| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AWE | average weekly earnings |
| EEH | Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ID | industrial disputes |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| JVS | Job Vacancies Survey |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LPI | labour price index |
| MPHS | Multipurpose Household Survey |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| qtr | quarter |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
| WPI | wage price index |