The federal government's Labor Market Information Portal vacancy report found the Riverina had a 109 per cent increase in overall job adverts between April and before the pandemic in February last year.

The types of jobs most in demand appear to be drivers and storepersons, numerical clerks, medical practitioners and nurses, food preparation assistants, and health and welfare support workers, with adverts rising between 150 and 220 per cent since last year.

Riverina MP Michael McCormack said the job vacancy figures were a good sign for the region's economic recovery.

"These figures are encouraging - they continue to show the Riverina and regional Australia is recovering from the economic impacts of COVID-19," Mr McCormack said.

"It shows the federal government has the right measures in place for the economy to not only survive but thrive as we come out the other side.

"The Regional Australia Institute continues to report growing job vacancies in the regions - around 66,000 at last count - from jobs in law firms, in accountancy practices to meat processing, labourers and skilled trades work."

Labor Duty Senator Deborah O'Neill was contacted for comment but did not respond before publication.

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There are limits to how closely the vacancy report can track the actual level of demand for workers in the Riverina as it is based on a count of online job advertisements newly lodged on SEEK, CareerOne and Australian JobSearch during each month.

The report does not include jobs advertised through other online job boards, employer websites, word of mouth, in newspapers, and advertisements in shop windows and does not count multiple positions being advertised in a single job advertisement.

BusinessNSW Murray-Riverina regional manager Anthony McFarlane said professional jobs had contributed significantly to the rise in vacancies shown in the report.

"It's usually a good indication that everybody else is doing well as the professional jobs feed off everyone else in other industries," he said.

"Trades worker vacancies have nearly doubled and you can see the number of vacancies in the personal service workers, which includes hospitality, has more than doubled.

"Labourers have seen strong growth. There are a few exceptions but broadly across all sectors there is trend of a doubling in the number of vacancies pre-pandemic levels."

Mr McFarlane said it was possible that some businesses that are in high demand in Wagga at the moment, such as construction, might not be appear at the top of the job advertisements list due to other factors.

"They have concerns about maintaining their quality. It's a sellers' market in terms of they are able to pick and choose what they service so they don't over commit themselves," he said.

Adverts for arts and media professionals saw an 8.3 per cent cent decline, while telecommunications, factory workers, education, health diagnostic and therapy, clerical and administrative workers, office managers and secretaries, and sports, travel and personal service sectors saw the lowest growth at 12 to 47 per cent.

When asked about the uneven recovery across different types of jobs, Mr McCormack said the federal government was continuing to roll out economic stimulus, including $10 billion for infrastructure in the new budget.

"Supply and demand in different sectors will always vary, but we will continue to monitor progress as we move forward and we will deliver support where it is needed, as we have done throughout this pandemic," he said.

"Our Economic Recovery Plan is working and we will continue to roll-out the necessary measures to get more Australians into more jobs."

As of March this year there were about 1000 more people on JobSeeker unemployment payments compared to before the pandemic.

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