Monthly Employee Earnings Indicator, December 2025

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.

New insights on wages and salaries growth

This release includes the new employee jobs measure, which represents the number of employees who received wages or salaries each month. This article and the release methodology include guidance on employee jobs.

National

Month key statistics
		Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25
Wages and salaries paid by employers
	Month change (%)	-2.4	2.1	-0.5
	Annual change (%)	5.9	5.8	5.7
	Total wages and salaries ($m)	105,724	107,932	107,365
Employee jobs
	Month change (%)	0.4	0.8	-1.5
	Annual change (%)	1.1	1.0	0.3
	Total employee jobs ('000)	15,408	15,531	15,303

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	85,816	91,945	98,008	103,103
Aug	87,288	93,768	99,415	104,495
Sep	90,559	97,320	103,243	108,369
Oct	87,630	94,395	99,811	105,724
Nov	89,800	96,964	102,004	107,932
Dec	89,667	96,167	101,601	107,365
Jan	86,238	92,435	97,912
Feb	91,436	96,785	103,398
Mar	92,437	98,955	104,345
Apr	91,175	97,573	102,922
May	90,946	96,783	102,042
Jun	92,543	98,121	103,393

Total wages and salaries paid by employers (a)

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a. 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	-0.6	-0.1	-0.3
Aug	1.7	2.0	1.4	1.4
Sep	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7
Oct	-3.2	-3.0	-3.3	-2.4
Nov	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.1
Dec	-0.1	-0.8	-0.4	-0.5
Jan	-3.8	-3.9	-3.6
Feb	6.0	4.7	5.6
Mar	1.1	2.2	0.9
Apr	-1.4	-1.4	-1.4
May	-0.3	-0.8	-0.9
Jun	1.8	1.4	1.3

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

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a. 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
	Dec Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 25	Jun Qtr 25	Sep Qtr 25	Dec Qtr 25
Quarter change (%)	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.6
Annual quarter change (%)	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.8
Total wages and salaries ($m)	303,416	305,655	308,357	315,968	321,021

Quarter change in total wages and salaries paid by employers
	2022-23 (%)	2023-24 (%)	2024-25 (%)	2025-26 (%)
Sep Qtr	na	3.0	2.8	2.5
Dec Qtr	1.3	1.6	0.9	1.6
Mar Qtr	1.1	0.2	0.7
Jun Qtr	1.7	1.5	0.9

Total employee jobs
	2023-24 ('000)	2024-25 ('000)	2025-26 ('000)
Jul	14,850	15,031	15,235
Aug	14,811	15,086	15,243
Sep	14,949	15,258	15,343
Oct	15,146	15,243	15,408
Nov	15,141	15,383	15,531
Dec	14,974	15,255	15,303
Jan	14,707	14,898
Feb	14,928	15,138
Mar	14,955	15,346
Apr	14,990	15,258
May	15,024	15,342
Jun	15,096	15,380

Total employee jobs

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Month change in employee jobs
	2023-24 (%)	2024-25 (%)	2025-26 (%)
Jul	na	-0.4	-0.9
Aug	-0.3	0.4	0.0
Sep	0.9	1.1	0.7
Oct	1.3	-0.1	0.4
Nov	0.0	0.9	0.8
Dec	-1.1	-0.8	-1.5
Jan	-1.8	-2.3
Feb	1.5	1.6
Mar	0.2	1.4
Apr	0.2	-0.6
May	0.2	0.6
Jun	0.5	0.2

Month change in employee jobs

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State and territory

In December 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 6 of 8 states and territories from November 2025.

Western Australia saw the largest decrease of $221m or -1.7%

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Oct-25 ($m)	Nov-25 ($m)	Dec-25 ($m)
New South Wales	34,367	35,123	34,958
Victoria	26,080	26,699	26,618
Queensland	20,491	20,882	20,773
South Australia	6,233	6,336	6,356
Western Australia	12,815	13,107	12,886
Tasmania	1,764	1,790	1,823
Northern Territory	1,083	1,093	1,073
Australian Capital Territory	2,890	2,903	2,878
Australia	105,724	107,932	107,365

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
New South Wales	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5
Victoria	-0.7	-0.1	-0.3
Queensland	-1.8	-0.4	-0.5
South Australia	-1.3	-0.9	0.3
Western Australia	-1.1	-1.0	-1.7
Tasmania	1.1	2.0	1.8
Northern Territory	-2.6	-2.0	-1.8
Australian Capital Territory	-2.4	-1.4	-0.9

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

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In December 2025, employee jobs decreased in 7 of 8 states and territories from November 2025.

New South Wales saw the largest decrease of 70,100 employee jobs or -1.4%

Employee jobs, by state and territory
	Oct-25 ('000)	Nov-25 ('000)	Dec-25 ('000)
New South Wales	4,877	4,918	4,848
Victoria	3,958	3,995	3,934
Queensland	3,067	3,086	3,032
South Australia	985	994	983
Western Australia	1,718	1,730	1,705
Tasmania	292	295	296
Northern Territory	149	148	145
Australian Capital Territory	364	364	360
Australia	15,408	15,531	15,303

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
New South Wales	-1.0	-0.7	-1.4
Victoria	-1.1	-0.6	-1.5
Queensland	-1.5	-1.5	-1.8
South Australia	-0.8	-0.8	-1.1
Western Australia	-1.2	-0.9	-1.4
Tasmania	0.6	1.5	0.4
Northern Territory	-2.3	-1.8	-2.3
Australian Capital Territory	-1.8	-1.3	-1.2

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory

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Month change, November

In November 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in all states and territories from October 2025.

New South Wales saw the largest increase of $756m or +2.2%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
New South Wales	2.7	3.2	2.2
Victoria	2.8	2.6	2.4
Queensland	3.1	1.2	1.9
South Australia	2.8	1.5	1.7
Western Australia	3.0	1.4	2.3
Tasmania	2.3	1.4	1.5
Northern Territory	1.5	1.0	0.9
Australian Capital Territory	0.0	0.6	0.4

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

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In November 2025, employee jobs increased in 7 of 8 states and territories from October 2025.

New South Wales saw the largest increase of 41,400 employee jobs or +0.8%

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory (a)
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
New South Wales	0.3	1.1	0.8
Victoria	0.4	1.0	0.9
Queensland	0.0	0.6	0.6
South Australia	0.2	1.0	0.9
Western Australia	0.4	0.7	0.7
Tasmania	0.7	1.3	1.1
Northern Territory	-0.9	0.2	-0.4
Australian Capital Territory	-11.6	0.8	0.2

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory (a)

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a. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles, which influenced the Australian Capital Territory more significantly than other jurisdictions.

Month change, October

In October 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in all states and territories from September 2025.

New South Wales saw the largest decrease of $1,008m and -2.8%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by state and territory (a)
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
New South Wales	-3.7	-4.1	-2.8
Victoria	-2.4	-3.7	-2.3
Queensland	-2.9	-3.0	-2.4
South Australia	-2.9	-2.3	-1.8
Western Australia	-3.9	-2.7	-2.7
Tasmania	-1.7	-1.2	-0.6
Northern Territory	-2.9	-0.7	-2.3
Australian Capital Territory	1.7	-0.8	-0.5

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

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a. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles, which influenced the Australian Capital Territory more significantly than other jurisdictions.

In October 2025, employee jobs increased in 6 of 8 states and territories from September 2025.

Victoria saw the largest increase of 29,900 employee jobs and +0.8%

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory (a)
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
New South Wales	1.2	-0.5	0.5
Victoria	1.3	0.3	0.8
Queensland	1.2	-0.1	0.1
South Australia	1.1	-0.5	0.3
Western Australia	1.2	0.2	0.6
Tasmania	1.7	0.3	0.1
Northern Territory	1.1	-0.4	-0.9
Australian Capital Territory	5.3	0.4	0.0

Month change in employee jobs, by state and territory (a)

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a. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles, which influenced the Australian Capital Territory more significantly than other jurisdictions.

Industry

In December 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 10 of 19 industries from November 2025.

Administrative and support services saw the largest decrease of $427m and -6.8%

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry
	Oct-25 ($m)	Nov-25 ($m)	Dec-25 ($m)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,186	1,243	1,231
Mining	3,542	3,533	3,584
Manufacturing	6,529	6,610	6,635
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1,711	1,730	1,701
Construction	9,262	9,408	9,019
Wholesale trade	4,779	4,884	4,884
Retail trade	6,008	6,156	6,263
Accommodation and food services	3,741	3,811	3,866
Transport, postal and warehousing	4,473	4,491	4,472
Information media and telecommunications	2,070	2,165	2,072
Financial and insurance services	5,930	6,239	6,325
Rental, hiring and real estate services	2,197	2,237	2,227
Professional, scientific and technical services	11,331	11,567	11,453
Administrative and support services	6,152	6,281	5,854
Public administration and safety	8,492	8,604	8,648
Education and training	8,112	8,616	8,696
Health care and social assistance	16,004	16,110	16,220
Arts and recreation services	1,201	1,205	1,193
Other services	3,002	3,042	3,022
All industries	105,724	107,932	107,365

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
Administrative and support services	-6.8	-7.2	-6.8
Information media and telecommunications	-3.9	-4.1	-4.3
Construction	-3.4	-4.3	-4.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.9	0.7	-1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services	-0.7	-1.1	-1.0
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-3.7	-4.0	-1.0
Arts and recreation services	1.1	0.9	-0.9
Other services	-0.9	-1.3	-0.6
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.0	-0.1	-0.5
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.4	-0.9	-0.4
Wholesale trade	0.0	0.0	0.0
Manufacturing	0.0	-0.4	0.4
Public administration and safety	-1.2	1.7	0.5
Health care and social assistance	-0.3	0.7	0.7
Education and training	-1.9	2.1	0.9
Financial and insurance services	2.3	1.9	1.4
Mining	2.0	1.3	1.4
Accommodation and food services	1.1	1.3	1.5
Retail trade	1.7	2.0	1.7

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

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a. Industries are ranked by ascending month change in December 2025.

In December 2025, employee jobs decreased in all industries from November 2025.

Education and training saw the largest decrease of 60,200 employee jobs and -4.5%

Employee jobs, by industry
	Oct-25 ('000)	Nov-25 ('000)	Dec-25 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	230	234	232
Mining	242	242	242
Manufacturing	864	866	858
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	152	153	152
Construction	1,103	1,106	1,089
Wholesale trade	602	605	601
Retail trade	1,475	1,510	1,495
Accommodation and food services	1,267	1,282	1,273
Transport, postal and warehousing	540	547	543
Information media and telecommunications	213	213	207
Financial and insurance services	555	556	552
Rental, hiring and real estate services	295	297	293
Professional, scientific and technical services	1,240	1,244	1,229
Administrative and support services	1,041	1,052	1,011
Public administration and safety	990	992	987
Education and training	1,318	1,344	1,284
Health care and social assistance	2,456	2,463	2,438
Arts and recreation services	290	292	289
Other services	533	534	529
All industries	15,408	15,531	15,303

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a)
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
Education and training	-3.2	-3.7	-4.5
Administrative and support services	-2.8	-2.0	-4.0
Information media and telecommunications	-1.3	-0.1	-2.8
Construction	-1.6	-1.4	-1.5
Arts and recreation services	-0.4	0.6	-1.2
Professional, scientific and technical services	-1.1	-1.1	-1.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-1.3	-0.9	-1.1
Manufacturing	-0.8	-0.6	-1.0
Health care and social assistance	-0.7	-0.3	-1.0
Retail trade	-0.3	0.0	-0.9
Other services	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-0.3	0.2	-0.9
Accommodation and food services	-0.6	0.7	-0.8
Transport, postal and warehousing	-0.8	-0.5	-0.8
Financial and insurance services	-0.7	-0.3	-0.7
Wholesale trade	-0.7	-0.5	-0.6
Public administration and safety	-0.6	-1.3	-0.5
Mining	0.3	-0.5	-0.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a)

[" ","Dec-23","Dec-24","Dec-25"]

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a. Industries are ranked by ascending month change in December 2025.

Month change, November

In November 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in 18 of 19 industries from October 2025.

Education and training saw the largest increase of $504m and +6.2%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
Education and training	7.8	4.5	6.2
Financial and insurance services	6.1	5.4	5.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	3.6	4.3	4.8
Information media and telecommunications	3.9	4.3	4.6
Retail trade	3.0	2.6	2.5
Wholesale trade	2.9	2.0	2.2
Administrative and support services	1.8	1.9	2.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	2.6	2.0	2.1
Accommodation and food services	1.5	1.9	1.9
Rental, hiring and real estate services	1.9	1.5	1.8
Construction	2.0	1.1	1.6
Public administration and safety	2.3	2.0	1.3
Other services	2.3	1.3	1.3
Manufacturing	2.7	2.0	1.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-0.9	-1.2	1.1
Health care and social assistance	1.3	2.1	0.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	1.7	0.1	0.4
Arts and recreation services	1.7	0.6	0.3
Mining	0.5	0.6	-0.3

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

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

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a. Industries are ranked by descending month change in November 2025.

In November 2025, employee jobs increased in 18 of 19 industries from October 2025.

Retail trade saw the largest increase of 34,300 employee jobs and +2.3%

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
Retail trade	1.2	2.0	2.3
Education and training	2.5	1.9	2.0
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1.4	1.7	1.6
Transport, postal and warehousing	1.0	0.9	1.4
Accommodation and food services	-0.3	1.6	1.2
Administrative and support services	-0.3	1.8	1.1
Arts and recreation services	0.3	1.8	0.8
Wholesale trade	0.5	0.6	0.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.6	0.3	0.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.6	0.5	0.4
Health care and social assistance	-0.1	0.8	0.3
Manufacturing	0.7	0.2	0.3
Professional, scientific and technical services	0.5	0.4	0.3
Public administration and safety	-7.7	-0.1	0.3
Construction	0.2	0.3	0.2
Other services	0.4	0.2	0.1
Mining	0.3	-0.3	0.1
Financial and insurance services	-0.7	0.2	0.0
Information media and telecommunications	1.7	-0.3	-0.3

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

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

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a. Industries are ranked by descending month change in November 2025.

b. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles in the Public administration and safety industry.

Month change, October

In October 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in 15 of 19 industries from September 2025.

Financial and insurance services saw the largest decrease of $799m or -11.9%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by industry (a)
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
Information media and telecommunications	-18.1	-18.8	-18.5
Mining	-12.7	-12.4	-12.2
Financial and insurance services	-13.8	-13.0	-11.9
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	-7.4	-7.3	-8.5
Retail trade	-5.3	-6.5	-5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	-3.0	-2.5	-2.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-2.8	-4.6	-2.0
Manufacturing	-2.0	-3.2	-1.8
Wholesale trade	-1.3	-2.4	-1.6
Education and training	0.0	-0.4	-1.3
Other services	-1.2	-1.4	-1.3
Transport, postal and warehousing	-4.2	-1.5	-0.9
Construction	-0.3	-0.6	-0.4
Accommodation and food services	-2.7	-1.6	-0.3
Administrative and support services	-0.5	-1.8	-0.1
Public administration and safety	1.5	-1.9	0.8
Arts and recreation services	-0.7	0.4	1.2
Health care and social assistance	0.3	0.3	1.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2.1	2.6	3.9

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

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

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a. Industries are ranked by ascending month change in October 2025.

In October 2025, employee jobs increased in 14 of 19 industries from September 2025.

Retail trade saw the largest increase of 25,200 employee jobs or +1.7%

Month change in employee jobs, by industry (a) (b)
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
Information media and telecommunications	0.0	-1.4	-1.0
Accommodation and food services	0.3	-2.0	-0.4
Mining	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
Other services	0.4	-0.2	-0.3
Financial and insurance services	0.8	0.0	-0.1
Public administration and safety	3.8	0.2	0.0
Manufacturing	1.4	-0.1	0.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	0.0	0.1	0.1
Construction	0.6	-0.3	0.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	0.9	0.3	0.2
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.9	0.1	0.2
Education and training	0.6	0.1	0.2
Wholesale trade	1.2	0.2	0.4
Health care and social assistance	1.4	-0.1	0.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.3	-0.4	0.7
Administrative and support services	2.9	-1.1	1.6
Retail trade	2.7	1.9	1.7
Arts and recreation services	1.5	-1.0	2.1
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2.4	1.9	2.7

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

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

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a. Industries are ranked by ascending month change in October 2025.

b. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles in the Public administration and safety industry.

Employment size

In December 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in all employment size groups from November 2025.

Businesses with 20-199 employees saw the largest decrease of $363m and -1.3%

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Oct-25 ($m)	Nov-25 ($m)	Dec-25 ($m)
0-19 employees	22,490	22,969	22,794
20-199 employees	27,762	28,232	27,869
200 employees and over	55,472	56,731	56,702
All sizes	105,724	107,932	107,365

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
0-19 employees	-0.8	-1.1	-0.8
20-199 employees	-1.4	-1.7	-1.3
200 employees and over	-0.5	0.5	-0.1

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

[" ","Dec-23","Dec-24","Dec-25"]

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In December 2025, employee jobs decreased in all employment size groups from November 2025.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest decrease of 119,800 employee jobs or -1.6%

Employee jobs, by employment size
	Oct-25 ('000)	Nov-25 ('000)	Dec-25 ('000)
0-19 employees	4,082	4,111	4,068
20-199 employees	4,061	4,083	4,018
200 employees and over	7,266	7,337	7,217
All sizes	15,408	15,531	15,303

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
0-19 employees	-0.8	-0.6	-1.1
20-199 employees	-1.3	-0.9	-1.6
200 employees and over	-1.1	-0.9	-1.6

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","Dec-23","Dec-24","Dec-25"]

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Month change, November

In November 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers increased in all employment size groups from October 2025.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest increase of $1,259m and +2.3%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
0-19 employees	2.2	1.8	2.1
20-199 employees	2.7	1.7	1.7
200 employees and over	2.9	2.6	2.3

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

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

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In November 2025, employee jobs increased in all employment size groups from October 2025.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest increase of 71,300 employee jobs and +1.0%

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
0-19 employees	0.5	0.6	0.7
20-199 employees	0.4	0.7	0.5
200 employees and over	-0.6	1.2	1.0

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

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Month change, October

In October 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers decreased in all employment size groups from September 2025.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest decrease of $1,862m and -3.2%

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by employment size
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
0-19 employees	-5.3	-3.8	-3.1
20-199 employees	-0.5	-1.3	-0.2
200 employees and over	-3.3	-4.1	-3.2

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

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

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In October 2025, employee jobs increased in 2 of 3 employment size groups from September 2025.

Businesses with 200 employees and over saw the largest increase of 118,800 employee jobs or +1.7%

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
0-19 employees	-3.8	-3.3	-3.4
20-199 employees	3.3	0.6	2.3
200 employees and over	3.4	1.5	1.7

Month change in employee jobs, by employment size

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

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Sector

In December 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers fell in the private sector and rose in the public sector from November 2025.

Total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Oct-25 ($m)	Nov-25 ($m)	Dec-25 ($m)
Private	83,713	85,434	84,564
Public	22,011	22,498	22,801
All sectors	105,724	107,932	107,365

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
Private	-0.9	-1.0	-1.0
Public	-0.6	1.9	1.3

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

[" ","Dec-23","Dec-24","Dec-25"]

[["Private","Public "],[[-0.9],[-0.6]],[[-1],[1.9]],[[-1],[1.3]]]

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In December 2025, employee jobs fell in both sectors from November 2025.

Employee jobs, by sector
	Oct-25 ('000)	Nov-25 ('000)	Dec-25 ('000)
Private	12,782	12,873	12,686
Public	2,627	2,658	2,617
All sectors	15,408	15,531	15,303

Month change in employee jobs, by sector
	Dec-23 (%)	Dec-24 (%)	Dec-25 (%)
Private	-1.1	-0.6	-1.5
Public	-1.0	-2.0	-1.5

Month change in employee jobs, by sector

[" ","Dec-23","Dec-24","Dec-25"]

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Month change, November

In November 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers rose in both sectors from October 2025.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
Private	2.6	2.0	2.1
Public	3.3	3.0	2.2

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

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

[["Private","Public "],[[2.6],[3.3]],[[2],[3]],[[2.1],[2.2]]]

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In November 2025, employee jobs rose in both sectors from October 2025.

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)
	Nov-23 (%)	Nov-24 (%)	Nov-25 (%)
Private	0.4	0.8	0.7
Public	-2.0	1.4	1.2

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)

[" ","Nov-23","Nov-24","Nov-25"]

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a. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles in the Public sector.

Month change, October

In October 2025, total wages and salaries paid by employers fell in the private sector and rose in the public sector from September 2025.

Month change in total wages and salaries paid by employers, by sector
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
Private	-3.8	-4.0	-3.2
Public	0.3	-0.8	0.7

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

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

[["Private","Public "],[[-3.8],[0.3]],[[-4],[-0.8]],[[-3.2],[0.7]]]

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In October 2025, employee jobs rose in both sectors from September 2025.

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)
	Oct-23 (%)	Oct-24 (%)	Oct-25 (%)
Private	1.2	-0.2	0.3
Public	2.1	0.2	0.9

Month change in employee jobs, by sector (a)

[" ","Oct-23","Oct-24","Oct-25"]

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a. The Voice Referendum held in October 2023 created a large number of temporary roles in the Public sector.

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