| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSCQ | Australian Bureau of Statistics Classification of Qualifications |
| AJS | Australian Job Search |
| ANZ | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ARA | Any Responsible Adult |
| ASCCSS | Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographic Classification |
| ASIC | Australian Standard Industrial Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| AWE | Survey of Average Weekly Earnings |
| AWOTE | Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings |
| CCLI | Classification and Classified List of Industries |
| CCLO | Classification and Classified List of Occupations |
| CD | Census Collection District |
| CE | completely enumerated |
| CES | Commonwealth Employment Service |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CURF | Confidentialised Unit Record File |
| DEETYA | Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs |
| DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DSS | Department of Social Security |
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| EEH | Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| ICLS | International Conference of Labour Statisticians |
| ICSE | International Classification of Status in Employment |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IRC | Industrial Relations Commission |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| LGA | Local Government Area |
| LPI | Labour Price Index |
| MPHS | Multi Purpose Household Survey |
| MSR | Major Statistical Region |
| MU | Management Unit |
| MUS | Management Unit/State |
| NDS | National Data Set for Compensation-based Statistics |
| NOHSC | National Occupational Health and Safety Commission |
| PAYE | Pay As You Earn |
| PAYG | Pay As You Go |
| PNILF | Persons Not in the Labour Force |
| PSU | Primary Sampling Unit |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| S Dist | Statistical District |
| S/T | State/Territory |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SD | Statistical Division |
| SE | standard error |
| SEAS | Survey of Employment Arrangements and Superannuation |
| SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SESCA | Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia |
| SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SOS | Section of State |
| SR | Statistical Region |
| SRS | Statistical Region Sector |
| SSD | Statistical Subdivision |
| TAU | Type of Activity Unit |
| UC/L | Urban Centre/Locality |
| WPI | Wage Price Index |