Registered Nurse (Surgical)ANZSCO 254424 EOI competition report, August 2026

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Registered Nurse (Surgical) (ANZSCO 254424) had720 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of August 2026. 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 1,548. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs: 720
Three-status total: 1,548
Largest combined band: 65points

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What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 46.5 percent of the three-status total, which is less than half of the selected-status total. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. The 65-point band contains 20.7 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 65, 70, 75 points contain 61.0 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: NSW 508; 491: NSW 387. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs increased from 692 in July 2026 to 720 in August 2026, a change of 28 EOIs or approximately 4.0 percent month on month.

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Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Registered Nurse (Surgical)

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

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Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	0	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	10
55	48	0	25
60	59	10	71
65	179	10	131
70	191	10	112
75	158	10	144
80	45	25	159
85	10	10	61
90	0	0	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

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 Registered Nurse (Surgical)?

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. NovenAI calculates that 65 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 320 EOIs or 20.7 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 65, 70, 75 points, containing 945 EOIs or 61.0 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs increased from 692 in July 2026 to 720 in August 2026, a change of 28 EOIs or approximately 4.0 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

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

For August 2026, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that NSW has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 508; NSW has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 387. 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 7 available snapshots and 12 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: August 2026. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	0	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	10
55	48	0	25
60	59	10	71
65	179	10	131
70	191	10	112
75	158	10	144
80	45	25	159
85	10	10	61
90	0	0	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	0	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	10
55	48	0	25
60	59	10	71
65	179	10	131
70	191	10	112
75	158	10	144
80	45	25	159
85	10	10	61
90	0	0	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	0	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	10
55	48	0	25
60	59	10	71
65	179	10	131
70	191	10	112
75	158	10	144
80	45	25	159
85	10	10	61
90	0	0	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0