State nomination is a second contest on top of SkillSelect. This page compares how many 190 and 491 EOIs are waiting in each state against the places that state has published for the 2025-26 year, so you can see where the pressure actually sits.
190 & 491 Competition by State
This table sets each state's live Subclass 190 and 491 EOI queue (submitted EOIs across all occupations, as at July 2026) against that state's published 2025-26 nomination places. The "EOIs per place" figure is a measure of pool pressure, not your odds of success. See the notes below before reading too much into a single number.
| State / Territory | 190 queue | 190 places | 190 per place | 491 queue | 491 places | 491 per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 35,607 | 600 | 59.3 | 43,059 | 460 | 93.6 |
| New South Wales | 97,907 | 2,100 | 46.6 | 87,152 | 1,500 | 58.1 |
| Victoria | 92,254 | 2,700 | 34.2 | 79,195 | 700 | 113.1 |
| Western Australia | 88,975 | 2,700 | 33.0 | 121,597 | 1,300 | 93.5 |
| South Australia | 65,194 | 2,000 | 32.6 | 74,062 | 1,500 | 49.4 |
| Northern Territory | 20,591 | 800 | 25.7 | 31,873 | 1,100 | 29.0 |
| Queensland | 43,279 | 1,850 | 23.4 | 42,201 | 1,850 | 22.8 |
| Tasmania | 23,133 | 1,000 | 23.1 | 31,122 | 600 | 51.9 |
Queue: SkillSelect submitted-EOI state competition, as at July 2026 (excludes Home Affairs suppressed cells). Places: each state's published 2025-26 nomination allocation (state name links to the source). Rebuilt from live data each update.
How to Read the Ratio
The "EOIs per place" number is deliberately blunt, and it overstates real competition. Read it with these in mind:
- The queue is a snapshot of submitted EOIs across all occupations; the places are an annual allocation. That is stock against flow, a pressure gauge rather than a probability.
- One person can lodge EOIs in several states and for both the 190 and 491, so the counts include the same applicants more than once.
- Many submitted EOIs are stale, no longer eligible, or never actioned; SkillSelect does not prune them, so true competition is lower than the raw ratio.
- Places are published nomination allocations, not invitations issued so far this year.
To see your own standing rather than a state average, use Check Your Real Chances, compare occupations on EOI Pool by Occupation, and read the state nomination requirements guide. Latest round numbers are on the rounds tracker.
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