The Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) National Report examines short-term (i.e., four to six months after course completion) labour market outcomes (rates of full-time employment, overall employment, labour force participation and median full-time salaries), further study outcomes and graduate satisfaction with their completed course.

The report also discusses some areas of focus such as the gender pay gap, skills utilisation across graduate occupations, reasons for skills-based or time-based underemployment and how well qualifications prepared graduates for their current jobs.

Key findings:

• The proportion of domestic graduates employed full-time four to six months after course completion rose slightly in 2023 after a sharp increase in 2022. Full-time employment rates for recent graduates continue to stay at record highs since the survey commenced in 2016.
• The proportion of graduates employed part-time but seeking more hours remains low, despite a slight increase at the undergraduate level in 2023.
• Higher level qualifications generally lead to higher salary outcomes for graduates. Median salaries increased year on year across all study levels, up 4.4 per cent for undergraduates, 5.5 per cent for postgraduate coursework graduates and 4.2 per cent for postgraduate research graduates.
• Female full-time annual salaries were lower than male salaries across all study levels in 2023, however, the gap has narrowed
  over time.