Topics
Statistics from the Characteristics of Employment survey are published in four topic-based releases.
Weekly earnings of employees, casual workers, independent contractors, trade union membership, labour hire, job flexibility, job security
In August 2023:
Statistics from the Characteristics of Employment survey are published in four topic-based releases.
To learn more about the earnings data collected by the ABS, refer to our Guide to labour statistics. It provides summary information on labour market topics including Earnings data.
Characteristics of Employment survey microdata for 2014 to 2023 is now available in ABS DataLab as a supplementary file for the Longitudinal Labour Force (LLFS) microdata. For more information, refer to Microdata and TableBuilder: Characteristics of Employment.
The release of the August 2023 Characteristics of Employment microdata into Tablebuilder has been delayed until next year due to continuing upgrades to the TableBuilder system infrastructure.
The previously released and unrevised issue of Characteristics of Employment microdata in Tablebuilder for the periods August 2014 to August 2022 will remain available during this time.
This release previously used catalogue number 6333.0*.
Prior to 2014, statistics were published in:
*Note: Catalogue number 6333.0 was previously used for Working Conditions, Australia (Preliminary), Feb to May 1979.
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