Bureau of Meteorology
Bureau of Meteorology
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 6,734
- Contract value (all years): 2,571,174,548 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 163,199,980 AUD
- APS headcount: 1,899
- Budget 2026-27: 613,715 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 635,343 AUD
- Directory roles: 32
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (6)
- 2026-08-05 — Bureau of Meteorology launches strategic review
- 2026-05-20 — Peter Stone to depart Bureau of Meteorology
- 2026-02-10 — Bureau of Meteorology boss defends website contractors
- 2025-10-03 — Bureau of Meteorology CEO appointed
- 2022-10-25 — Bureau of Meteorology in operating surplus for 2021-22
- 2018-06-07 — CPSU decries ‘gag’ on Bureau of Meteorology protest; Federal Courts in pay deal
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-07-13 — Australian Space Agency stands up Indian mission terminal
- 2026-05-26 — NT radar to improve real-time observation of rainfall, wind conditions
- 2026-05-21 — Movers & Shakers: Passing the torch at WGEA
- 2026-03-23 — Got weather? Got data. BoM drops collaboration reveal with ADF
- 2026-02-04 — Senate estimates cheat sheet for February 2026
- 2025-12-15 — Top of their game: Senior public service appointments of 2025
- 2025-12-09 — Australia’s 10-year science vision needs the framework to deliver it
- 2025-11-26 — APS growth sees more hires beyond Canberra
- 2025-11-23 — Government, opposition unite to sledge $96m BOM website
- 2025-11-18 — The highest- and lowest-paid jobs in the APS
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 20 | $93,337,066 |
| Consultancy | 15 | $9,465 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventia Property Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 16618028676 | $32,319,971 | 2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Rubik3 Pty Ltd | 59606714085 | $25,573,207 | 2020-21 |
| Vaisala Pty Ltd | 58006500616 | $13,673,530 | 2020-21 |
| Hays Specialist Recruitment | 47001407281 | $11,319,076 | 2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Dell Australia Pty Ltd | 46003855561 | $10,286,873 | 2020-21 |
| Hewlett Packard Australia P/L (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 74004394763 | $49,722 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| UNISYS Australia Pty Ltd | 31105642902 | $34,282 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Leidos | 79612590155 | $31,323 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Rubik3 Pty Ltd | 59603714085 | $18,346 | 2022-23 |
| CSIRO Accounts Receivable | 41687119230 | $17,850 | 2024-25 |
| Accenture Australia Pty Ltd | 49096776895 | $12,886 | 2022-23 |
| Synergy Group Australia Pty Ltd | 65119369827 | $3,462 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 28.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 38.0% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 1.3% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 41.4% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 6.9% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 11.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 85.2% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 80.3% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 3.8% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 7.5% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 1,899 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 45.3 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 8.8 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 6.4% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2010-11 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 1,775 | 1,738 | 1,734 | 1,654 | 1,667 | 1,687 | 1,684 | 1,671 | 1,607 | 1,651 | 1,692 | 1,797 | 1,903 | 1,880 | 1,899 | |
| Contracts | 947 | 1,050 | 1,091 | 1,201 | 1,089 | 651 | 583 | 122 | ||||||||
| Contract value | $580,004,947 | $327,648,348 | $433,095,874 | $458,726,480 | $308,437,361 | $171,739,983 | $231,544,348 | $59,977,207 | ||||||||
| Budget ($000) | 547,352 | 613,715 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 9 | 16 | 14 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Top total pay | $506,921 | $570,548 | $570,926 | $635,343 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
