The Queensland Government is strengthening and rebuilding the capabilities of Queensland's public service, with more frontline workers across the State than ever before.

The State of the Sector Report 2026 reveals there were 279,577 full time equivalent roles at March 2026, an annual increase of 3.21 per cent.

A stronger and more empowered public service is just one of the ways the Queensland Government is delivering a fresh start for Queensland.

The Report shows an additional 8693 employees with only 34 of these in corporate support roles.  This now means nine out of ten public sector roles comprise frontline or frontline support.

Increases in key frontline full time employees from March 2025 to March 2026 include:

• Ambulance officers rising 7.93%, to 5,939
• Child safety case workers rising 9.23%, to 2,133
• Correction officers rising 5.14%, to 5,544
• Doctors rising 5.40% to 13,833
• Nurses and Midwives rising 3.89% to 45,575
• Police increasing 3.93% to 12,761 officers
• Teachers increasing 4.48% to 49,603.

The Report shows 64 per cent of all full time employees work in the regions, reinforcing the Queensland Government's focus to deliver for all Queenslanders, regardless of where they live.

The strongest growth has been in the health sector with 4,867 new full-time employees, accounting for more than half the new positions, increasing the State’s health workforce to 119,633 full time equivalent workers.

More teachers and support staff have been hired to meet the rising number of students across Queensland, as the Queensland Government delivers new schools and safer classrooms, with the education sector growing by 1,872 workers to 83,578 full time equivalent staff.

The Queensland Government is making Queensland safer by bolstering the police frontline and backing them with the resources they need. The Report outlining there are 12,761 officers across Queensland as of March 2026, and since March has since further, passing 13,000 for the first time in the State’s history.

Premier David Crisafulli said the Government was delivering a stronger and more empowered public service, exactly as promised.

“We are delivering more frontline police, teachers and health workers to deliver a fresh start for Queensland, with better services through a stronger economy, as we build Queensland’s future,” Premier Crisafulli said.

“Our promise to Queenslanders was to strengthen and build the capability of our public service, and these numbers show that’s exactly what we’re doing with more frontline staff than ever before.  

“Queensland needs more frontline workers to deliver the programs and services to fix the crises we inherited in youth crime, health, housing and cost of living, and that’s exactly what we’re continuing to deliver.”  

State of the sector report 2026 can be found here.