Labour Force, Australia, June 2026

Main features

New South Wales and Victoria weighting adjustment

In line with our approach to ensuring data quality, we have adjusted the weighting of one rotation group in New South Wales and Victoria. See Survey Impacts and Changes for more information.

Key statistics - Seasonally adjusted
	May-26	Jun-26	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	14,746,900	14,823,300	76,300	0.5%	252,000	1.7%
Employment to population ratio	63.8%	64.0%	0.3 pts	na	0.0 pts	na
Unemployed people	674,100	686,800	12,700	1.9%	30,200	4.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%	0.1 pts	na	0.1 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.3%	6.5%	0.2 pts	na	0.6 pts	na
Participation rate	66.7%	67.0%	0.3 pts	na	0.1 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	2,009 million	2,014 million	5 million	0.2%	36 million	1.8%

Key statistics - Trend
	May-26	Jun-26	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	14,775,100	14,807,400	32,300	0.2%	230,800	1.6%
Employment to population ratio	63.9%	64.0%	0.0 pts	na	-0.1 pts	na
Unemployed people	676,500	680,800	4,300	0.6%	41,200	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%	0.0 pts	na	0.2 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.2%	6.3%	0.1 pts	na	0.5 pts	na
Participation rate	66.8%	66.9%	0.1 pts	na	0.0 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	2,014 million	2,015 million	1 million	0.0%	35 million	1.8%

Estimates of changes throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded level estimates and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded level estimates.

For definitions of labour statistics used in this publication, please refer to Glossary of Labour Force, Australia methodology.

Survey impacts and changes

Weighting adjustment in New South Wales and Victoria

Rotation group analysis

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	May outgoing rotation group*	June incoming rotation group**	June outgoing rotation group***	June estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	65.0%	65.2%	65.2%	65.1%
Full-time employment to population ratio	44.4%	44.5%	44.7%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%	4.3%
Participation rate	67.8%	68.2%	68.0%	68.0%

Survey dates

Reference and Enumeration Dates
Publication	Start of Reference Week	End of Reference Week	Start of Enumeration	End of Enumeration
May-26	3rd May 2026	16th May 2026	10th May 2026	30th May 2026
Jun-26	31st May 2026	13th June 2026	7th June 2026	27th June 2026
Jul-26	28th June 2026	11th July 2026	5th July 2026	25th July 2026
Aug-26	2nd August 2026	15th August 2026	9th August 2026	29th August 2026
Sep-26	30th August 2026	12th September 2026	6th September 2026	26th September 2026
Oct-26	4th October 2026	17th October 2026	11th October 2026	31st October 2026

Employment

In June 2026, employment increased by 76,300 people (0.5%) to 14,823,300 people in seasonally adjusted terms. Full-time employment increased by 29,300 to 10,173,500 people, and part-time employment increased by 47,000 to 4,649,800 people.

Employed people
	Trend ('000)	Seasonally adjusted ('000)
Jun-16	11,967.5	11,963.0
Jul-16	11,971.0	11,996.0
Aug-16	11,973.1	11,955.9
Sep-16	11,974.8	11,942.3
Oct-16	11,977.6	11,961.1
Nov-16	11,983.0	11,987.3
Dec-16	11,992.9	12,017.8
Jan-17	12,010.6	12,039.3
Feb-17	12,036.7	12,015.2
Mar-17	12,071.3	12,075.7
Apr-17	12,113.1	12,133.0
May-17	12,157.6	12,164.9
Jun-17	12,201.0	12,197.3
Jul-17	12,240.6	12,232.9
Aug-17	12,275.0	12,281.9
Sep-17	12,305.3	12,321.7
Oct-17	12,333.1	12,325.3
Nov-17	12,359.4	12,368.3
Dec-17	12,383.4	12,398.1
Jan-18	12,403.4	12,437.5
Feb-18	12,418.7	12,421.9
Mar-18	12,432.5	12,442.4
Apr-18	12,448.3	12,460.6
May-18	12,469.8	12,452.3
Jun-18	12,498.1	12,522.1
Jul-18	12,530.2	12,522.9
Aug-18	12,563.4	12,585.8
Sep-18	12,595.5	12,601.5
Oct-18	12,624.0	12,624.8
Nov-18	12,648.6	12,644.5
Dec-18	12,672.1	12,670.2
Jan-19	12,697.9	12,714.7
Feb-19	12,725.9	12,725.2
Mar-19	12,754.8	12,748.9
Apr-19	12,783.4	12,785.9
May-19	12,810.8	12,791.9
Jun-19	12,834.7	12,804.7
Jul-19	12,853.5	12,837.3
Aug-19	12,867.0	12,882.8
Sep-19	12,877.0	12,902.9
Oct-19	12,886.7	12,853.7
Nov-19	12,897.5	12,874.2
Dec-19	12,908.4	12,924.0
Jan-20	12,916.6	12,931.1
Feb-20	12,920.8	12,930.7
Mar-20	12,921.3	12,925.7
Apr-20		12,347.1
May-20		12,051.7
Jun-20		12,279.9
Jul-20		12,416.4
Aug-20		12,552.0
Sep-20		12,519.7
Oct-20		12,658.0
Nov-20		12,741.9
Dec-20		12,797.6
Jan-21		12,841.2
Feb-21		12,893.4
Mar-21		12,953.1
Apr-21		12,948.3
May-21		13,038.8
Jun-21		13,059.4
Jul-21		13,085.0
Aug-21		12,952.2
Sep-21		12,826.9
Oct-21		12,777.8
Nov-21		13,143.7
Dec-21		13,226.7
Jan-22		13,292.1
Feb-22		13,366.6
Mar-22		13,388.5
Apr-22	13,469.3	13,450.5
May-22	13,525.8	13,488.8
Jun-22	13,576.2	13,583.1
Jul-22	13,620.2	13,593.4
Aug-22	13,657.2	13,665.3
Sep-22	13,687.4	13,673.4
Oct-22	13,713.8	13,712.4
Nov-22	13,740.7	13,780.9
Dec-22	13,772.8	13,778.1
Jan-23	13,812.3	13,801.0
Feb-23	13,857.5	13,839.7
Mar-23	13,904.7	13,929.9
Apr-23	13,949.8	13,929.6
May-23	13,990.2	14,018.8
Jun-23	14,025.5	14,028.7
Jul-23	14,057.8	14,028.0
Aug-23	14,087.6	14,100.7
Sep-23	14,116.0	14,094.8
Oct-23	14,143.1	14,150.9
Nov-23	14,167.7	14,199.9
Dec-23	14,189.8	14,147.0
Jan-24	14,208.6	14,145.6
Feb-24	14,228.0	14,252.5
Mar-24	14,249.8	14,231.1
Apr-24	14,274.7	14,267.3
May-24	14,302.2	14,298.6
Jun-24	14,331.6	14,320.8
Jul-24	14,361.5	14,375.8
Aug-24	14,392.4	14,408.7
Sep-24	14,423.8	14,445.7
Oct-24	14,452.9	14,443.9
Nov-24	14,479.5	14,463.3
Dec-24	14,503.2	14,510.9
Jan-25	14,523.4	14,544.0
Feb-25	14,539.5	14,469.2
Mar-25	14,551.5	14,500.3
Apr-25	14,560.8	14,604.3
May-25	14,568.3	14,598.0
Jun-25	14,576.6	14,571.3
Jul-25	14,586.4	14,611.8
Aug-25	14,599.2	14,598.7
Sep-25	14,613.2	14,608.7
Oct-25	14,628.8	14,642.3
Nov-25	14,646.2	14,604.2
Dec-25	14,663.7	14,661.9
Jan-26	14,681.3	14,698.3
Feb-26	14,699.6	14,721.2
Mar-26	14,720.6	14,741.6
Apr-26	14,745.5	14,703.0
May-26	14,775.1	14,746.9
Jun-26	14,807.4	14,823.3

Employed people

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

Employment-to-population ratio

In June 2026, the employment-to-population ratio rose by 0.3ppt to 64.0% in seasonally adjusted terms. The employment-to-population ratio increased by 0.3ppt to 67.7% for males, and increased by 0.2ppt to 60.5% for females.

Employment-to-population ratio
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Jun-16	61.2	61.2
Jul-16	61.1	61.2
Aug-16	61.0	61.0
Sep-16	61.0	60.8
Oct-16	60.9	60.8
Nov-16	60.8	60.9
Dec-16	60.8	61.0
Jan-17	60.8	60.9
Feb-17	60.8	60.7
Mar-17	60.9	60.9
Apr-17	61.0	61.1
May-17	61.2	61.2
Jun-17	61.3	61.3
Jul-17	61.4	61.4
Aug-17	61.5	61.6
Sep-17	61.6	61.7
Oct-17	61.7	61.6
Nov-17	61.7	61.8
Dec-17	61.8	61.9
Jan-18	61.8	62.0
Feb-18	61.8	61.8
Mar-18	61.7	61.8
Apr-18	61.7	61.8
May-18	61.7	61.7
Jun-18	61.8	61.9
Jul-18	61.9	61.9
Aug-18	62.0	62.1
Sep-18	62.0	62.1
Oct-18	62.1	62.1
Nov-18	62.1	62.1
Dec-18	62.2	62.2
Jan-19	62.2	62.3
Feb-19	62.2	62.2
Mar-19	62.3	62.2
Apr-19	62.4	62.4
May-19	62.4	62.3
Jun-19	62.5	62.3
Jul-19	62.5	62.4
Aug-19	62.5	62.5
Sep-19	62.4	62.5
Oct-19	62.4	62.2
Nov-19	62.3	62.2
Dec-19	62.3	62.4
Jan-20	62.3	62.3
Feb-20	62.2	62.2
Mar-20	62.1	62.1
Apr-20		59.3
May-20		57.9
Jun-20		59.0
Jul-20		59.6
Aug-20		60.3
Sep-20		60.1
Oct-20		60.8
Nov-20		61.2
Dec-20		61.5
Jan-21		61.6
Feb-21		61.9
Mar-21		62.1
Apr-21		62.1
May-21		62.5
Jun-21		62.6
Jul-21		62.7
Aug-21		62.0
Sep-21		61.4
Oct-21		61.1
Nov-21		62.8
Dec-21		63.1
Jan-22		63.3
Feb-22		63.5
Mar-22		63.5
Apr-22	63.8	63.7
May-22	63.9	63.8
Jun-22	64.0	64.1
Jul-22	64.1	64.0
Aug-22	64.2	64.2
Sep-22	64.2	64.1
Oct-22	64.1	64.1
Nov-22	64.1	64.3
Dec-22	64.1	64.1
Jan-23	64.1	64.0
Feb-23	64.1	64.0
Mar-23	64.2	64.3
Apr-23	64.2	64.1
May-23	64.3	64.4
Jun-23	64.3	64.3
Jul-23	64.3	64.1
Aug-23	64.3	64.3
Sep-23	64.2	64.1
Oct-23	64.2	64.3
Nov-23	64.2	64.4
Dec-23	64.2	64.0
Jan-24	64.1	63.8
Feb-24	64.1	64.2
Mar-24	64.1	63.9
Apr-24	64.1	64.0
May-24	64.1	64.1
Jun-24	64.1	64.1
Jul-24	64.2	64.3
Aug-24	64.2	64.3
Sep-24	64.3	64.4
Oct-24	64.3	64.3
Nov-24	64.3	64.3
Dec-24	64.3	64.4
Jan-25	64.3	64.4
Feb-25	64.3	64.0
Mar-25	64.2	64.0
Apr-25	64.2	64.4
May-25	64.1	64.3
Jun-25	64.1	64.1
Jul-25	64.0	64.1
Aug-25	64.0	64.0
Sep-25	64.0	63.9
Oct-25	63.9	64.0
Nov-25	63.9	63.8
Dec-25	63.9	63.9
Jan-26	63.9	64.0
Feb-26	63.9	63.9
Mar-26	63.9	63.9
Apr-26	63.9	63.7
May-26	63.9	63.8
Jun-26	64.0	64.0

Employment-to-population ratio

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

Unemployment

In June 2026, the unemployment rate rose by 0.1ppt to 4.4% in unrounded seasonally adjusted terms, with the number of unemployed people increasing by 12,700 to 686,800 people. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1ppt to 4.5% for males and increased by 0.2ppt to 4.4% for females. The youth unemployment rate increased by 0.3ppt to 10.7%.

Unemployment rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Jun-16	5.6	5.7
Jul-16	5.6	5.7
Aug-16	5.6	5.6
Sep-16	5.7	5.7
Oct-16	5.7	5.6
Nov-16	5.7	5.8
Dec-16	5.8	5.8
Jan-17	5.8	5.7
Feb-17	5.8	5.9
Mar-17	5.8	5.8
Apr-17	5.7	5.6
May-17	5.7	5.5
Jun-17	5.6	5.6
Jul-17	5.6	5.6
Aug-17	5.5	5.5
Sep-17	5.5	5.5
Oct-17	5.5	5.4
Nov-17	5.5	5.5
Dec-17	5.5	5.6
Jan-18	5.5	5.5
Feb-18	5.5	5.6
Mar-18	5.5	5.5
Apr-18	5.5	5.5
May-18	5.4	5.4
Jun-18	5.4	5.3
Jul-18	5.3	5.3
Aug-18	5.2	5.2
Sep-18	5.2	5.0
Oct-18	5.1	5.0
Nov-18	5.1	5.1
Dec-18	5.0	5.0
Jan-19	5.0	5.0
Feb-19	5.0	5.0
Mar-19	5.1	5.1
Apr-19	5.1	5.2
May-19	5.2	5.2
Jun-19	5.2	5.3
Jul-19	5.3	5.3
Aug-19	5.3	5.3
Sep-19	5.2	5.2
Oct-19	5.2	5.3
Nov-19	5.2	5.2
Dec-19	5.2	5.0
Jan-20	5.2	5.2
Feb-20	5.2	5.1
Mar-20	5.3	5.2
Apr-20		6.3
May-20		7.0
Jun-20		7.4
Jul-20		7.4
Aug-20		6.8
Sep-20		6.9
Oct-20		7.0
Nov-20		6.8
Dec-20		6.6
Jan-21		6.3
Feb-21		5.8
Mar-21		5.7
Apr-21		5.5
May-21		5.1
Jun-21		5.0
Jul-21		4.7
Aug-21		4.6
Sep-21		4.7
Oct-21		5.2
Nov-21		4.6
Dec-21		4.2
Jan-22		4.2
Feb-22		4.0
Mar-22		4.0
Apr-22	3.9	3.9
May-22	3.8	3.9
Jun-22	3.7	3.6
Jul-22	3.6	3.4
Aug-22	3.5	3.5
Sep-22	3.5	3.6
Oct-22	3.5	3.4
Nov-22	3.5	3.5
Dec-22	3.5	3.5
Jan-23	3.6	3.7
Feb-23	3.6	3.6
Mar-23	3.6	3.6
Apr-23	3.6	3.7
May-23	3.6	3.6
Jun-23	3.6	3.5
Jul-23	3.6	3.7
Aug-23	3.7	3.7
Sep-23	3.7	3.6
Oct-23	3.8	3.8
Nov-23	3.8	3.9
Dec-23	3.9	4.0
Jan-24	3.9	4.1
Feb-24	4.0	3.7
Mar-24	4.0	3.9
Apr-24	4.0	4.1
May-24	4.0	4.0
Jun-24	4.1	4.0
Jul-24	4.1	4.2
Aug-24	4.1	4.1
Sep-24	4.1	4.0
Oct-24	4.1	4.1
Nov-24	4.0	3.9
Dec-24	4.0	4.0
Jan-25	4.0	4.1
Feb-25	4.0	4.1
Mar-25	4.1	4.1
Apr-25	4.1	4.1
May-25	4.1	4.1
Jun-25	4.2	4.3
Jul-25	4.3	4.2
Aug-25	4.3	4.2
Sep-25	4.3	4.5
Oct-25	4.3	4.3
Nov-25	4.3	4.3
Dec-25	4.3	4.1
Jan-26	4.3	4.1
Feb-26	4.3	4.3
Mar-26	4.3	4.3
Apr-26	4.4	4.5
May-26	4.4	4.4
Jun-26	4.4	4.4

Unemployment rate

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

Underemployment

In June 2026, the underemployment rate rose by 0.2ppt to 6.5% and the underutilisation rate rose 0.3% to 10.9% in seasonally adjusted terms.

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate
	Underemployment rate - Trend (%)	Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)	Underutilisation rate - Trend (%)	Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)
Jun-16	8.7	8.8	14.3	14.5
Jul-16	8.7	9.0	14.3	14.7
Aug-16	8.7	8.8	14.3	14.4
Sep-16	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.4
Oct-16	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.1
Nov-16	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.3
Dec-16	8.6	8.6	14.4	14.4
Jan-17	8.7	8.7	14.5	14.4
Feb-17	8.7	9.0	14.5	14.9
Mar-17	8.7	8.6	14.5	14.4
Apr-17	8.7	8.7	14.4	14.3
May-17	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.3
Jun-17	8.6	8.4	14.2	14.0
Jul-17	8.5	8.5	14.1	14.1
Aug-17	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.1
Sep-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Oct-17	8.5	8.4	14.0	13.9
Nov-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Dec-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.1
Jan-18	8.5	8.7	14.0	14.2
Feb-18	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.1
Mar-18	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.1
Apr-18	8.5	8.4	14.0	14.0
May-18	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Jun-18	8.5	8.6	13.9	13.9
Jul-18	8.4	8.5	13.7	13.8
Aug-18	8.4	8.1	13.6	13.4
Sep-18	8.3	8.3	13.5	13.3
Oct-18	8.3	8.2	13.4	13.2
Nov-18	8.2	8.5	13.3	13.6
Dec-18	8.2	8.3	13.2	13.3
Jan-19	8.2	8.1	13.2	13.1
Feb-19	8.2	8.0	13.3	13.0
Mar-19	8.2	8.2	13.3	13.3
Apr-19	8.3	8.4	13.4	13.7
May-19	8.3	8.7	13.5	13.9
Jun-19	8.4	8.2	13.6	13.5
Jul-19	8.4	8.4	13.6	13.7
Aug-19	8.4	8.5	13.6	13.7
Sep-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.5
Oct-19	8.4	8.4	13.6	13.7
Nov-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.5
Dec-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.3
Jan-20	8.5	8.5	13.7	13.8
Feb-20	8.6	8.6	13.8	13.7
Mar-20	8.6	8.7	13.9	13.9
Apr-20		13.6		19.9
May-20		13.3		20.3
Jun-20		11.6		19.0
Jul-20		11.2		18.6
Aug-20		11.1		17.9
Sep-20		11.2		18.1
Oct-20		10.2		17.2
Nov-20		9.3		16.1
Dec-20		8.5		15.1
Jan-21		8.1		14.4
Feb-21		8.4		14.2
Mar-21		7.9		13.5
Apr-21		7.8		13.3
May-21		7.7		12.8
Jun-21		7.9		12.9
Jul-21		8.3		13.0
Aug-21		9.1		13.7
Sep-21		9.1		13.8
Oct-21		9.4		14.6
Nov-21		7.5		12.2
Dec-21		6.7		10.9
Jan-22		6.6		10.7
Feb-22		6.6		10.7
Mar-22		6.3		10.3
Apr-22	6.2	6.2	10.1	10.0
May-22	6.1	6.0	9.9	9.9
Jun-22	6.1	6.1	9.7	9.7
Jul-22	6.0	6.1	9.6	9.6
Aug-22	6.0	6.0	9.5	9.5
Sep-22	6.0	6.0	9.5	9.6
Oct-22	6.1	6.0	9.5	9.5
Nov-22	6.1	5.9	9.6	9.4
Dec-22	6.1	6.2	9.7	9.7
Jan-23	6.2	6.2	9.7	9.8
Feb-23	6.2	5.9	9.8	9.5
Mar-23	6.2	6.3	9.8	9.9
Apr-23	6.3	6.1	9.9	9.8
May-23	6.4	6.4	10.0	10.0
Jun-23	6.4	6.4	10.0	10.0
Jul-23	6.5	6.4	10.1	10.2
Aug-23	6.5	6.6	10.2	10.3
Sep-23	6.5	6.4	10.3	9.9
Oct-23	6.6	6.4	10.3	10.2
Nov-23	6.6	6.6	10.4	10.5
Dec-23	6.6	6.6	10.5	10.6
Jan-24	6.6	6.7	10.6	10.8
Feb-24	6.6	6.6	10.6	10.4
Mar-24	6.6	6.5	10.6	10.4
Apr-24	6.6	6.6	10.6	10.7
May-24	6.5	6.7	10.5	10.7
Jun-24	6.4	6.3	10.5	10.3
Jul-24	6.4	6.3	10.4	10.5
Aug-24	6.3	6.5	10.4	10.6
Sep-24	6.2	6.3	10.3	10.3
Oct-24	6.2	6.2	10.2	10.3
Nov-24	6.1	6.0	10.1	10.0
Dec-24	6.0	6.0	10.0	10.0
Jan-25	6.0	6.0	10.0	10.1
Feb-25	5.9	5.9	10.0	10.0
Mar-25	5.9	5.9	10.0	10.0
Apr-25	5.9	6.1	10.0	10.1
May-25	5.9	5.8	10.0	9.9
Jun-25	5.9	5.9	10.1	10.2
Jul-25	5.8	5.8	10.1	10.1
Aug-25	5.8	5.7	10.1	9.9
Sep-25	5.8	5.9	10.2	10.4
Oct-25	5.9	5.7	10.2	10.0
Nov-25	5.9	6.2	10.2	10.5
Dec-25	5.9	5.7	10.2	9.9
Jan-26	5.9	5.9	10.2	10.0
Feb-26	6.0	5.9	10.3	10.2
Mar-26	6.0	6.0	10.3	10.3
Apr-26	6.1	5.9	10.5	10.4
May-26	6.2	6.3	10.6	10.7
Jun-26	6.3	6.5	10.7	10.9

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate

["","Underemployment rate - Trend","Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted","Underutilisation rate - Trend","Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted"]

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

Participation

In June 2026, the participation rate rose 0.3ppt to 67.0% in seasonally adjusted terms. The participation rate rose by 0.2ppt to 70.8% for males and rose by 0.4ppt to 63.3% for females.

Participation rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Jun-16	64.8	64.9
Jul-16	64.8	64.9
Aug-16	64.7	64.6
Sep-16	64.6	64.4
Oct-16	64.6	64.4
Nov-16	64.5	64.6
Dec-16	64.5	64.7
Jan-17	64.5	64.6
Feb-17	64.6	64.5
Mar-17	64.6	64.7
Apr-17	64.7	64.8
May-17	64.9	64.8
Jun-17	65.0	65.0
Jul-17	65.1	65.0
Aug-17	65.1	65.2
Sep-17	65.2	65.2
Oct-17	65.3	65.2
Nov-17	65.3	65.4
Dec-17	65.4	65.6
Jan-18	65.4	65.6
Feb-18	65.4	65.4
Mar-18	65.3	65.4
Apr-18	65.3	65.4
May-18	65.3	65.2
Jun-18	65.3	65.4
Jul-18	65.4	65.3
Aug-18	65.4	65.5
Sep-18	65.4	65.3
Oct-18	65.4	65.4
Nov-18	65.4	65.5
Dec-18	65.5	65.5
Jan-19	65.5	65.6
Feb-19	65.6	65.5
Mar-19	65.6	65.6
Apr-19	65.7	65.8
May-19	65.8	65.7
Jun-19	65.9	65.8
Jul-19	65.9	65.9
Aug-19	65.9	66.0
Sep-19	65.9	66.0
Oct-19	65.8	65.7
Nov-19	65.8	65.6
Dec-19	65.7	65.7
Jan-20	65.7	65.8
Feb-20	65.6	65.6
Mar-20	65.6	65.5
Apr-20		63.3
May-20		62.2
Jun-20		63.7
Jul-20		64.4
Aug-20		64.7
Sep-20		64.6
Oct-20		65.3
Nov-20		65.7
Dec-20		65.8
Jan-21		65.8
Feb-21		65.7
Mar-21		65.9
Apr-21		65.7
May-21		65.9
Jun-21		65.9
Jul-21		65.8
Aug-21		65.0
Sep-21		64.4
Oct-21		64.5
Nov-21		65.8
Dec-21		65.9
Jan-22		66.0
Feb-22		66.2
Mar-22		66.1
Apr-22	66.3	66.2
May-22	66.4	66.4
Jun-22	66.5	66.5
Jul-22	66.5	66.3
Aug-22	66.5	66.5
Sep-22	66.5	66.5
Oct-22	66.4	66.4
Nov-22	66.4	66.6
Dec-22	66.4	66.5
Jan-23	66.5	66.5
Feb-23	66.5	66.4
Mar-23	66.6	66.7
Apr-23	66.6	66.6
May-23	66.6	66.8
Jun-23	66.7	66.6
Jul-23	66.7	66.6
Aug-23	66.7	66.8
Sep-23	66.7	66.5
Oct-23	66.8	66.8
Nov-23	66.8	67.0
Dec-23	66.8	66.7
Jan-24	66.7	66.6
Feb-24	66.7	66.7
Mar-24	66.7	66.5
Apr-24	66.7	66.7
May-24	66.8	66.8
Jun-24	66.9	66.8
Jul-24	66.9	67.1
Aug-24	67.0	67.1
Sep-24	67.0	67.1
Oct-24	67.0	67.0
Nov-24	67.0	66.9
Dec-24	67.0	67.1
Jan-25	67.0	67.2
Feb-25	67.0	66.7
Mar-25	67.0	66.7
Apr-25	66.9	67.1
May-25	66.9	67.0
Jun-25	66.9	67.0
Jul-25	66.9	67.0
Aug-25	66.9	66.8
Sep-25	66.9	66.9
Oct-25	66.8	66.9
Nov-25	66.8	66.6
Dec-25	66.8	66.7
Jan-26	66.8	66.7
Feb-26	66.7	66.8
Mar-26	66.7	66.8
Apr-26	66.8	66.7
May-26	66.8	66.7
Jun-26	66.9	67.0

Participation rate

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

Hours worked

In June 2026, monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 4.9 million hours to 2,014 million hours in seasonally adjusted terms.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs
	Trend (m)	Seasonally adjusted (m)
Jun-16	1,657.2	1,657.3
Jul-16	1,657.9	1,661.0
Aug-16	1,659.5	1,662.6
Sep-16	1,661.8	1,658.7
Oct-16	1,664.9	1,663.1
Nov-16	1,668.4	1,666.4
Dec-16	1,671.7	1,676.5
Jan-17	1,674.7	1,707.7
Feb-17	1,677.9	1,662.5
Mar-17	1,681.6	1,679.9
Apr-17	1,686.2	1,666.9
May-17	1,691.6	1,713.9
Jun-17	1,697.6	1,710.4
Jul-17	1,703.8	1,701.8
Aug-17	1,709.6	1,705.3
Sep-17	1,714.7	1,714.7
Oct-17	1,718.5	1,717.6
Nov-17	1,721.1	1,729.5
Dec-17	1,722.9	1,721.8
Jan-18	1,723.8	1,717.1
Feb-18	1,724.7	1,721.9
Mar-18	1,726.3	1,723.2
Apr-18	1,728.8	1,735.8
May-18	1,731.9	1,729.3
Jun-18	1,735.5	1,737.7
Jul-18	1,738.6	1,738.4
Aug-18	1,741.2	1,740.2
Sep-18	1,743.5	1,742.9
Oct-18	1,746.3	1,751.4
Nov-18	1,750.2	1,749.3
Dec-18	1,755.1	1,746.1
Jan-19	1,760.2	1,764.0
Feb-19	1,764.5	1,766.9
Mar-19	1,767.1	1,775.5
Apr-19	1,768.2	1,769.9
May-19	1,768.1	1,761.8
Jun-19	1,767.5	1,764.1
Jul-19	1,767.4	1,768.2
Aug-19	1,768.8	1,772.8
Sep-19	1,771.3	1,774.4
Oct-19	1,774.1	1,767.6
Nov-19	1,775.9	1,773.3
Dec-19	1,775.5	1,784.9
Jan-20	1,772.6	1,779.9
Feb-20	1,768.4	1,770.3
Mar-20	1,765.1	1,762.9
Apr-20		1,580.8
May-20		1,596.8
Jun-20		1,660.2
Jul-20		1,679.0
Aug-20		1,682.7
Sep-20		1,682.6
Oct-20		1,711.1
Nov-20		1,747.5
Dec-20		1,743.9
Jan-21		1,729.9
Feb-21		1,748.7
Mar-21		1,796.8
Apr-21		1,765.8
May-21		1,799.7
Jun-21		1,772.3
Jul-21		1,771.8
Aug-21		1,701.2
Sep-21		1,722.3
Oct-21		1,719.6
Nov-21		1,789.2
Dec-21		1,822.4
Jan-22		1,740.7
Feb-22		1,813.3
Mar-22		1,812.9
Apr-22	1,833.3	1,820.8
May-22	1,840.8	1,846.9
Jun-22	1,850.0	1,854.0
Jul-22	1,860.2	1,850.6
Aug-22	1,870.3	1,872.6
Sep-22	1,880.0	1,876.1
Oct-22	1,889.6	1,909.1
Nov-22	1,899.1	1,904.2
Dec-22	1,908.5	1,903.3
Jan-23	1,917.3	1,919.9
Feb-23	1,925.6	1,922.8
Mar-23	1,933.1	1,935.3
Apr-23	1,938.6	1,952.7
May-23	1,941.4	1,940.2
Jun-23	1,941.2	1,943.5
Jul-23	1,938.4	1,943.6
Aug-23	1,933.6	1,931.5
Sep-23	1,927.4	1,923.2
Oct-23	1,921.8	1,925.9
Nov-23	1,918.7	1,920.7
Dec-23	1,919.4	1,913.4
Jan-24	1,923.4	1,914.9
Feb-24	1,929.2	1,927.1
Mar-24	1,935.1	1,952.4
Apr-24	1,939.9	1,944.2
May-24	1,943.3	1,938.3
Jun-24	1,945.6	1,942.3
Jul-24	1,948.6	1,947.6
Aug-24	1,953.6	1,959.8
Sep-24	1,960.4	1,962.1
Oct-24	1,967.4	1,957.0
Nov-24	1,972.5	1,972.7
Dec-24	1,975.2	1,980.8
Jan-25	1,975.6	1,979.5
Feb-25	1,975.0	1,975.4
Mar-25	1,974.6	1,967.3
Apr-25	1,975.2	1,967.9
May-25	1,977.0	1,999.6
Jun-25	1,979.7	1,978.5
Jul-25	1,982.4	1,985.1
Aug-25	1,984.8	1,977.4
Sep-25	1,987.4	1,986.9
Oct-25	1,990.4	1,993.1
Nov-25	1,994.5	1,991.4
Dec-25	1,999.4	1,998.4
Jan-26	2,004.2	2,009.3
Feb-26	2,007.9	2,005.1
Mar-26	2,010.7	2,013.3
Apr-26	2,012.7	2,031.4
May-26	2,014.4	2,009.4
Jun-26	2,015.1	2,014.3

Monthly hours worked in all jobs

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Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, June 2026.

In seasonally adjusted terms, monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 0.2%, which was weaker than the 0.5% rise in employment.

Employment and hours worked index (June 2022 = 100), Seasonally adjusted
	Employed (Index)	Hours Worked (Index)
Jun-22	100.0	100.0
Jul-22	100.1	99.8
Aug-22	100.6	101.0
Sep-22	100.7	101.2
Oct-22	101.0	103.0
Nov-22	101.5	102.7
Dec-22	101.4	102.7
Jan-23	101.6	103.6
Feb-23	101.9	103.7
Mar-23	102.6	104.4
Apr-23	102.6	105.3
May-23	103.2	104.6
Jun-23	103.3	104.8
Jul-23	103.3	104.8
Aug-23	103.8	104.2
Sep-23	103.8	103.7
Oct-23	104.2	103.9
Nov-23	104.5	103.6
Dec-23	104.2	103.2
Jan-24	104.1	103.3
Feb-24	104.9	103.9
Mar-24	104.8	105.3
Apr-24	105.0	104.9
May-24	105.3	104.5
Jun-24	105.4	104.8
Jul-24	105.8	105.0
Aug-24	106.1	105.7
Sep-24	106.4	105.8
Oct-24	106.3	105.6
Nov-24	106.5	106.4
Dec-24	106.8	106.8
Jan-25	107.1	106.8
Feb-25	106.5	106.5
Mar-25	106.8	106.1
Apr-25	107.5	106.1
May-25	107.5	107.9
Jun-25	107.3	106.7
Jul-25	107.6	107.1
Aug-25	107.5	106.7
Sep-25	107.6	107.2
Oct-25	107.8	107.5
Nov-25	107.5	107.4
Dec-25	107.9	107.8
Jan-26	108.2	108.4
Feb-26	108.4	108.1
Mar-26	108.5	108.6
Apr-26	108.2	109.6
May-26	108.6	108.4
Jun-26	109.1	108.6

Employment and hours worked index (June 2022 = 100), Seasonally adjusted

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States and Territories

June 2026 - Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Australia
Employed people	4,567,400	3,814,300	3,040,300	989,500	1,694,600	282,200	14,823,300
Employed people - monthly change	0.9%	0.4%	-0.1%	0.2%	1.0%	1.2%	0.5%
Employment to population ratio	63.6%	64.2%	64.1%	61.5%	66.2%	57.7%	64.0%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.5 pts	0.2 pts	-0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.6 pts	0.6 pts	0.3 pts
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.1%	4.3%	4.3%	4.2%	4.9%	4.4%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.3 pts	0.2 pts	0.6 pts	0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.4 pts	0.1 pts
Underemployment rate	6.3%	7.3%	6.5%	6.7%	5.9%	6.8%	6.5%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.2 pts	0.3 pts	0.4 pts	0.2 pts	0.5 pts	-0.3 pts	0.2 pts
Participation rate	66.2%	67.6%	67.0%	64.3%	69.1%	60.6%	67.0%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.3 pts	0.3 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.3 pts	0.4 pts	0.3 pts

Seasonally adjusted estimates for NT and ACT are not available due to having no seasonality. The ABS recommends using trend data.

June 2026 - Trend
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,561,600	3,810,300	3,050,000	988,400	1,690,900	281,000	148,700	280,000	14,807,400
Employed people - monthly change	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Employment to population ratio	63.5%	64.1%	64.3%	61.4%	66.0%	57.4%	69.9%	69.7%	64.0%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.0%	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	4.9%	4.7%	4.1%	4.4%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Underemployment rate	6.1%	6.9%	6.2%	6.5%	5.6%	7.0%	4.6%	5.5%	6.3%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts
Participation rate	66.2%	67.4%	67.1%	64.1%	69.0%	60.4%	73.4%	72.7%	66.9%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts

Data downloads

Educational attendance tables on hold

The ABS are undertaking quality assurance of the full-time education item collected through the Labour Force Survey, and have temporarily paused publishing data on Labour Force Status by Educational Attendance.

Table 014 Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time) and Table 015 Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex are temporarily suspended, and have been removed from the April and May 2026 releases.

We will resume publishing Tables 014 and 015 pending the outcome of this assurance process.

The educational attendance questions in the Labour Force Survey are not used to derive headline Labour Force estimates. This includes employed people, unemployment rate, participation rate and hours worked.

Labour Force status

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Table 001. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 002. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 003. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 004. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 005. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 006. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 007. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 008. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 009. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 010. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 011. Labour force status by Age and Sex - Original
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Table 012. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 013. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 016. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)
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LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, Historical (pivot table)
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LMS2. Labour force status by Age, Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS3. Labour force status by Age (detailed), Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS4. Labour force status by Age, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS5. Labour force status by Elapsed years since arrival, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)
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Modelled labour market regions (SA4)

MLF1. Modelled estimates of labour force status, by SA4 (ASGS), Age and Sex (Pivot Table)

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Hours worked

Data files

Table 017. Hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted
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Table 018. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs and Sex
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HRS1. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, State and Territory (pivot table)
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HRS2. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, Age and Sex (pivot table)
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Status in employment

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Table 019. Status in employment of main job and Sex
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SEM1. Status in employment of main job by hours worked in all jobs, sex, and state (pivot table)
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Underemployment and underutilisation

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Table X28. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table X29. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table name concordance

This table provides a concordance between the Labour Force data downloads prior to Labour Force Modernisation and the current format. For further details on these changes, see Upcoming changes to Labour Force Survey outputs.

Labour Force Australia – Table name concordance (transition period)

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All spreadsheets

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Interim Table 014. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State and Territory

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Data Explorer datasets

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Labour Force status by Sex, State and Territory - Number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force, monthly, February 1978 onwards.

Labour Force monthly hours worked by Sex, State and Territory - Monthly hours worked by employed people, monthly, July 1978 onwards.

Labour Force status by Age Groups - Number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force, monthly, February 1978 onwards.

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Labour Force, Australia

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Key statistics

Main features

New South Wales and Victoria weighting adjustment

Survey impacts and changes

Weighting adjustment in New South Wales and Victoria

Rotation group analysis

Survey dates

Employment

Employment-to-population ratio

Unemployment

Underemployment

Participation

Hours worked

States and Territories

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Educational attendance tables on hold

Labour Force status

Table 001. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 002. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 003. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 004. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 005. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 006. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 007. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 008. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original

Table 009. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original

Table 010. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 011. Labour force status by Age and Sex - Original

Table 012. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 013. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 016. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)

LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, Historical (pivot table)

LMS2. Labour force status by Age, Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and Sex (pivot table)

LMS3. Labour force status by Age (detailed), Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and Sex (pivot table)

LMS4. Labour force status by Age, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), and Sex (pivot table)

LMS5. Labour force status by Elapsed years since arrival, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)

Modelled labour market regions (SA4)

MLF1. Modelled estimates of labour force status, by SA4 (ASGS), Age and Sex (Pivot Table)

Hours worked

Table 017. Hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted

Table 018. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs and Sex

HRS1. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, State and Territory (pivot table)

HRS2. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, Age and Sex (pivot table)

Status in employment

Table 019. Status in employment of main job and Sex

SEM1. Status in employment of main job by hours worked in all jobs, sex, and state (pivot table)

Underemployment and underutilisation

Table X28. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table X29. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

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Interim Table 014. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State and Territory

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Unemployment rate remains at 4.4% in June

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