JOB vacancies have surged in WA during the last three months, largely fuelled by private sector growth according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

There were more than 19,100 WA positions that employers sought to fill during the May quarter, a jump of 7.1 per cent from the previous quarter.

Nationally, the number of positions employers were seeking to fill rose to 189,200 in the May quarter, or about 1.7 per cent.

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The ABS data shows across the country, private sector job vacancies rose 1.5 per cent to 170,500, and public sector vacancies rose 3.2 per cent to 18,700.

The biggest industries for job vacancies included administration, retail and health care.