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Survey of Employment and Earnings

Name of Collection
Survey of Employment and Earnings (Employed Wage and Salary Earners)

Contact
Manager
Labour Statistics Centre Output Group
Australian Bureau of Statistics
GPO Box K881
PERTH WA 6001

Telephone: Perth 08 9360 5141
Facsimile: Perth 08 9360 5954
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Internet: www.abs.gov.au

Purpose
To provide data on employment and gross earnings in Australia. To provide data for National Accounts purposes.

Description
The survey collects information from employer units on numbers of wage and salary earners employed each month and their quarterly earnings. The survey is conducted by mail each quarter from a sample of approximately 10,000 employer units. Data for a number of government departments are collected electronically.

Data Detail
IEstimates are produced on numbers of wage and salary earners employed and their quarterly earnings, classified by:

• Sex (not collected March quarter 1997 onwards);
• Full-time/part-time (for the mid-month of each quarter);
• State;
• Sector;
• Level of government;
• Industry; and
• Size of employer unit.