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NovenAI Monthly EOI Brief

February 2025

Dated evidence snapshot

NovenAI monthly direct answer

Musician (Instrumental)ANZSCO 211213 EOI competition report, February 2025

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Musician (Instrumental) (ANZSCO 211213) had80 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of February 2025. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.

The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 160. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs
80
Three-status total
160
Largest combined band
55points

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What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 50.0 percent of the three-status total and is the principal component across the selected statuses. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

The three largest score bands form a notable concentration without containing a majority of the total. The 55-point band contains 12.5 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 90, 85, 80 points contain 37.5 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: NSW 60; 491: VIC 50. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs were unchanged at 80 between January 2025 and February 2025.

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See the distribution behind the brief

Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Musician (Instrumental)

NovenAI separates Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses so different stages are not mistaken for one active competition pool.

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ScoreSubmittedLodgedClosed
35000
40000
45000
50000
5510010
6010010
6510010
7010010
7510010
8010010
8510010
9010100
95000
100000
105000

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Monthly subclass 189 EOI status trend

Each month is a separate SkillSelect snapshot, not a cumulative total carried forward from earlier months.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 190 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 491 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

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Questions answered by this monthly evidence

How concentrated is the subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Musician (Instrumental)?

The three largest score bands form a notable concentration without containing a majority of the total. NovenAI calculates that 55 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 20 EOIs or 12.5 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 90, 85, 80 points, containing 60 EOIs or 37.5 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs was unchanged from 80 in January 2025 to 80 in February 2025, a change of 0 EOIs or approximately 0.0 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

Which states lead the subclass 190 and 491 Submitted EOI data?

For February 2025, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that NSW has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 60; VIC has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 50. These are EOI volumes, not state nomination allocations, invitation outcomes or an individual's likelihood of invitation.

How does NovenAI standardise and interpret SkillSelect EOI data?

NovenAI standardises the official data by occupation, visa subclass, status, score band, state and snapshot month. This report covers 2 available snapshots and 8 subclass 189 score bands with data. When the official source suppresses a cell below 20, NovenAI uses 10 as the analytical estimate, so the results are not exact application-by-application counts.

Data snapshot: February 2025. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.