Report for 233512 Mechanical Engineer

SkillSelect Backlog as at 30 Sep 2026

SUBMITTED: EOI has been submitted, waiting for Invitation
INVITED: EOI has received an Invitation to Apply (ITA) visa, but visa has not been lodged
LODGED: EOI has received an Invitation to Apply (ITA) visa, and the visa has been lodged
CLOSED: EOI has been granted or rejected visa, or the EOI has expired (after 2 years)

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EOIs by points

Points	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115
Submitted	1167	1219	1311	1021	996	612	221	51	<20	–	–
Invited	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lodged	<20	<20	25	<20	<20	26	<20	<20	–	–	–
Closed	1699	1823	1844	1463	1318	866	205	24	<20	<20	<20

Points	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115
Submitted	1787	2757	2334	2585	1654	1600	912	263	53	<20	<20
Invited	<20	<20	–	–	–	<20	–	–	–	–	–
Lodged	28	30	33	34	35	42	64	<20	<20	–	–
Closed	2129	3684	3429	3366	2431	2112	1146	302	54	<20	<20

Points	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120
Submitted	715	2228	2139	3051	2459	2527	1444	1173	593	156	<20	<20
Invited	<20	–	–	<20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lodged	21	30	31	54	39	52	<20	28	<20	<20	<20	–
Closed	1024	2859	2716	3963	3121	2931	1758	1228	571	135	21	<20

EOIs by state

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	185	363	121	236	283	151	313	324
70	293	592	204	368	467	225	514	501
75	202	491	126	299	343	156	482	478
80	248	563	163	375	395	188	514	562
85	110	381	70	220	232	86	374	419
90	106	395	67	235	210	76	374	376
95	48	228	34	116	93	38	203	233
100	<20	75	<20	34	25	<20	56	72
105	<20	27	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	NT	TAS
65	<20	0
70	<20	<20
90	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
75	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
95	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
105	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	181	472	126	248	310	165	437	424
70	342	785	230	478	517	293	732	720
75	251	705	165	457	478	207	765	778
80	254	683	183	501	456	193	781	772
85	139	516	89	383	277	94	609	540
90	117	545	58	322	219	81	536	437
95	45	284	27	183	130	30	340	233
100	<20	111	<20	43	<20	<20	85	52
105	<20	23	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
130	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	80	142	61	90	117	57	135	173
70	242	386	171	287	336	187	368	455
75	207	392	157	273	329	183	320	507
80	305	571	234	389	475	266	508	690
85	204	433	166	310	347	176	396	644
90	234	487	184	331	386	214	388	709
95	90	273	78	187	199	99	234	458
100	74	249	65	140	150	73	184	384
105	41	128	32	54	68	37	76	204
110	<20	33	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	61
115	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	<20	<20

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0
80	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	0	0
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	0
75	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
95	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
105	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	0	<20
115	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	79	216	60	125	151	73	198	228
70	262	589	184	335	415	246	487	685
75	210	531	164	336	369	213	464	668
80	351	750	263	521	564	336	621	919
85	232	577	176	408	407	205	558	880
90	216	526	174	376	428	206	523	833
95	109	326	83	246	215	95	293	544
100	74	225	56	151	148	64	197	396
105	29	111	26	71	77	24	112	197
110	<20	42	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	48
115	<20	<20	0	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
125	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
140	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Monthly EOI Backlog

All points scores, at the end of each month, with the change from the month before

Month end ↓	SUBMITTED	INVITED	LODGED	CLOSED	HOLD
30 Sep 2026	7,560 −101	–	142 −18	10,660 +43	90 +2
31 Aug 2026	7,661 −219	<20	160 −5	10,617 −88	88 −2
31 Jul 2026	7,880 −246	–	165 −2	10,705 +259	90 0
30 Jun 2026	8,126 +44	<20	167 +13	10,446 +168	90 +1
31 May 2026	8,082 −26	<20	154 −2	10,278 +200	89 0
30 Apr 2026	8,108 0	<20	156 −10	10,078 +119	89 +7
31 Mar 2026	8,108 −69	20	166 +10	9,959 +111	82 −3
28 Feb 2026	8,177 −9	<20	156 +2	9,848 −1	85 +2
31 Jan 2026	8,186 −62	<20	154 −11	9,849 −2	83 +4
31 Dec 2025	8,248 −73	<20	165 −21	9,851 +37	79 −7
30 Nov 2025	8,321 +113	<20	186 −35	9,814 +16	86 −3
31 Oct 2025	8,208 +10	<20	221 −28	9,798 +77	89 +3
30 Sep 2025	8,198 −51	<20	249 −30	9,721 +316	86 +3
31 Aug 2025	8,249 +19	–	279 −29	9,405 +186	83 −3
31 Jul 2025	8,230 +78	<20	308 −53	9,219 −53	86 +3
30 Jun 2025	8,152 +18	<20	361 −15	9,272 +97	83 +26
31 May 2025	8,134 −17	<20	376 −15	9,175 +245	57 −1
30 Apr 2025	8,151 −72	<20	391 −40	8,930 +175	58 +1
31 Mar 2025	8,223 −148	<20	431 −64	8,755 +272	57 −11
28 Feb 2025	8,371 −143	<20	495 −38	8,483 +50	68 −9
31 Jan 2025	8,514 +25	<20	533 −1	8,433 +425	77 −3
31 Dec 2024	8,489 −326	341 −89	534 +70	8,008 +373	80 −28
30 Nov 2024	8,815 −555	430 +286	464 +133	7,635 +346	108 −13
31 Oct 2024	9,370 −245	144 0	331 −31	7,289 +465	121 −20

Month end ↓	SUBMITTED	INVITED	LODGED	CLOSED	HOLD
30 Sep 2026	15,048 −600	<20	292 −51	20,033 +423	154 −20
31 Aug 2026	15,648 −755	<20	343 −19	19,610 +141	174 −19
31 Jul 2026	16,403 −621	<20	362 −7	19,469 +762	193 +9
30 Jun 2026	17,024 −29	<20	369 +32	18,707 +311	184 +4
31 May 2026	17,053 −164	28 0	337 −7	18,396 +458	180 +12
30 Apr 2026	17,217 −25	28 −4	344 −8	17,938 +377	168 +13
31 Mar 2026	17,242 −178	32 +2	352 +1	17,561 +463	155 −5
28 Feb 2026	17,420 +85	30 +5	351 +4	17,098 +229	160 −1
31 Jan 2026	17,335 −125	25	347 −5	16,869 +234	161 +4
31 Dec 2025	17,460 −29	<20	352 −19	16,635 +118	157 0
30 Nov 2025	17,489 +18	<20	371 −23	16,517 +346	157 −18
31 Oct 2025	17,471 +52	<20	394 −27	16,171 +605	175 +3
30 Sep 2025	17,419 −447	<20	421 −31	15,566 +1,071	172 −12
31 Aug 2025	17,866 −103	–	452 −31	14,495 +630	184 −9
31 Jul 2025	17,969 −6	<20	483 −48	13,865 +192	193 +7
30 Jun 2025	17,975 +70	<20	531 −38	13,673 +261	186 +8
31 May 2025	17,905 −80	35 +8	569 −14	13,412 +505	178 −10
30 Apr 2025	17,985 −124	27	583 −32	12,907 +446	188 −11
31 Mar 2025	18,109 −130	<20	615 −73	12,461 +530	199 −15
28 Feb 2025	18,239 −161	29 −3	688 −63	11,931 +299	214 −8
31 Jan 2025	18,400 +97	32 −141	751 −24	11,632 +265	222 +3
31 Dec 2024	18,303 −221	173 −37	775 +13	11,367 +423	219 −19
30 Nov 2024	18,524 −213	210 +151	762 +13	10,944 +276	238 +14
31 Oct 2024	18,737 +270	59 +6	749 −85	10,668 +339	224 −2

Month end ↓	SUBMITTED	INVITED	LODGED	CLOSED	HOLD
30 Sep 2026	16,695 −683	<20	296 −19	20,697 +557	165 −10
31 Aug 2026	17,378 −883	–	315 −2	20,140 +456	175 −25
31 Jul 2026	18,261 −929	<20	317 +10	19,684 +1,205	200 +9
30 Jun 2026	19,190 +10	26	307 +25	18,479 +424	191 +9
31 May 2026	19,180 −154	<20	282 −39	18,055 +599	182 +18
30 Apr 2026	19,334 +12	<20	321 −19	17,456 +486	164 +18
31 Mar 2026	19,322 −181	20 −13	340 −1	16,970 +623	146 −3
28 Feb 2026	19,503 +113	33	341 +4	16,347 +271	149 −4
31 Jan 2026	19,390 −184	<20	337 −9	16,076 +239	153 +6
31 Dec 2025	19,574 −83	<20	346 −8	15,837 +395	147 −12
30 Nov 2025	19,657 +117	<20	354 −16	15,442 +536	159 −13
31 Oct 2025	19,540 +28	<20	370 −12	14,906 +721	172 +6
30 Sep 2025	19,512 −377	<20	382 −21	14,185 +1,245	166 −8
31 Aug 2025	19,889 −223	–	403 −28	12,940 +579	174 −15
31 Jul 2025	20,112 −40	<20	431 −32	12,361 +262	189 −4
30 Jun 2025	20,152 +55	<20	463 −38	12,099 +335	193 +12
31 May 2025	20,097 −51	27 +2	501 −13	11,764 +564	181 +1
30 Apr 2025	20,148 −3	25	514 −24	11,200 +428	180 −7
31 Mar 2025	20,151 +108	<20	538 −25	10,772 +310	187 −1
28 Feb 2025	20,043 +56	35 −12	563 −14	10,462 +148	188 −5
31 Jan 2025	19,987 +111	47 −49	577 0	10,314 +96	193 −3
31 Dec 2024	19,876 +8	96 −19	577 +18	10,218 +285	196 −14
30 Nov 2024	19,868 +76	115 +88	559 −36	9,933 +272	210 +4
31 Oct 2024	19,792 +542	27	595 −43	9,661 +264	206 +4

Report for 233512 Mechanical Engineer

SkillSelect Backlog as at 30 Sep 2026

EOIs by points

EOIs by state

Monthly EOI Backlog

Recent activity

Most bookmarked

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	185	363	121	236	283	151	313	324
70	293	592	204	368	467	225	514	501
75	202	491	126	299	343	156	482	478
80	248	563	163	375	395	188	514	562
85	110	381	70	220	232	86	374	419
90	106	395	67	235	210	76	374	376
95	48	228	34	116	93	38	203	233
100	<20	75	<20	34	25	<20	56	72
105	<20	27	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
75	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
95	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
105	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	181	472	126	248	310	165	437	424
70	342	785	230	478	517	293	732	720
75	251	705	165	457	478	207	765	778
80	254	683	183	501	456	193	781	772
85	139	516	89	383	277	94	609	540
90	117	545	58	322	219	81	536	437
95	45	284	27	183	130	30	340	233
100	<20	111	<20	43	<20	<20	85	52
105	<20	23	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
130	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	80	142	61	90	117	57	135	173
70	242	386	171	287	336	187	368	455
75	207	392	157	273	329	183	320	507
80	305	571	234	389	475	266	508	690
85	204	433	166	310	347	176	396	644
90	234	487	184	331	386	214	388	709
95	90	273	78	187	199	99	234	458
100	74	249	65	140	150	73	184	384
105	41	128	32	54	68	37	76	204
110	<20	33	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	61
115	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	<20	<20

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	0	0
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	0
75	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
95	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
105	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	0	<20
115	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	79	216	60	125	151	73	198	228
70	262	589	184	335	415	246	487	685
75	210	531	164	336	369	213	464	668
80	351	750	263	521	564	336	621	919
85	232	577	176	408	407	205	558	880
90	216	526	174	376	428	206	523	833
95	109	326	83	246	215	95	293	544
100	74	225	56	151	148	64	197	396
105	29	111	26	71	77	24	112	197
110	<20	42	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	48
115	<20	<20	0	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
125	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
140	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	185	363	121	236	283	151	313	324
70	293	592	204	368	467	225	514	501
75	202	491	126	299	343	156	482	478
80	248	563	163	375	395	188	514	562
85	110	381	70	220	232	86	374	419
90	106	395	67	235	210	76	374	376
95	48	228	34	116	93	38	203	233
100	<20	75	<20	34	25	<20	56	72
105	<20	27	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
75	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
95	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
105	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	181	472	126	248	310	165	437	424
70	342	785	230	478	517	293	732	720
75	251	705	165	457	478	207	765	778
80	254	683	183	501	456	193	781	772
85	139	516	89	383	277	94	609	540
90	117	545	58	322	219	81	536	437
95	45	284	27	183	130	30	340	233
100	<20	111	<20	43	<20	<20	85	52
105	<20	23	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
130	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	80	142	61	90	117	57	135	173
70	242	386	171	287	336	187	368	455
75	207	392	157	273	329	183	320	507
80	305	571	234	389	475	266	508	690
85	204	433	166	310	347	176	396	644
90	234	487	184	331	386	214	388	709
95	90	273	78	187	199	99	234	458
100	74	249	65	140	150	73	184	384
105	41	128	32	54	68	37	76	204
110	<20	33	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	61
115	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	<20	<20

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	0	0
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	0
75	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
95	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
105	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	0	<20
115	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	79	216	60	125	151	73	198	228
70	262	589	184	335	415	246	487	685
75	210	531	164	336	369	213	464	668
80	351	750	263	521	564	336	621	919
85	232	577	176	408	407	205	558	880
90	216	526	174	376	428	206	523	833
95	109	326	83	246	215	95	293	544
100	74	225	56	151	148	64	197	396
105	29	111	26	71	77	24	112	197
110	<20	42	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	48
115	<20	<20	0	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
125	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
140	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	185	363	121	236	283	151	313	324
70	293	592	204	368	467	225	514	501
75	202	491	126	299	343	156	482	478
80	248	563	163	375	395	188	514	562
85	110	381	70	220	232	86	374	419
90	106	395	67	235	210	76	374	376
95	48	228	34	116	93	38	203	233
100	<20	75	<20	34	25	<20	56	72
105	<20	27	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
75	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
95	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
105	0	<20	0	<20	0	0	<20	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	181	472	126	248	310	165	437	424
70	342	785	230	478	517	293	732	720
75	251	705	165	457	478	207	765	778
80	254	683	183	501	456	193	781	772
85	139	516	89	383	277	94	609	540
90	117	545	58	322	219	81	536	437
95	45	284	27	183	130	30	340	233
100	<20	111	<20	43	<20	<20	85	52
105	<20	23	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
130	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	80	142	61	90	117	57	135	173
70	242	386	171	287	336	187	368	455
75	207	392	157	273	329	183	320	507
80	305	571	234	389	475	266	508	690
85	204	433	166	310	347	176	396	644
90	234	487	184	331	386	214	388	709
95	90	273	78	187	199	99	234	458
100	74	249	65	140	150	73	184	384
105	41	128	32	54	68	37	76	204
110	<20	33	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	61
115	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	<20	<20

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	0	0
70	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	0
75	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
80	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
85	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
90	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
95	0	<20	<20	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
100	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20
105	<20	<20	0	<20	<20	0	<20	<20
110	0	<20	0	0	<20	0	0	<20
115	0	<20	0	0	0	0	0	0

Points	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA
65	79	216	60	125	151	73	198	228
70	262	589	184	335	415	246	487	685
75	210	531	164	336	369	213	464	668
80	351	750	263	521	564	336	621	919
85	232	577	176	408	407	205	558	880
90	216	526	174	376	428	206	523	833
95	109	326	83	246	215	95	293	544
100	74	225	56	151	148	64	197	396
105	29	111	26	71	77	24	112	197
110	<20	42	<20	<20	<20	<20	<20	48
115	<20	<20	0	0	<20	<20	<20	<20
125	0	0	0	0	0	0	<20	0
140	0	0	0	<20	0	0	0	0