Queensland has taken the unenviable title of the highest unemployment rate in the nation, despite thousands of extra positions being filled.

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics jobs figures released on Thursday show Queensland reached 6.5 per cent unemployment in September seasonally adjusted.

Queensland's unemployment rate has topped the nation in the latest figures Credit:Darren England/AAP

That was despite the figures also showing the state had also seen the largest increase in employment in the country with 25,300 people finding work last month.

Queensland now has the highest unemployment rate in the country, ahead of South Australia with 6.3 per cent and Tasmania on 6.2 per cent, and compared to the national unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent.