Monthly Employee Earnings Indicator, June 2026

As a measure of aggregate earnings and employee jobs, estimates presented in this release include compositional changes in the labour market, which are described in more detail in Factors affecting interpretation.

Cessation of the Monthly Employee Earnings Indicator

In response to opportunities to further modernise the labour statistics program, the ABS will cease publishing the experimental Monthly Employee Earnings Indicator as of this issue.

The ABS remains committed to using STP data which will continue to be used internally to support compilation of earnings and employment estimates, as well as exploration of opportunities from expanded STP data.

Alternate earnings and employee measures are detailed in the earnings and employment guides.

National

Wages and salaries growth across April to June 2026 follows the seasonal pattern seen in previous years.

The fall in wages and salaries across April reflects the seasonal influence of the autumn term break and Easter holiday period, whereas the rise into June is due to increased business activity and cyclical bonus payments.

Month key statistics
		Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26
Wages and salaries paid by employers
	Month change (%)	-1.5	-0.4	1.1
	Annual change (%)	5.4	5.8	5.7
	Total wages and salaries ($m)	108,446	108,033	109,230
Employee jobs
	Month change (%)	-1.0	0.4	0.4
	Annual change (%)	0.7	0.5	0.6
	Total employee jobs ('000)	15,357	15,412	15,466

Wages and salaries estimates are presented as an original series with calendar-adjustment, to account for the differing number of days in each month, as seasonally adjusted estimates are not yet available.

Estimates of change throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded values. They may differ from, though are more accurate than change calculated from rounded values.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers (a)
	2022-23 ($m)	2023-24 ($m)	2024-25 ($m)	2025-26 ($m)
Jul	85,754	91,940	98,022	103,044
Aug	87,215	93,698	99,375	104,378
Sep	90,493	97,227	103,203	108,167
Oct	87,574	94,343	99,763	105,333
Nov	89,747	96,951	101,933	107,397
Dec	89,620	96,124	101,520	106,713
Jan	86,233	92,455	97,839	102,879
Feb	91,463	97,434	103,332	108,683
Mar	92,543	99,653	104,422	110,139
Apr	91,224	97,438	102,926	108,446
May	91,038	96,854	102,069	108,033
Jun	92,643	98,146	103,371	109,230

Total wages and salaries paid by employers (a)

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The leap year day in February 2024 alters the seasonal change usually seen in February and March. For more information see the leap year effect section within Factors affecting interpretation.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers (a)
	2022-23 (%)	2023-24 (%)	2024-25 (%)	2025-26 (%)
Jul	na	-0.8	-0.1	-0.3
Aug	1.7	1.9	1.4	1.3
Sep	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.6
Oct	-3.2	-3.0	-3.3	-2.6
Nov	2.5	2.8	2.2	2.0
Dec	-0.1	-0.9	-0.4	-0.6
Jan	-3.8	-3.8	-3.6	-3.6
Feb	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.6
Mar	1.2	2.3	1.1	1.3
Apr	-1.4	-2.2	-1.4	-1.5
May	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	-0.4
Jun	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers (a)

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The leap year day in February 2024 alters the seasonal change usually seen in February and March. For more information see the leap year effect section within Factors affecting interpretation.

Quarter change

Quarter key statistics
	Jun Qtr 25	Sep Qtr 25	Dec Qtr 25	Mar Qtr 26	Jun Qtr 26
Quarter change (%)	0.9	2.3	1.2	0.7	1.2
Annual quarter change (%)	5.4	5.0	5.4	5.3	5.6
Total wages and salaries ($m)	308,367	315,589	319,442	321,701	325,708

Quarter change in total wages and salaries paid by employers
	2022-23 (%)	2023-24 (%)	2024-25 (%)	2025-26 (%)
Sep Qtr	na	2.9	2.8	2.3
Dec Qtr	1.3	1.6	0.9	1.2
Mar Qtr	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.7
Jun Qtr	1.7	1.0	0.9	1.2

Total employee jobs
	2023-24 ('000)	2024-25 ('000)	2025-26 ('000)
Jul	14,830	15,015	15,206
Aug	14,796	15,072	15,226
Sep	14,935	15,246	15,337
Oct	15,138	15,233	15,409
Nov	15,140	15,372	15,532
Dec	14,970	15,245	15,316
Jan	14,712	14,883	15,077
Feb	14,959	15,125	15,315
Mar	15,021	15,343	15,507
Apr	14,977	15,249	15,357
May	15,024	15,333	15,412
Jun	15,093	15,374	15,466

Total employee jobs

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Month change in employee jobs
	2023-24 (%)	2024-25 (%)	2025-26 (%)
Jul	na	-0.5	-1.1
Aug	-0.2	0.4	0.1
Sep	0.9	1.2	0.7
Oct	1.4	-0.1	0.5
Nov	0.0	0.9	0.8
Dec	-1.1	-0.8	-1.4
Jan	-1.7	-2.4	-1.6
Feb	1.7	1.6	1.6
Mar	0.4	1.4	1.3
Apr	-0.3	-0.6	-1.0
May	0.3	0.5	0.4
Jun	0.5	0.3	0.4

Month change in employee jobs

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State and territory

In June 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in 7 of 8 states and territories from May 2026.

Queensland saw the largest increase of $437m and +2.1%.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Apr-26 ($m)	May-26 ($m)	Jun-26 ($m)
New South Wales	35,276	35,343	35,486
Victoria	26,710	26,425	26,815
Queensland	21,060	20,954	21,391
South Australia	6,418	6,430	6,422
Western Australia	13,272	13,167	13,357
Tasmania	1,831	1,828	1,863
Northern Territory	1,108	1,111	1,120
Australian Capital Territory	2,772	2,775	2,777
Australia	108,446	108,033	109,230

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
New South Wales	1.8	1.4	0.4
Victoria	1.4	1.4	1.5
Queensland	1.5	1.3	2.1
South Australia	-0.2	1.0	-0.1
Western Australia	0.9	1.0	1.4
Tasmania	0.4	0.6	1.9
Northern Territory	1.0	1.4	0.8
Australian Capital Territory	-0.1	0.5	0.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory

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In June 2026, employee jobs increased in 6 of 8 states and territories from May 2026.

Queensland saw the largest increase of 28,500 employee jobs and +0.9%.

Employee jobs, by state and territory
	Apr-26 ('000)	May-26 ('000)	Jun-26 ('000)
New South Wales	4,842	4,861	4,868
Victoria	3,933	3,948	3,964
Queensland	3,072	3,087	3,115
South Australia	993	992	987
Western Australia	1,728	1,731	1,738
Tasmania	299	299	298
Northern Territory	149	150	151
Australian Capital Territory	342	344	344
Australia	15,357	15,412	15,466

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
New South Wales	0.4	-0.1	0.1
Victoria	0.4	0.5	0.4
Queensland	0.8	0.7	0.9
South Australia	0.0	-0.4	-0.4
Western Australia	0.4	0.3	0.4
Tasmania	-0.5	-0.7	-0.5
Northern Territory	1.1	0.7	0.7
Australian Capital Territory	0.4	1.1	0.0

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory

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Month change, May

In May 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 4 of 8 states and territories from April 2026.

Victoria saw the largest decrease of $285m and -1.1%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
New South Wales	-1.1	-1.3	0.2
Victoria	-0.8	-1.1	-1.1
Queensland	0.2	0.1	-0.5
South Australia	-0.3	-0.5	0.2
Western Australia	-0.5	-1.2	-0.8
Tasmania	-1.0	-0.6	-0.2
Northern Territory	0.3	1.7	0.3
Australian Capital Territory	1.2	0.9	0.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory

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In May 2026, employee jobs increased in 7 of 8 states and territories from April 2026.

New South Wales saw the largest increase of 19,800 employee jobs or +0.4%.

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
New South Wales	0.2	0.7	0.4
Victoria	0.2	0.2	0.4
Queensland	0.6	0.8	0.5
South Australia	-0.1	0.7	-0.1
Western Australia	0.4	0.3	0.2
Tasmania	-0.6	0.0	0.2
Northern Territory	1.4	1.6	1.2
Australian Capital Territory	0.5	0.3	0.4

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory

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Month change, April

In April 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in all states and territories from March 2026.

New South Wales saw the largest decrease of $710m or -2.0%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
New South Wales	-2.3	-1.7	-2.0
Victoria	-2.0	-1.2	-1.1
Queensland	-1.4	-0.2	-0.4
South Australia	-1.1	-0.9	-0.6
Western Australia	-4.0	-3.4	-3.8
Tasmania	-4.0	-2.1	-1.4
Northern Territory	-1.3	-2.0	-2.0
Australian Capital Territory	-1.5	-1.0	-0.2

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In April 2026, employee jobs decreased in all states and territories from March 2026.

Victoria saw the largest decrease of 54,300 employee jobs and -1.4%.

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
New South Wales	-0.2	-0.7	-0.9
Victoria	-0.6	-1.1	-1.4
Queensland	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8
South Australia	0.0	-0.3	-0.6
Western Australia	-0.4	-0.2	-0.8
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Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory

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Industry

In June 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in 16 of 19 industries from May 2026.

Professional, scientific and technical services saw the largest increase of $447m and +3.9%.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry
	Apr-26 ($m)	May-26 ($m)	Jun-26 ($m)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,215	1,199	1,202
Mining	3,708	3,586	3,664
Manufacturing	6,696	6,545	6,659
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1,764	1,764	1,771
Construction	9,565	9,617	9,756
Wholesale trade	5,066	4,881	5,037
Retail trade	6,078	5,931	6,006
Accommodation and food services	3,828	3,722	3,756
Transport, postal and warehousing	4,540	4,412	4,453
Information media and telecommunications	2,102	2,110	2,185
Financial and insurance services	6,048	6,056	6,145
Rental, hiring and real estate services	2,216	2,196	2,252
Professional, scientific and technical services	11,727	11,557	12,004
Administrative and support services	6,164	6,252	6,221
Public administration and safety	8,692	8,760	8,755
Education and training	8,219	8,463	8,512
Health care and social assistance	16,584	16,750	16,569
Arts and recreation services	1,198	1,172	1,187
Other services	3,036	3,060	3,096
All industries	108,446	108,033	109,230

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
Professional, scientific and technical services	3.1	3.3	3.9
Information media and telecommunications	3.7	2.7	3.6
Wholesale trade	3.4	2.8	3.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services	2.5	2.4	2.6
Mining	0.8	1.3	2.2
Manufacturing	1.7	1.4	1.8
Financial and insurance services	1.0	0.4	1.5
Construction	1.0	0.8	1.4
Retail trade	1.9	1.9	1.3
Arts and recreation services	0.7	0.7	1.3
Other services	0.9	1.1	1.2
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.5	0.7	0.9
Accommodation and food services	1.3	0.3	0.9
Education and training	-0.5	0.6	0.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.7	-0.1	0.4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-1.2	-0.9	0.3
Public administration and safety	0.0	0.2	-0.1
Administrative and support services	0.0	0.3	-0.5
Health care and social assistance	1.9	1.5	-1.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

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Industries are ranked by descending month change in June 2026.

In June 2026, employee jobs increased in 13 of 19 from May 2026.

Education and training saw the largest increase of 17,000 employee jobs and +1.3%.

Employee jobs, by industry
	Apr-26 ('000)	May-26 ('000)	Jun-26 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	233	229	227
Mining	247	246	248
Manufacturing	858	859	863
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	155	155	156
Construction	1,114	1,118	1,124
Wholesale trade	603	603	604
Retail trade	1,431	1,431	1,430
Accommodation and food services	1,258	1,260	1,260
Transport, postal and warehousing	536	537	541
Information media and telecommunications	210	212	212
Financial and insurance services	558	560	561
Rental, hiring and real estate services	295	295	297
Professional, scientific and technical services	1,245	1,248	1,255
Administrative and support services	1,021	1,029	1,026
Public administration and safety	998	996	1,000
Education and training	1,307	1,326	1,343
Health care and social assistance	2,465	2,486	2,498
Arts and recreation services	292	289	287
Other services	532	532	534
All industries	15,357	15,412	15,466

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
Education and training	1.4	1.1	1.3
Mining	-0.2	0.0	0.9
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.7	1.6	0.7
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.3	1.1	0.6
Construction	0.4	0.8	0.6
Professional, scientific and technical services	0.2	0.7	0.5
Manufacturing	0.5	0.8	0.5
Health care and social assistance	1.0	1.6	0.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.6	0.6	0.5
Other services	0.3	1.0	0.4
Public administration and safety	0.8	-8.8	0.3
Wholesale trade	0.4	0.7	0.2
Financial and insurance services	0.2	1.6	0.1
Information media and telecommunications	-0.4	-0.1	0.0
Accommodation and food services	0.3	1.9	0.0
Retail trade	-0.2	-1.2	0.0
Administrative and support services	0.2	1.9	-0.3
Arts and recreation services	-0.3	0.9	-0.6
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-0.9	-0.1	-0.9

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

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Industries are ranked by descending month change in June 2026.
The end of temporary roles associated with the May 2025 federal election heavily influenced month change in the Public administration and safety industry.

Month change, May

In May 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 10 of 19 industries from April 2026.

Wholesale trade saw the largest decrease of $185m and -3.6%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
Wholesale trade	-3.5	-3.0	-3.6
Mining	-2.1	-3.2	-3.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	-1.7	-1.6	-2.8
Accommodation and food services	-2.0	-3.1	-2.7
Retail trade	-2.2	-2.7	-2.4
Manufacturing	-2.5	-1.9	-2.3
Arts and recreation services	-2.6	-2.6	-2.2
Professional, scientific and technical services	-1.1	-1.9	-1.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	0.3	1.7	-1.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-0.5	-0.3	-0.9
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-2.7	-1.3	0.0
Financial and insurance services	0.9	0.6	0.1
Information media and telecommunications	-1.4	-0.7	0.4
Construction	0.5	1.5	0.6
Public administration and safety	0.7	0.3	0.8
Other services	0.8	0.6	0.8
Health care and social assistance	-1.0	-2.4	1.0
Administrative and support services	1.2	2.8	1.4
Education and training	2.5	1.7	3.0

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

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Industries are ranked by ascending month change in May 2026.

In May 2026, employee jobs increased in 13 of 19 industries from April 2026.

Health care and social assistance saw the largest increase of 21,200 employee jobs or +0.9%.

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a)
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
Education and training	1.0	1.3	1.5
Health care and social assistance	0.7	0.5	0.9
Information media and telecommunications	0.5	-0.5	0.8
Administrative and support services	0.5	1.0	0.7
Construction	0.5	0.5	0.4
Financial and insurance services	0.4	0.5	0.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.2	0.2	0.3
Professional, scientific and technical services	0.5	0.2	0.3
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.6	0.9	0.2
Accommodation and food services	-0.4	0.4	0.2
Wholesale trade	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other services	0.3	0.3	0.0
Manufacturing	0.1	0.0	0.0
Retail trade	-0.2	0.4	0.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.1	0.3	-0.1
Public administration and safety	0.3	2.0	-0.2
Mining	1.3	0.5	-0.2
Arts and recreation services	-0.8	-1.4	-0.9
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-0.9	-0.5	-1.7

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a)

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

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Industries are ranked by descending month change in May 2026.

Month change, April

In April 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 11 of 19 industries from March 2026.

Mining saw the largest decrease of $665m and -15.2%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
Mining	-14.9	-14.4	-15.2
Financial and insurance services	-9.8	-8.4	-8.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-2.9	-2.1	-4.8
Information media and telecommunications	-3.5	-4.1	-4.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-1.7	-2.6	-4.2
Wholesale trade	-4.4	-5.7	-4.1
Manufacturing	-3.4	-4.1	-3.4
Education and training	-1.0	-1.2	-2.2
Administrative and support services	-1.2	-3.5	-1.3
Professional, scientific and technical services	-1.8	-0.3	-0.9
Arts and recreation services	-0.9	0.9	0.0
Other services	1.0	0.9	0.3
Retail trade	-1.0	0.2	0.3
Public administration and safety	-0.1	1.5	0.5
Construction	1.2	-0.1	1.3
Health care and social assistance	-0.8	2.5	1.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	-0.1	1.3	2.0
Accommodation and food services	-0.9	3.6	2.1
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-0.6	0.4	2.9

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

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Industries are ranked by ascending month change in April 2026.

In April 2026, employee jobs decreased in 18 of 19 industries from March 2026.

Administrative and support services saw the largest decrease of 37,100 employee jobs and -3.5%.

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
Administrative and support services	-1.8	-4.3	-3.5
Accommodation and food services	-0.6	-2.3	-2.8
Arts and recreation services	-1.1	-1.2	-1.4
Retail trade	0.1	-0.9	-1.2
Health care and social assistance	0.3	-0.8	-1.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-0.4	-1.3	-0.8
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-1.1	-1.1	-0.8
Transport, postal and warehousing	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7
Manufacturing	-0.2	-1.0	-0.7
Information media and telecommunications	-1.3	-0.8	-0.7
Other services	-0.2	-0.6	-0.6
Mining	-1.1	0.1	-0.5
Construction	-0.3	-0.9	-0.4
Wholesale trade	-0.4	-0.7	-0.3
Financial and insurance services	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Public administration and safety	0.4	6.1	-0.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1
Education and training	0.4	0.0	0.2

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

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Industries are ranked by ascending month change in April 2026.
Temporary roles created ahead of the May 2025 federal election influenced month change in the Public administration and safety industry.

Employment size

In June 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in all employment size groups from May 2026.

Businesses with 0-19 employees saw the largest increase of $856m and +3.7%.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Apr-26 ($m)	May-26 ($m)	Jun-26 ($m)
0-19 employees	23,146	23,300	24,156
20-199 employees	28,404	28,160	28,421
200 employees and over	56,896	56,573	56,653
All sizes	108,446	108,033	109,230

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
0-19 employees	3.1	3.3	3.7
20-199 employees	0.8	0.5	0.9
200 employees and over	0.9	0.8	0.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

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In June 2026, employee jobs increased in all employment size groups from May 2026.

Businesses with 0-19 employees and over saw the largest increase of 29,700 employee jobs and +0.7%.

Employee jobs, by employment size
	Apr-26 ('000)	May-26 ('000)	Jun-26 ('000)
0-19 employees	4,125	4,139	4,168
20-199 employees	4,028	4,027	4,027
200 employees and over	7,204	7,246	7,271
All sizes	15,357	15,412	15,466

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
0-19 employees	0.6	1.6	0.7
20-199 employees	0.3	0.4	0.0
200 employees and over	0.4	-0.6	0.3

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

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Month change, May

In May 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 2 of 3 employment size groups from April 2026.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest decrease of $323m or -0.6%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
0-19 employees	0.8	1.1	0.7
20-199 employees	-0.7	-0.5	-0.9
200 employees and over	-1.1	-1.8	-0.6

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

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In May 2026, employee jobs increased in 2 of 3 employment size groups from April 2026.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest increase of 42,400 employee jobs and +0.6%.

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
0-19 employees	0.4	0.6	0.3
20-199 employees	0.1	0.7	0.0
200 employees and over	0.4	0.4	0.6

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

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Month change, April

In April 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 2 of 3 employment size groups from March 2026.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest decrease of $1,362m and -2.3%.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
0-19 employees	0.5	0.1	0.7
20-199 employees	-1.9	-2.2	-1.7
200 employees and over	-3.5	-1.7	-2.3

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

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In April 2026, employee jobs decreased in all employment size groups from March 2026.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest decrease of 69,700 employee jobs or -1.0%.

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
0-19 employees	-0.1	-0.6	-0.4
20-199 employees	-1.1	-1.8	-1.5
200 employees and over	0.0	0.0	-1.0

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

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Sector

In June 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers rose in the private sector and fell in the public sector from May 2026.

The public sector fall was driven by the temporary presence of a large back pay event in May 2026 in the NSW Health care and social assistance industry.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Apr-26 ($m)	May-26 ($m)	Jun-26 ($m)
Private	85,967	84,997	86,541
Public	22,479	23,036	22,688
All sectors	108,446	108,033	109,230

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector (a)
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
Private	1.6	1.6	1.8
Public	0.5	0.2	-1.5

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector (a)

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[1.6],[0.5]],[[1.6],[0.2]],[[1.8],[-1.5]]]

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The presence of a large back pay event in May 2026 in the NSW Health care and social assistance industry influenced the fall in Public sector month change in June 2026.

In June 2026, employee jobs rose in both sectors from May 2026.

Employee jobs, by sector
	Apr-26 ('000)	May-26 ('000)	Jun-26 ('000)
Private	12,744	12,771	12,808
Public	2,613	2,641	2,658
All sectors	15,357	15,412	15,466

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)
	Jun-24 (%)	Jun-25 (%)	Jun-26 (%)
Private	0.3	1.0	0.3
Public	1.2	-3.2	0.7

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)

[" ","Jun-24","Jun-25","Jun-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[0.3],[1.2]],[[1],[-3.2]],[[0.3],[0.7]]]

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The end of temporary roles associated with the May 2025 federal election heavily influenced month change in the Public sector.

Month change, May

In May 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers fell in the private sector and rose in the public sector from April 2026.

The public sector rise was driven by the temporary presence of a large back pay event in the NSW Health care and social assistance industry.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector (a)
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
Private	-1.0	-1.0	-1.1
Public	0.8	-0.4	2.5

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector (a)

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[-1],[0.8]],[[-1],[-0.4]],[[-1.1],[2.5]]]

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The presence of a large back pay event in the NSW Health care and social assistance industry influenced Public sector month change in May 2026.

In May 2026, employee jobs rose in both sectors from April 2026.

Month change in employee jobs, by sector
	May-24 (%)	May-25 (%)	May-26 (%)
Private	0.3	0.4	0.2
Public	0.4	1.4	1.1

Month change in employee jobs, by sector

[" ","May-24","May-25","May-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[0.3],[0.4]],[[0.4],[1.4]],[[0.2],[1.1]]]

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Month change, April

In April 2026, total wages and salaries paid by employers fell in the private sector and remained flat in the public sector from March 2026.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
Private	-2.4	-2.1	-2.0
Public	-1.6	1.1	0.1

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[-2.4],[-1.6]],[[-2.1],[1.1]],[[-2],[0.1]]]

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In April 2026, employee jobs fell in both sectors from March 2026.

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)
	Apr-24 (%)	Apr-25 (%)	Apr-26 (%)
Private	-0.4	-1.2	-1.1
Public	0.2	2.2	-0.2

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)

[" ","Apr-24","Apr-25","Apr-26"]

[["Private","Public "],[[-0.4],[0.2]],[[-1.2],[2.2]],[[-1.1],[-0.2]]]

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Temporary roles created ahead of the May 2025 federal election influenced month change in April 2025 in the Public sector.

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