Labour Force, Australia, February 2023

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2023:

unemployment rate decreased to 3.5%.
participation rate increased to 66.6%.
employment increased to 13,826,200.
employment to population ratio increased to 64.3%.
underemployment rate decreased to 5.8%.
monthly hours worked increased to 1,917 million.
full-time employment increased by 74,900 to 9,669,300 people.
part-time employment decreased by 10,300 to 4,156,900 people.

Key statistics - Trend
	Jan-2023	Feb-2023	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	13,811,600	13,831,400	19,800	0.1%	419,900	3.1%
Unemployed people	504,900	505,500	600	0.1%	-51,700	-9.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%	0.0 pts	na	-0.5 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%	0.0 pts	na	-0.5 pts	na
Participation rate	66.7%	66.6%	0.0 pts	na	0.2 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,896 million	1,901 million	5 million	0.2%	72 million	3.9%

Key statistics - Seasonally adjusted
	Jan-2023	Feb-2023	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	13,761,700	13,826,200	64,600	0.5%	401,800	3.0%
Unemployed people	524,000	507,500	-16,500	-3.2%	-51,600	-9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%	-0.1 pts	na	-0.5 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.2%	5.8%	-0.3 pts	na	-0.7 pts	na
Participation rate	66.5%	66.6%	0.1 pts	na	0.2 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,845 million	1,917 million	72 million	3.9%	93 million	5.1%

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.

Survey impacts and changes

Articles and other information

The ABS has again published Insights into hours worked, February 2023 (along with data cubes EM2a and EM2b, which are usually published in the detailed release), along with Historical charts from 1966 to February 2023.

Quarterly rebenchmarking of labour force statistics

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

Reference and Enumeration Dates
Publication	Start of Reference Week	End of Reference Week	Start of Enumeration	End of Enumeration
Jan-23	1st January 2023	14th January 2023	8th January 2023	28th January 2023
Feb-23	29th January 2023	11th February 2023	5th February 2023	25th February 2023
Mar-23	26th February 2023	11th March 2023	5th March 2023	25th March 2023
Apr-23	2nd April 2023	15th April 2023	9th April 2023	29th April 2023
May-23	30th April 2023	13th May 2023	7th May 2023	27th May 2023
Jun-23	4th June 2023	17th June 2023	11th June 2023	1st July 2023

Unemployment

In trend terms, in February 2023:

unemployment rate remained at 3.5%.
unemployed people increased by 600 to 505,500.
youth unemployment rate increased to 7.9%.

Unemployment rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb-13	5.5	5.4
Mar-13	5.6	5.6
Apr-13	5.6	5.6
May-13	5.6	5.6
Jun-13	5.7	5.7
Jul-13	5.7	5.6
Aug-13	5.7	5.8
Sep-13	5.8	5.7
Oct-13	5.8	5.8
Nov-13	5.8	5.8
Dec-13	5.9	5.9
Jan-14	5.8	5.9
Feb-14	5.8	5.9
Mar-14	5.8	5.9
Apr-14	5.9	5.8
May-14	5.9	5.9
Jun-14	6.0	6.0
Jul-14	6.1	6.2
Aug-14	6.2	6.1
Sep-14	6.2	6.2
Oct-14	6.3	6.4
Nov-14	6.3	6.3
Dec-14	6.3	6.1
Jan-15	6.2	6.3
Feb-15	6.2	6.1
Mar-15	6.1	6.1
Apr-15	6.1	6.1
May-15	6.1	5.9
Jun-15	6.1	6.0
Jul-15	6.1	6.3
Aug-15	6.0	6.1
Sep-15	6.0	6.2
Oct-15	5.9	5.9
Nov-15	5.9	5.9
Dec-15	5.8	5.7
Jan-16	5.8	6.0
Feb-16	5.7	5.7
Mar-16	5.7	5.6
Apr-16	5.7	5.6
May-16	5.7	5.7
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	5.8
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	5.4
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	5.3
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	5.1
Feb-19	5.1	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	5.1
Jan-20	5.2	5.3
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		7.5
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		5.6
Apr-21		5.4
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		3.9
Apr-22	3.8	3.9
May-22	3.7	3.9
Jun-22	3.6	3.6
Jul-22	3.6	3.5
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	3.5	3.7
Feb-23	3.5	3.5

Unemployment 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, February 2023.

Employment

In trend terms, in February 2023, employment increased by 19,800 people (0.1%) to 13,831,400 people.

Flows into and out of employment

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth ('000)	Inflow ('000)	Outflow ('000)
Feb-18	223	647	-381
Mar-18	-33	408	-426
Apr-18	30	397	-395
May-18	48	431	-400
Jun-18	34	407	-403
Jul-18	-33	430	-439
Aug-18	-28	418	-414
Sep-18	68	475	-404
Oct-18	37	420	-436
Nov-18	87	439	-374
Dec-18	96	441	-403
Jan-19	-236	428	-679
Feb-19	197	610	-360
Mar-19	-15	410	-431
Apr-19	47	444	-395
May-19	90	412	-376
Jun-19	-30	381	-454
Jul-19	-5	436	-472
Aug-19	-28	468	-435
Sep-19	69	446	-376
Oct-19	-26	395	-461
Nov-19	94	448	-396
Dec-19	100	442	-410
Jan-20	-267	415	-707
Feb-20	220	642	-395
Mar-20	-48	434	-463
Apr-20	-590	355	-947
May-20	-221	583	-781
Jun-20	198	608	-421
Jul-20	78	557	-436
Aug-20	91	522	-493
Sep-20	3	486	-434
Oct-20	169	547	-409
Nov-20	142	522	-356
Dec-20	113	500	-390
Jan-21	-262	420	-665
Feb-21	302	674	-355
Mar-21	26	473	-414
Apr-21	-27	497	-477
May-21	166	507	-371
Jun-21	-20	421	-458
Jul-21	-25	497	-544
Aug-21	-199	460	-641
Sep-21	-94	518	-631
Oct-21	-30	536	-537
Nov-21	443	831	-400
Dec-21	161	535	-410
Jan-22	-269	438	-789
Feb-22	340	724	-388
Mar-22	-20	453	-483
Apr-22	20	562	-493
May-22	136	482	-385
Jun-22	38	444	-408
Jul-22	-34	505	-510
Aug-22	-25	474	-453
Sep-22	47	493	-450
Oct-22	54	456	-446
Nov-22	132	481	-406
Dec-22	72	451	-419
Jan-23	-338	396	-796
Feb-23	325	756	-419

Employed people
	Trend ('000)	Seasonally adjusted ('000)
Feb-13	11,436.0	11,466.5
Mar-13	11,447.1	11,434.1
Apr-13	11,455.3	11,465.9
May-13	11,461.2	11,458.2
Jun-13	11,465.2	11,471.5
Jul-13	11,467.6	11,457.7
Aug-13	11,467.1	11,460.3
Sep-13	11,463.2	11,477.0
Oct-13	11,457.7	11,471.4
Nov-13	11,454.3	11,449.4
Dec-13	11,455.6	11,416.9
Jan-14	11,463.9	11,452.9
Feb-14	11,478.4	11,476.5
Mar-14	11,497.3	11,530.9
Apr-14	11,516.0	11,536.4
May-14	11,530.4	11,513.8
Jun-14	11,539.1	11,530.5
Jul-14	11,544.3	11,546.6
Aug-14	11,548.3	11,549.6
Sep-14	11,554.0	11,549.2
Oct-14	11,563.8	11,543.8
Nov-14	11,577.9	11,543.5
Dec-14	11,596.7	11,595.6
Jan-15	11,619.9	11,606.1
Feb-15	11,645.5	11,670.3
Mar-15	11,671.2	11,692.2
Apr-15	11,694.8	11,690.5
May-15	11,716.2	11,734.5
Jun-15	11,737.5	11,730.2
Jul-15	11,760.7	11,761.7
Aug-15	11,788.2	11,772.2
Sep-15	11,819.4	11,786.5
Oct-15	11,850.8	11,862.7
Nov-15	11,880.2	11,895.7
Dec-15	11,904.6	11,903.0
Jan-16	11,922.0	11,908.4
Feb-16	11,934.5	11,921.8
Mar-16	11,944.2	11,940.7
Apr-16	11,953.8	11,946.6
May-16	11,963.5	11,943.2
Jun-16	11,972.0	11,967.0
Jul-16	11,979.4	11,996.8
Aug-16	11,986.4	11,973.2
Sep-16	11,992.7	11,956.6
Oct-16	11,999.8	11,988.4
Nov-16	12,008.6	12,011.9
Dec-16	12,021.0	12,031.3
Jan-17	12,040.6	12,052.4
Feb-17	12,068.0	12,050.5
Mar-17	12,103.2	12,116.3
Apr-17	12,144.7	12,168.7
May-17	12,187.9	12,191.8
Jun-17	12,229.5	12,230.0
Jul-17	12,267.8	12,256.5
Aug-17	12,302.7	12,312.1
Sep-17	12,335.5	12,346.5
Oct-17	12,367.1	12,356.0
Nov-17	12,397.8	12,407.3
Dec-17	12,425.5	12,442.7
Jan-18	12,448.4	12,481.8
Feb-18	12,465.9	12,469.3
Mar-18	12,481.0	12,487.0
Apr-18	12,496.6	12,504.5
May-18	12,516.4	12,498.0
Jun-18	12,541.7	12,576.9
Jul-18	12,570.7	12,566.4
Aug-18	12,601.1	12,613.0
Sep-18	12,631.3	12,630.8
Oct-18	12,658.8	12,661.4
Nov-18	12,682.7	12,691.0
Dec-18	12,705.0	12,707.4
Jan-19	12,728.6	12,742.4
Feb-19	12,754.7	12,734.2
Mar-19	12,783.6	12,771.8
Apr-19	12,815.0	12,810.8
May-19	12,846.5	12,837.1
Jun-19	12,874.7	12,855.4
Jul-19	12,897.0	12,872.8
Aug-19	12,913.3	12,920.5
Sep-19	12,925.1	12,943.8
Oct-19	12,936.2	12,910.6
Nov-19	12,948.7	12,940.8
Dec-19	12,961.8	12,962.8
Jan-20	12,971.6	12,981.4
Feb-20	12,976.2	12,986.0
Mar-20	12,975.6	12,987.6
Apr-20		12,398.9
May-20		12,114.2
Jun-20		12,353.3
Jul-20		12,454.5
Aug-20		12,610.0
Sep-20		12,576.2
Oct-20		12,737.5
Nov-20		12,815.3
Dec-20		12,855.4
Jan-21		12,887.2
Feb-21		12,959.3
Mar-21		13,034.0
Apr-21		13,012.4
May-21		13,104.0
Jun-21		13,134.2
Jul-21		13,131.6
Aug-21		13,001.7
Sep-21		12,875.5
Oct-21		12,835.9
Nov-21		13,207.6
Dec-21		13,290.1
Jan-22		13,331.9
Feb-22		13,424.4
Mar-22		13,458.2
Apr-22	13,522.1	13,488.8
May-22	13,569.3	13,548.5
Jun-22	13,609.9	13,638.9
Jul-22	13,646.2	13,621.4
Aug-22	13,680.0	13,674.2
Sep-22	13,711.8	13,687.2
Oct-22	13,740.7	13,730.8
Nov-22	13,767.1	13,789.2
Dec-22	13,790.7	13,772.6
Jan-23	13,811.6	13,761.7
Feb-23	13,831.4	13,826.2

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, February 2023.

Full-time and part-time employment

In trend terms, in February 2023:

full-time employment increased by 17,900 to 9,667,900 people, and part-time employment increased by 1,800 to 4,163,400 people.
part-time share of employment was 30.1%.

Employment-to-population ratio

In trend terms, in February 2023, the employment-to-population ratio remained at 64.3%.

The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.

Employment-to-population ratio
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb-13	61.5	61.7
Mar-13	61.5	61.4
Apr-13	61.4	61.5
May-13	61.4	61.4
Jun-13	61.3	61.4
Jul-13	61.3	61.2
Aug-13	61.2	61.1
Sep-13	61.1	61.2
Oct-13	61.0	61.1
Nov-13	60.9	60.9
Dec-13	60.8	60.6
Jan-14	60.8	60.7
Feb-14	60.8	60.8
Mar-14	60.8	60.9
Apr-14	60.8	60.9
May-14	60.8	60.7
Jun-14	60.8	60.8
Jul-14	60.8	60.8
Aug-14	60.7	60.7
Sep-14	60.7	60.6
Oct-14	60.7	60.5
Nov-14	60.6	60.5
Dec-14	60.7	60.7
Jan-15	60.7	60.6
Feb-15	60.8	60.9
Mar-15	60.8	60.9
Apr-15	60.9	60.8
May-15	60.9	61.0
Jun-15	60.9	60.9
Jul-15	61.0	61.0
Aug-15	61.1	61.0
Sep-15	61.2	61.0
Oct-15	61.3	61.3
Nov-15	61.3	61.4
Dec-15	61.4	61.4
Jan-16	61.4	61.3
Feb-16	61.3	61.3
Mar-16	61.3	61.3
Apr-16	61.3	61.2
May-16	61.2	61.1
Jun-16	61.2	61.2
Jul-16	61.2	61.3
Aug-16	61.1	61.0
Sep-16	61.1	60.9
Oct-16	61.0	61.0
Nov-16	61.0	61.0
Dec-16	60.9	61.0
Jan-17	60.9	61.0
Feb-17	61.0	60.9
Mar-17	61.1	61.1
Apr-17	61.2	61.3
May-17	61.3	61.3
Jun-17	61.5	61.5
Jul-17	61.6	61.5
Aug-17	61.7	61.7
Sep-17	61.8	61.8
Oct-17	61.8	61.8
Nov-17	61.9	62.0
Dec-17	62.0	62.1
Jan-18	62.0	62.2
Feb-18	62.0	62.0
Mar-18	62.0	62.0
Apr-18	62.0	62.0
May-18	62.0	61.9
Jun-18	62.0	62.2
Jul-18	62.1	62.1
Aug-18	62.1	62.2
Sep-18	62.2	62.2
Oct-18	62.3	62.3
Nov-18	62.3	62.3
Dec-18	62.3	62.4
Jan-19	62.3	62.4
Feb-19	62.4	62.3
Mar-19	62.4	62.3
Apr-19	62.5	62.5
May-19	62.6	62.5
Jun-19	62.6	62.6
Jul-19	62.7	62.6
Aug-19	62.7	62.7
Sep-19	62.6	62.7
Oct-19	62.6	62.5
Nov-19	62.6	62.5
Dec-19	62.6	62.6
Jan-20	62.5	62.6
Feb-20	62.5	62.5
Mar-20	62.4	62.4
Apr-20		59.6
May-20		58.2
Jun-20		59.3
Jul-20		59.8
Aug-20		60.5
Sep-20		60.4
Oct-20		61.2
Nov-20		61.5
Dec-20		61.7
Jan-21		61.9
Feb-21		62.2
Mar-21		62.5
Apr-21		62.4
May-21		62.8
Jun-21		62.9
Jul-21		62.9
Aug-21		62.3
Sep-21		61.6
Oct-21		61.4
Nov-21		63.1
Dec-21		63.4
Jan-22		63.5
Feb-22		63.8
Mar-22		63.8
Apr-22	64.1	63.9
May-22	64.2	64.1
Jun-22	64.3	64.4
Jul-22	64.3	64.2
Aug-22	64.4	64.3
Sep-22	64.4	64.3
Oct-22	64.4	64.4
Nov-22	64.4	64.5
Dec-22	64.4	64.3
Jan-23	64.3	64.1
Feb-23	64.3	64.3

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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, February 2023.

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Feb-13	61.7	67.8	55.7
Mar-13	61.4	67.4	55.6
Apr-13	61.5	67.5	55.7
May-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jun-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jul-13	61.2	67.2	55.4
Aug-13	61.1	67.1	55.3
Sep-13	61.2	67.1	55.4
Oct-13	61.1	67.0	55.3
Nov-13	60.9	66.8	55.1
Dec-13	60.6	66.6	54.9
Jan-14	60.7	66.7	55.0
Feb-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Mar-14	60.9	66.9	55.2
Apr-14	60.9	66.9	55.1
May-14	60.7	66.6	55.1
Jun-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Jul-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Aug-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Sep-14	60.6	66.4	55.0
Oct-14	60.5	66.4	54.8
Nov-14	60.5	66.6	54.6
Dec-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Jan-15	60.6	66.5	54.9
Feb-15	60.9	66.8	55.2
Mar-15	60.9	66.9	55.1
Apr-15	60.8	66.7	55.2
May-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Jun-15	60.9	66.6	55.4
Jul-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Aug-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Sep-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Oct-15	61.3	66.9	55.9
Nov-15	61.4	66.9	56.1
Dec-15	61.4	66.9	56.0
Jan-16	61.3	67.0	55.8
Feb-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Mar-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Apr-16	61.2	66.6	56.1
May-16	61.1	66.6	55.9
Jun-16	61.2	66.6	56.0
Jul-16	61.3	66.7	56.0
Aug-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Sep-16	60.9	66.2	55.8
Oct-16	61.0	66.4	55.7
Nov-16	61.0	66.3	55.8
Dec-16	61.0	66.4	55.8
Jan-17	61.0	66.3	55.9
Feb-17	60.9	66.3	55.7
Mar-17	61.1	66.4	56.0
Apr-17	61.3	66.9	55.9
May-17	61.3	66.7	56.2
Jun-17	61.5	66.7	56.4
Jul-17	61.5	66.9	56.3
Aug-17	61.7	66.9	56.7
Sep-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Oct-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Nov-17	62.0	67.1	57.0
Dec-17	62.1	67.1	57.3
Jan-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Feb-18	62.0	67.1	57.1
Mar-18	62.0	66.9	57.2
Apr-18	62.0	67.0	57.2
May-18	61.9	66.9	57.0
Jun-18	62.2	67.1	57.4
Jul-18	62.1	67.2	57.1
Aug-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Sep-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Oct-18	62.3	67.4	57.3
Nov-18	62.3	67.4	57.4
Dec-18	62.4	67.5	57.4
Jan-19	62.4	67.5	57.5
Feb-19	62.3	67.2	57.5
Mar-19	62.3	67.3	57.5
Apr-19	62.5	67.2	57.9
May-19	62.5	67.7	57.5
Jun-19	62.6	67.7	57.6
Jul-19	62.6	67.6	57.7
Aug-19	62.7	67.6	58.0
Sep-19	62.7	67.4	58.2
Oct-19	62.5	67.1	58.0
Nov-19	62.5	67.3	58.0
Dec-19	62.6	67.2	58.1
Jan-20	62.6	67.0	58.3
Feb-20	62.5	67.0	58.1
Mar-20	62.4	67.0	58.0
Apr-20	59.6	64.3	55.0
May-20	58.2	63.1	53.4
Jun-20	59.3	64.1	54.7
Jul-20	59.8	64.5	55.2
Aug-20	60.5	65.1	56.2
Sep-20	60.4	64.8	56.1
Oct-20	61.2	65.9	56.6
Nov-20	61.5	66.4	56.9
Dec-20	61.7	66.2	57.3
Jan-21	61.9	66.5	57.3
Feb-21	62.2	66.6	57.9
Mar-21	62.5	66.8	58.4
Apr-21	62.4	66.8	58.1
May-21	62.8	67.1	58.7
Jun-21	62.9	67.5	58.5
Jul-21	62.9	67.6	58.4
Aug-21	62.3	66.8	57.8
Sep-21	61.6	66.3	57.2
Oct-21	61.4	66.2	56.7
Nov-21	63.1	67.6	58.7
Dec-21	63.4	67.9	59.0
Jan-22	63.5	67.5	59.6
Feb-22	63.8	67.8	59.9
Mar-22	63.8	67.9	59.9
Apr-22	63.9	68.0	59.9
May-22	64.1	68.4	59.9
Jun-22	64.4	68.7	60.3
Jul-22	64.2	68.5	60.0
Aug-22	64.3	68.6	60.2
Sep-22	64.3	68.6	60.0
Oct-22	64.4	68.8	60.1
Nov-22	64.5	68.9	60.2
Dec-22	64.3	68.6	60.1
Jan-23	64.1	68.4	59.9
Feb-23	64.3	68.6	60.0

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

In trend terms, in February 2023, monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 4.7 million hours (0.2%) to 1,901 million hours.

See the article Insights into hours worked for more.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs
	Trend (m)	Seasonally adjusted (m)
Feb-13	1,601.9	1,604.0
Mar-13	1,603.2	1,597.4
Apr-13	1,605.2	1,611.6
May-13	1,607.6	1,606.0
Jun-13	1,609.9	1,605.6
Jul-13	1,611.2	1,616.1
Aug-13	1,611.0	1,620.4
Sep-13	1,609.7	1,608.4
Oct-13	1,608.2	1,606.0
Nov-13	1,607.0	1,605.1
Dec-13	1,606.3	1,605.9
Jan-14	1,606.3	1,595.0
Feb-14	1,607.3	1,607.3
Mar-14	1,609.0	1,614.5
Apr-14	1,611.2	1,603.9
May-14	1,613.5	1,612.0
Jun-14	1,615.4	1,619.0
Jul-14	1,616.2	1,616.8
Aug-14	1,615.9	1,616.9
Sep-14	1,615.1	1,612.5
Oct-14	1,614.9	1,613.0
Nov-14	1,616.2	1,613.1
Dec-14	1,619.6	1,601.4
Jan-15	1,624.1	1,628.9
Feb-15	1,628.6	1,628.2
Mar-15	1,632.0	1,636.6
Apr-15	1,634.1	1,639.0
May-15	1,635.5	1,636.6
Jun-15	1,637.3	1,634.3
Jul-15	1,639.8	1,640.6
Aug-15	1,643.1	1,637.9
Sep-15	1,646.9	1,649.2
Oct-15	1,651.1	1,656.0
Nov-15	1,654.6	1,652.9
Dec-15	1,657.0	1,651.3
Jan-16	1,658.0	1,662.7
Feb-16	1,658.0	1,663.3
Mar-16	1,657.5	1,655.5
Apr-16	1,657.2	1,633.0
May-16	1,657.1	1,664.2
Jun-16	1,657.5	1,657.7
Jul-16	1,658.7	1,662.0
Aug-16	1,660.7	1,664.1
Sep-16	1,662.9	1,660.0
Oct-16	1,665.3	1,664.7
Nov-16	1,667.8	1,665.6
Dec-16	1,670.3	1,673.9
Jan-17	1,672.8	1,702.0
Feb-17	1,675.8	1,662.5
Mar-17	1,679.5	1,679.3
Apr-17	1,684.2	1,666.1
May-17	1,689.6	1,712.9
Jun-17	1,695.5	1,708.5
Jul-17	1,701.5	1,699.2
Aug-17	1,707.2	1,704.2
Sep-17	1,712.3	1,711.7
Oct-17	1,716.5	1,715.5
Nov-17	1,719.9	1,727.1
Dec-17	1,722.5	1,720.6
Jan-18	1,724.5	1,709.9
Feb-18	1,726.3	1,722.7
Mar-18	1,728.8	1,726.2
Apr-18	1,732.0	1,744.2
May-18	1,735.7	1,731.7
Jun-18	1,739.7	1,743.2
Jul-18	1,743.2	1,743.8
Aug-18	1,746.0	1,743.9
Sep-18	1,747.8	1,747.5
Oct-18	1,749.4	1,755.3
Nov-18	1,751.7	1,750.9
Dec-18	1,755.0	1,748.3
Jan-19	1,759.4	1,759.4
Feb-19	1,763.7	1,764.2
Mar-19	1,767.5	1,778.0
Apr-19	1,770.4	1,772.2
May-19	1,772.2	1,767.0
Jun-19	1,773.1	1,770.1
Jul-19	1,773.9	1,774.0
Aug-19	1,775.1	1,778.2
Sep-19	1,776.3	1,780.0
Oct-19	1,777.1	1,773.9
Nov-19	1,776.8	1,774.2
Dec-19	1,775.2	1,783.0
Jan-20	1,772.6	1,773.8
Feb-20	1,770.0	1,772.1
Mar-20	1,769.2	1,767.7
Apr-20		1,589.1
May-20		1,604.3
Jun-20		1,666.8
Jul-20		1,686.0
Aug-20		1,690.3
Sep-20		1,689.1
Oct-20		1,724.1
Nov-20		1,750.6
Dec-20		1,748.9
Jan-21		1,672.7
Feb-21		1,764.5
Mar-21		1,806.5
Apr-21		1,782.2
May-21		1,809.6
Jun-21		1,783.6
Jul-21		1,782.7
Aug-21		1,710.4
Sep-21		1,728.8
Oct-21		1,727.2
Nov-21		1,802.5
Dec-21		1,822.7
Jan-22		1,683.3
Feb-22		1,823.5
Mar-22		1,819.8
Apr-22	1,842.3	1,840.9
May-22	1,848.6	1,852.6
Jun-22	1,854.9	1,858.3
Jul-22	1,861.4	1,853.9
Aug-22	1,867.7	1,867.6
Sep-22	1,873.6	1,867.2
Oct-22	1,879.5	1,910.1
Nov-22	1,885.3	1,902.5
Dec-22	1,890.9	1,884.7
Jan-23	1,895.9	1,844.8
Feb-23	1,900.6	1,916.9

Monthly hours worked in all jobs

["","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, February 2023.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted
	Hours worked (m)	Yearly change (%)
Feb-13	1,604	1.1
Mar-13	1,597	0.1
Apr-13	1,612	0.8
May-13	1,606	0.0
Jun-13	1,606	1.7
Jul-13	1,616	1.7
Aug-13	1,620	2.0
Sep-13	1,608	0.6
Oct-13	1,606	1.1
Nov-13	1,605	0.2
Dec-13	1,606	0.1
Jan-14	1,595	-0.4
Feb-14	1,607	0.2
Mar-14	1,614	1.1
Apr-14	1,604	-0.5
May-14	1,612	0.4
Jun-14	1,619	0.8
Jul-14	1,617	0.0
Aug-14	1,617	-0.2
Sep-14	1,612	0.3
Oct-14	1,613	0.4
Nov-14	1,613	0.5
Dec-14	1,601	-0.3
Jan-15	1,629	2.1
Feb-15	1,628	1.3
Mar-15	1,637	1.4
Apr-15	1,639	2.2
May-15	1,637	1.5
Jun-15	1,634	0.9
Jul-15	1,641	1.5
Aug-15	1,638	1.3
Sep-15	1,649	2.3
Oct-15	1,656	2.7
Nov-15	1,653	2.5
Dec-15	1,651	3.1
Jan-16	1,663	2.1
Feb-16	1,663	2.2
Mar-16	1,656	1.2
Apr-16	1,633	-0.4
May-16	1,664	1.7
Jun-16	1,658	1.4
Jul-16	1,662	1.3
Aug-16	1,664	1.6
Sep-16	1,660	0.7
Oct-16	1,665	0.5
Nov-16	1,666	0.8
Dec-16	1,674	1.4
Jan-17	1,702	2.4
Feb-17	1,663	0.0
Mar-17	1,679	1.4
Apr-17	1,666	2.0
May-17	1,713	2.9
Jun-17	1,709	3.1
Jul-17	1,699	2.2
Aug-17	1,704	2.4
Sep-17	1,712	3.1
Oct-17	1,715	3.0
Nov-17	1,727	3.7
Dec-17	1,721	2.8
Jan-18	1,710	0.5
Feb-18	1,723	3.6
Mar-18	1,726	2.8
Apr-18	1,744	4.7
May-18	1,732	1.1
Jun-18	1,743	2.0
Jul-18	1,744	2.6
Aug-18	1,744	2.3
Sep-18	1,747	2.1
Oct-18	1,755	2.3
Nov-18	1,751	1.4
Dec-18	1,748	1.6
Jan-19	1,759	2.9
Feb-19	1,764	2.4
Mar-19	1,778	3.0
Apr-19	1,772	1.6
May-19	1,767	2.0
Jun-19	1,770	1.5
Jul-19	1,774	1.7
Aug-19	1,778	2.0
Sep-19	1,780	1.9
Oct-19	1,774	1.1
Nov-19	1,774	1.3
Dec-19	1,783	2.0
Jan-20	1,774	0.8
Feb-20	1,772	0.4
Mar-20	1,768	-0.6
Apr-20	1,589	-10.3
May-20	1,604	-9.2
Jun-20	1,667	-5.8
Jul-20	1,686	-5.0
Aug-20	1,690	-4.9
Sep-20	1,689	-5.1
Oct-20	1,724	-2.8
Nov-20	1,751	-1.3
Dec-20	1,749	-1.9
Jan-21	1,673	-5.7
Feb-21	1,765	-0.4
Mar-21	1,806	2.2
Apr-21	1,782	12.1
May-21	1,810	12.8
Jun-21	1,784	7.0
Jul-21	1,783	5.7
Aug-21	1,710	1.2
Sep-21	1,729	2.4
Oct-21	1,727	0.2
Nov-21	1,802	3.0
Dec-21	1,823	4.2
Jan-22	1,683	0.6
Feb-22	1,823	3.3
Mar-22	1,820	0.7
Apr-22	1,841	3.3
May-22	1,853	2.4
Jun-22	1,858	4.2
Jul-22	1,854	4.0
Aug-22	1,868	9.2
Sep-22	1,867	8.0
Oct-22	1,910	10.6
Nov-22	1,902	5.5
Dec-22	1,885	3.4
Jan-23	1,845	9.6
Feb-23	1,917	5.1

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

["","Hours worked (m)","Yearly change (%)"]

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Participation

In trend terms, in February 2023, the participation rate:

decreased to 66.6%.
decreased to 71.2% for men and remained at 62.2% for women.

Participation rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb-13	65.1	65.2
Mar-13	65.1	65.1
Apr-13	65.1	65.1
May-13	65.1	65.0
Jun-13	65.0	65.1
Jul-13	65.0	64.9
Aug-13	64.9	64.9
Sep-13	64.8	64.9
Oct-13	64.8	64.8
Nov-13	64.7	64.6
Dec-13	64.6	64.5
Jan-14	64.6	64.6
Feb-14	64.5	64.6
Mar-14	64.6	64.7
Apr-14	64.6	64.7
May-14	64.6	64.6
Jun-14	64.7	64.7
Jul-14	64.7	64.8
Aug-14	64.7	64.7
Sep-14	64.7	64.7
Oct-14	64.7	64.7
Nov-14	64.7	64.5
Dec-14	64.7	64.6
Jan-15	64.7	64.7
Feb-15	64.8	64.9
Mar-15	64.8	64.9
Apr-15	64.8	64.8
May-15	64.9	64.8
Jun-15	64.9	64.8
Jul-15	64.9	65.1
Aug-15	65.0	64.9
Sep-15	65.1	65.0
Oct-15	65.1	65.2
Nov-15	65.2	65.2
Dec-15	65.2	65.1
Jan-16	65.1	65.2
Feb-16	65.1	65.0
Mar-16	65.0	64.9
Apr-16	65.0	64.9
May-16	64.9	64.8
Jun-16	64.9	64.9
Jul-16	64.8	65.0
Aug-16	64.8	64.7
Sep-16	64.7	64.5
Oct-16	64.7	64.6
Nov-16	64.7	64.7
Dec-16	64.7	64.8
Jan-17	64.7	64.7
Feb-17	64.7	64.7
Mar-17	64.8	64.9
Apr-17	64.9	64.9
May-17	65.0	64.9
Jun-17	65.1	65.1
Jul-17	65.2	65.2
Aug-17	65.3	65.3
Sep-17	65.4	65.4
Oct-17	65.4	65.3
Nov-17	65.5	65.5
Dec-17	65.6	65.8
Jan-18	65.6	65.8
Feb-18	65.6	65.7
Mar-18	65.6	65.6
Apr-18	65.5	65.6
May-18	65.5	65.4
Jun-18	65.5	65.7
Jul-18	65.6	65.5
Aug-18	65.6	65.7
Sep-18	65.6	65.5
Oct-18	65.6	65.6
Nov-18	65.6	65.7
Dec-18	65.6	65.6
Jan-19	65.6	65.7
Feb-19	65.7	65.5
Mar-19	65.8	65.7
Apr-19	65.9	65.9
May-19	66.0	66.0
Jun-19	66.1	66.0
Jul-19	66.1	66.1
Aug-19	66.1	66.2
Sep-19	66.1	66.2
Oct-19	66.1	66.0
Nov-19	66.0	66.0
Dec-19	66.0	65.9
Jan-20	65.9	66.0
Feb-20	65.9	65.8
Mar-20	65.9	65.8
Apr-20		63.6
May-20		62.6
Jun-20		64.1
Jul-20		64.7
Aug-20		65.0
Sep-20		64.9
Oct-20		65.7
Nov-20		66.0
Dec-20		66.1
Jan-21		66.0
Feb-21		66.0
Mar-21		66.2
Apr-21		66.0
May-21		66.2
Jun-21		66.2
Jul-21		66.0
Aug-21		65.2
Sep-21		64.6
Oct-21		64.8
Nov-21		66.1
Dec-21		66.2
Jan-22		66.2
Feb-22		66.5
Mar-22		66.4
Apr-22	66.6	66.5
May-22	66.7	66.7
Jun-22	66.7	66.8
Jul-22	66.7	66.5
Aug-22	66.7	66.7
Sep-22	66.7	66.7
Oct-22	66.7	66.6
Nov-22	66.7	66.8
Dec-22	66.7	66.6
Jan-23	66.7	66.5
Feb-23	66.6	66.6

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, February 2023.

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Feb-13	65.2	71.7	58.9
Mar-13	65.1	71.5	58.8
Apr-13	65.1	71.5	59.0
May-13	65.0	71.6	58.7
Jun-13	65.1	71.6	58.7
Jul-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Aug-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Sep-13	64.9	71.2	58.7
Oct-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Nov-13	64.6	71.0	58.4
Dec-13	64.5	70.9	58.2
Jan-14	64.6	70.8	58.5
Feb-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Mar-14	64.7	70.9	58.8
Apr-14	64.7	71.0	58.5
May-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Jun-14	64.7	70.9	58.7
Jul-14	64.8	71.0	58.7
Aug-14	64.7	70.9	58.6
Sep-14	64.7	70.7	58.8
Oct-14	64.7	70.9	58.7
Nov-14	64.5	71.1	58.2
Dec-14	64.6	70.8	58.6
Jan-15	64.7	71.1	58.6
Feb-15	64.9	71.2	58.8
Mar-15	64.9	71.3	58.7
Apr-15	64.8	71.1	58.7
May-15	64.8	71.0	58.9
Jun-15	64.8	70.9	58.9
Jul-15	65.1	71.1	59.3
Aug-15	64.9	71.0	59.1
Sep-15	65.0	71.0	59.2
Oct-15	65.2	71.1	59.4
Nov-15	65.2	70.9	59.7
Dec-15	65.1	70.9	59.5
Jan-16	65.2	71.3	59.4
Feb-16	65.0	70.7	59.4
Mar-16	64.9	70.8	59.3
Apr-16	64.9	70.5	59.5
May-16	64.8	70.6	59.3
Jun-16	64.9	70.4	59.6
Jul-16	65.0	70.6	59.5
Aug-16	64.7	70.5	59.1
Sep-16	64.5	70.1	59.1
Oct-16	64.6	70.3	59.0
Nov-16	64.7	70.4	59.3
Dec-16	64.8	70.5	59.3
Jan-17	64.7	70.2	59.4
Feb-17	64.7	70.4	59.2
Mar-17	64.9	70.5	59.5
Apr-17	64.9	70.6	59.5
May-17	64.9	70.6	59.5
Jun-17	65.1	70.6	59.8
Jul-17	65.2	70.8	59.7
Aug-17	65.3	70.8	60.0
Sep-17	65.4	70.8	60.1
Oct-17	65.3	70.7	60.1
Nov-17	65.5	71.0	60.3
Dec-17	65.8	71.1	60.6
Jan-18	65.8	71.2	60.5
Feb-18	65.7	71.0	60.5
Mar-18	65.6	70.8	60.6
Apr-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
May-18	65.4	70.7	60.3
Jun-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Jul-18	65.5	71.0	60.2
Aug-18	65.7	71.1	60.4
Sep-18	65.5	70.8	60.3
Oct-18	65.6	70.9	60.4
Nov-18	65.7	71.1	60.5
Dec-18	65.6	71.0	60.5
Jan-19	65.7	71.0	60.7
Feb-19	65.5	70.7	60.5
Mar-19	65.7	70.9	60.6
Apr-19	65.9	71.0	61.0
May-19	66.0	71.5	60.7
Jun-19	66.0	71.4	60.8
Jul-19	66.1	71.4	60.9
Aug-19	66.2	71.4	61.2
Sep-19	66.2	71.2	61.3
Oct-19	66.0	71.0	61.1
Nov-19	66.0	71.0	61.1
Dec-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
Jan-20	66.0	70.8	61.5
Feb-20	65.8	70.8	61.1
Mar-20	65.8	70.7	61.1
Apr-20	63.6	68.8	58.5
May-20	62.6	67.9	57.4
Jun-20	64.1	69.2	59.1
Jul-20	64.7	69.8	59.7
Aug-20	65.0	70.0	60.2
Sep-20	64.9	69.8	60.2
Oct-20	65.7	70.8	60.8
Nov-20	66.0	71.0	61.2
Dec-20	66.1	71.0	61.3
Jan-21	66.0	71.1	61.1
Feb-21	66.0	71.0	61.2
Mar-21	66.2	70.9	61.7
Apr-21	66.0	70.8	61.3
May-21	66.2	70.9	61.6
Jun-21	66.2	71.1	61.5
Jul-21	66.0	70.9	61.3
Aug-21	65.2	70.1	60.5
Sep-21	64.6	69.4	60.1
Oct-21	64.8	69.7	60.0
Nov-21	66.1	70.8	61.6
Dec-21	66.2	70.9	61.6
Jan-22	66.2	70.5	62.1
Feb-22	66.5	70.8	62.3
Mar-22	66.4	70.9	62.2
Apr-22	66.5	70.9	62.2
May-22	66.7	71.3	62.3
Jun-22	66.8	71.3	62.5
Jul-22	66.5	71.0	62.2
Aug-22	66.7	71.2	62.3
Sep-22	66.7	71.2	62.3
Oct-22	66.6	71.1	62.3
Nov-22	66.8	71.4	62.4
Dec-22	66.6	71.1	62.3
Jan-23	66.5	71.1	62.1
Feb-23	66.6	71.3	62.1

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In trend terms, in February 2023:

underemployment rate decreased to 5.9%.
underutilisation rate remained at 9.5%.

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate
	Underemployment rate - Trend (%)	Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)	Underutilisation rate - Trend (%)	Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb-13	7.1	7.1	12.6	12.5
Mar-13	7.2	7.2	12.7	12.9
Apr-13	7.3	7.2	12.9	12.8
May-13	7.4	7.5	13.0	13.1
Jun-13	7.4	7.5	13.1	13.2
Jul-13	7.5	7.4	13.2	13.0
Aug-13	7.5	7.6	13.2	13.4
Sep-13	7.5	7.4	13.3	13.2
Oct-13	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.3
Nov-13	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.3
Dec-13	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.4
Jan-14	7.5	7.3	13.3	13.3
Feb-14	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.4
Mar-14	7.6	7.5	13.4	13.4
Apr-14	7.7	7.7	13.5	13.5
May-14	7.8	7.8	13.7	13.7
Jun-14	8.0	7.9	14.0	14.0
Jul-14	8.2	8.3	14.3	14.5
Aug-14	8.3	8.4	14.5	14.5
Sep-14	8.5	8.8	14.7	15.1
Oct-14	8.5	8.2	14.8	14.6
Nov-14	8.5	8.6	14.8	15.0
Dec-14	8.5	8.4	14.8	14.5
Jan-15	8.5	8.5	14.7	14.9
Feb-15	8.5	8.5	14.6	14.7
Mar-15	8.4	8.2	14.6	14.3
Apr-15	8.4	8.3	14.5	14.4
May-15	8.4	8.4	14.5	14.3
Jun-15	8.4	8.4	14.5	14.4
Jul-15	8.5	8.6	14.5	14.9
Aug-15	8.6	8.4	14.6	14.5
Sep-15	8.6	8.8	14.6	14.9
Oct-15	8.6	8.7	14.6	14.6
Nov-15	8.6	8.6	14.5	14.4
Dec-15	8.6	8.5	14.4	14.2
Jan-16	8.5	8.5	14.3	14.5
Feb-16	8.4	8.4	14.2	14.1
Mar-16	8.4	8.4	14.1	14.0
Apr-16	8.5	8.6	14.2	14.3
May-16	8.6	8.3	14.2	14.0
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	8.7	8.7	14.3	14.4
Oct-16	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.1
Nov-16	8.6	8.5	14.4	14.3
Dec-16	8.7	8.6	14.4	14.4
Jan-17	8.7	8.8	14.5	14.5
Feb-17	8.7	9.0	14.5	14.9
Mar-17	8.7	8.6	14.5	14.5
Apr-17	8.7	8.7	14.4	14.4
May-17	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.2
Jun-17	8.6	8.4	14.2	14.0
Jul-17	8.6	8.5	14.1	14.2
Aug-17	8.5	8.6	14.1	14.1
Sep-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Oct-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	13.9
Nov-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	13.9
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	8.5	14.0	14.0
May-18	8.5	8.4	13.9	13.8
Jun-18	8.5	8.6	13.8	13.9
Jul-18	8.4	8.5	13.7	13.8
Aug-18	8.4	8.2	13.6	13.5
Sep-18	8.3	8.3	13.5	13.3
Oct-18	8.3	8.3	13.4	13.3
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	13.2
Feb-19	8.2	8.0	13.3	13.0
Mar-19	8.3	8.2	13.4	13.3
Apr-19	8.4	8.5	13.5	13.7
May-19	8.4	8.6	13.6	13.8
Jun-19	8.4	8.2	13.7	13.5
Jul-19	8.4	8.4	13.7	13.7
Aug-19	8.4	8.6	13.7	13.8
Sep-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.6
Oct-19	8.3	8.5	13.5	13.8
Nov-19	8.3	8.3	13.5	13.4
Dec-19	8.3	8.2	13.5	13.3
Jan-20	8.4	8.6	13.6	13.8
Feb-20	8.5	8.5	13.7	13.6
Mar-20	8.6	8.8	13.9	14.0
Apr-20		13.8		20.1
May-20		13.1		20.2
Jun-20		11.6		19.1
Jul-20		11.2		18.8
Aug-20		11.3		18.1
Sep-20		11.4		18.3
Oct-20		10.3		17.3
Nov-20		9.3		16.1
Dec-20		8.5		15.0
Jan-21		8.1		14.5
Feb-21		8.4		14.1
Mar-21		7.9		13.5
Apr-21		7.9		13.3
May-21		7.6		12.7
Jun-21		7.9		12.9
Jul-21		8.3		13.0
Aug-21		9.3		13.8
Sep-21		9.2		13.9
Oct-21		9.4		14.7
Nov-21		7.5		12.1
Dec-21		6.6		10.7
Jan-22		6.6		10.7
Feb-22		6.6		10.6
Mar-22		6.3		10.2
Apr-22	6.2	6.2	10.1	10.1
May-22	6.1	5.8	9.9	9.7
Jun-22	6.1	6.1	9.7	9.7
Jul-22	6.0	6.1	9.6	9.5
Aug-22	6.0	6.0	9.5	9.5
Sep-22	6.0	6.1	9.5	9.6
Oct-22	6.0	6.0	9.5	9.4
Nov-22	6.0	5.8	9.5	9.3
Dec-22	6.0	6.1	9.5	9.6
Jan-23	6.0	6.2	9.5	9.8
Feb-23	5.9	5.8	9.5	9.4

Underemployment rate and underutilisation 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. A list of trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, February 2023.

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Feb-13	7.1	5.4	9.1
Mar-13	7.2	5.5	9.3
Apr-13	7.2	5.5	9.2
May-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jun-13	7.5	5.9	9.5
Jul-13	7.4	5.6	9.5
Aug-13	7.6	5.8	9.7
Sep-13	7.4	5.7	9.5
Oct-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Nov-13	7.5	5.7	9.6
Dec-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jan-14	7.3	5.7	9.3
Feb-14	7.5	5.7	9.6
Mar-14	7.5	5.7	9.7
Apr-14	7.7	5.7	9.9
May-14	7.8	5.9	9.9
Jun-14	7.9	6.0	10.2
Jul-14	8.3	6.4	10.6
Aug-14	8.4	6.4	10.7
Sep-14	8.8	6.9	11.1
Oct-14	8.2	6.3	10.4
Nov-14	8.6	6.7	10.9
Dec-14	8.4	6.5	10.7
Jan-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Feb-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Mar-15	8.2	5.9	10.8
Apr-15	8.3	6.4	10.6
May-15	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-15	8.4	6.5	10.6
Jul-15	8.6	6.9	10.7
Aug-15	8.4	6.5	10.7
Sep-15	8.8	6.7	11.1
Oct-15	8.7	6.7	11.0
Nov-15	8.6	6.7	10.8
Dec-15	8.5	6.3	10.9
Jan-16	8.5	6.6	10.7
Feb-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Mar-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Apr-16	8.6	7.1	10.4
May-16	8.3	6.7	10.2
Jun-16	8.8	7.0	10.8
Jul-16	9.0	7.0	11.3
Aug-16	8.8	7.2	10.7
Sep-16	8.7	6.9	10.8
Oct-16	8.5	6.8	10.6
Nov-16	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-16	8.6	6.8	10.7
Jan-17	8.8	6.9	11.0
Feb-17	9.0	7.0	11.4
Mar-17	8.6	6.8	10.7
Apr-17	8.7	6.7	11.1
May-17	8.7	6.8	10.8
Jun-17	8.4	6.6	10.5
Jul-17	8.5	6.9	10.5
Aug-17	8.6	6.9	10.6
Sep-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Oct-17	8.5	6.6	10.7
Nov-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-17	8.5	6.4	10.8
Jan-18	8.7	7.0	10.7
Feb-18	8.5	6.7	10.5
Mar-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Apr-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
May-18	8.4	6.5	10.7
Jun-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Jul-18	8.5	6.4	10.9
Aug-18	8.2	6.1	10.6
Sep-18	8.3	6.3	10.6
Oct-18	8.3	6.2	10.7
Nov-18	8.5	6.6	10.6
Dec-18	8.3	6.4	10.4
Jan-19	8.1	6.2	10.4
Feb-19	8.0	6.2	10.0
Mar-19	8.2	6.5	10.2
Apr-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
May-19	8.6	6.9	10.5
Jun-19	8.2	6.6	10.0
Jul-19	8.4	6.7	10.4
Aug-19	8.6	7.0	10.3
Sep-19	8.3	6.8	10.1
Oct-19	8.5	6.7	10.6
Nov-19	8.3	6.6	10.1
Dec-19	8.2	6.5	10.1
Jan-20	8.6	6.6	10.7
Feb-20	8.5	6.6	10.7
Mar-20	8.8	7.2	10.6
Apr-20	13.8	12.6	15.1
May-20	13.1	12.3	14.1
Jun-20	11.6	10.7	12.7
Jul-20	11.2	10.4	12.2
Aug-20	11.3	10.6	12.0
Sep-20	11.4	10.6	12.2
Oct-20	10.3	9.0	11.8
Nov-20	9.3	7.9	10.8
Dec-20	8.5	7.0	10.2
Jan-21	8.1	6.9	9.5
Feb-21	8.4	7.3	9.6
Mar-21	7.9	6.6	9.3
Apr-21	7.9	6.5	9.3
May-21	7.6	6.5	8.8
Jun-21	7.9	6.8	9.2
Jul-21	8.3	7.1	9.7
Aug-21	9.3	8.5	10.1
Sep-21	9.2	8.4	10.1
Oct-21	9.4	8.8	10.1
Nov-21	7.5	6.2	8.8
Dec-21	6.6	5.5	7.8
Jan-22	6.6	5.4	7.8
Feb-22	6.6	5.4	7.8
Mar-22	6.3	5.1	7.7
Apr-22	6.2	5.0	7.5
May-22	5.8	4.8	7.0
Jun-22	6.1	5.1	7.3
Jul-22	6.1	4.9	7.4
Aug-22	6.0	4.9	7.2
Sep-22	6.1	5.0	7.2
Oct-22	6.0	4.9	7.2
Nov-22	5.8	4.6	7.2
Dec-22	6.1	4.9	7.3
Jan-23	6.2	5.1	7.3
Feb-23	5.8	4.7	7.0

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and Territories

February 2023 - Trend
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,339,500	3,555,100	2,788,100	933,300	1,518,100	288,100	141,200	264,500	13,831,400
Employed people - monthly change	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%
Employment to population ratio	64.3%	64.4%	63.6%	61.3%	66.4%	60.0%	72.5%	70.7%	64.3%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.4 pts	0.2 pts	0.0 pts
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%	3.7%	4.0%	3.8%	3.7%	3.9%	3.0%	3.5%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Underemployment rate	5.8%	5.7%	6.4%	6.9%	5.6%	7.6%	4.7%	5.7%	5.9%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	-0.2 pts	0.3 pts	0.0 pts
Participation rate	66.4%	66.9%	66.1%	63.8%	69.0%	62.3%	75.4%	72.8%	66.6%
Participation rate - monthly change	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.4 pts	0.2 pts	0.0 pts

February 2023 - Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,332,300	3,571,500	2,777,900	936,000	1,520,300	286,400	141,600	266,000	13,826,200
Employed people - monthly change	0.4%	1.8%	-0.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	1.2%	2.0%	0.5%
Employment to population ratio	64.2%	64.7%	63.4%	61.4%	66.5%	59.6%	72.6%	71.1%	64.3%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.1 pts	1.0 pts	-0.7 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.8 pts	1.3 pts	0.2 pts
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%	3.6%	4.6%	2.9%	3.5%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	-0.3 pts	0.0 pts	-0.2 pts	0.2 pts	-0.5 pts	0.6 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.1 pts
Underemployment rate	5.9%	5.4%	6.4%	6.9%	5.6%	7.5%	4.1%	6.0%	5.8%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	-0.9 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.3 pts	-1.5 pts	-0.9 pts	0.8 pts	-0.3 pts
Participation rate	66.3%	67.2%	65.8%	63.8%	69.2%	61.8%	76.0%	73.2%	66.6%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.8 pts	-0.7 pts	0.0 pts	0.3 pts	-0.3 pts	1.3 pts	1.0 pts	0.1 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	January outgoing rotation group	February incoming rotation group	February outgoing rotation group	February estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	63.2%	64.6%	64.9%	64.6%
Full-time employment to population ratio	44.4%	45.2%	45.6%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%	3.8%	3.9%
Participation rate	65.5%	67.4%	67.4%	67.2%

States and Territories

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Labour Force status

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Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex
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Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)
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Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Hours worked

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Table 19. Monthly 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 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted
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EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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Underemployment and underutilisation

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Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, February 1991 onwards

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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 and onwards.

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Labour Force status

Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original

Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original

Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex

Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)

Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Hours worked

Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted

Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted

EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

Underemployment and underutilisation

Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted

Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, February 1991 onwards

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