MAIN FEATURES INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES
| | Trend | Seasonally adjusted |
| | % change
Jun 17
to Sep 17 | % change
Sep 16
to Sep 17 | % points
contributions
to growth
in GDP
Jun 17
to Sep 17 | % change
Jun 17
to Sep 17 | % change
Sep 16
to Sep 17 | % points
contributions
to growth
in GDP
Jun 17
to Sep 17 |
|
Compensation of employees | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 |
Gross operating surplus | | | | | | |
| Private non-financial corporations | -0.4 | 16.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 19.7 | 0.2 |
| Other(a) | 1.2 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
Gross mixed income | -2.7 | -1.0 | -0.2 | -3.3 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
Taxes less subsidies on production and imports | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
Statistical discrepancy (I) | na | na | -0.1 | na | na | 0.1 |
Gross domestic product | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
|
na not available |
(a) Includes Public non-financial corporations, Financial corporations, General government and Dwellings owned by persons. |
SEPTEMBER QUARTER
Summary Comments
Compensation of employees (COE)
- Seasonally adjusted COE increased 1.2%, average compensation per employee increased 0.3%.
- The increase in COE was driven by Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Construction, Financial and Insurance services and Transport Postal and Warehousing.
- Private sector COE increased 1.4%.
- Public sector COE increased 0.8%.
State Compensation of employees
- All states recorded growth in COE this quarter, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory were the highest at 2.0% and 1.8% respectively.
- Through the year COE in Tasmania rose 4.9% and Victoria increased 4.8%, both significantly higher than the Australia level increase of 3.0%. Western Australia had the only decrease through the year falling 1.0%.
STATE COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, Current prices
: Seasonally adjusted
Gross operating surplus (GOS)
- Total GOS increased 1.0% for the September quarter. Private non-financial corporations contributed 1.2%. Offsetting this was public non-financial corporations, decreasing 2.9%.