accountant (General)760 last FY-760not invited this round
- 3Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher1,578 last FY-739not invited this round
- 4Civil Engineer722 last FY-722not invited this round
- 5Mechanical Engineer707 last FY-707not invited this round
Newly invited
Est.First appearance on record — invited in the latest round, with no invitations in any earlier round.
- 3Footballer~1
Per-occupation invitation counts are estimates — Home Affairs publishes each round's total and each occupation's points cutoff, not per-occupation invite counts. “Most consistently invited” uses official round presence. The latest round is estimated from the pre-round EOI pool until its post-round snapshot is published.
How to read these 189 invitation trends
Australia's Department of Home Affairs publishes, for each SkillSelect subclass 189 round, the total number of invitations and the minimum points cutoff for each occupation — but never how many invitations each occupation received. ImmiTrend estimates per-occupation invitations from the live EOI pool and the published cutoff, then tracks how those estimates move round over round.
Use the window selector to compare this financial year, the last two, or the full history, and Top 5/10/20 to widen each list. “Most consistently invited” is the one fully-official ranking — it counts how many rounds each occupation appeared in. The rising and falling lists rank by the trend across the window, with each occupation's latest round-over-round change shown alongside.
189 invitation trends — FAQ
- Which occupations get the most subclass 189 invitations?
- Over the last two financial years, the occupations with the most estimated subclass 189 invitations are Registered Nurses nec, Carpenter, Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher, Secondary School Teacher, Civil Engineering Draftsperson. Home Affairs publishes each round's total and the points cutoff per occupation, but not per-occupation invitation counts — so this ranks ImmiTrend's per-occupation estimate summed across recent rounds.
- Which 189 occupations are newly invited or rising?
- Occupations with the biggest recent rise in estimated invitations include Registered Nurses nec, Carpenter, Registered Nurse (Aged Care), Secondary School Teacher, Social Worker. Newly invited occupations — appearing in the latest round for the first time on record — include Fitter and Turner, Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic, Footballer.
- Which 189 occupations are no longer invited or falling?
- Occupations with the biggest estimated decline include Civil Engineering Draftsperson, Accountant (General), Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer. Occupations that received no invitations at all in the latest round, despite earlier demand, include Civil Engineering Draftsperson, Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher, Accountant (General), Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.
- How does ImmiTrend estimate per-occupation 189 invitations?
- Home Affairs publishes each round's total invitations and the minimum points cutoff per occupation, but never per-occupation counts. ImmiTrend estimates each occupation's share from the live EOI pool and the published cutoff, then tracks how those estimates move round over round. “Most consistently invited” counts how many rounds an occupation appeared in — which is official.
- Is this invitation-trends data official?
- Round totals and per-occupation points cutoffs are official Home Affairs data. Per-occupation invitation counts are ImmiTrend estimates. The “Most consistently invited” ranking is official in that it counts the rounds an occupation was actually invited in.