Labour Force, Australia

Latest release

Headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked from the monthly Labour Force Survey

Reference period

September 2026

Released

15/10/2026

Release date and time

15/10/2026 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms, in September 2026:

the employment-to-population ratio decreased 0.3ppt to 63.6%.
the unemployment rate increased 0.1ppt to 4.7%.

In trend terms, in September 2026:

the employment-to-population ratio remained at 63.8%.
the unemployment rate remained at 4.6%.

Main features

Labour Force Modernisation

The release of the September 2026 Labour Force, Australia marks the return to the full suite of Labour Force data products.

For full details on how Labour Force statistics will be published from this month, see Update on the Labour Force Modernisation and future release plans.

Key statistics - Seasonally adjusted
	Aug-26	Sep-26	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	14,822,000	14,782,700	-39,300	-0.3%	168,300	1.2%
Employment to population ratio	63.9%	63.6%	-0.3 pts	na	-0.3 pts	na
Unemployed people	723,100	732,000	8,900	1.2%	55,200	8.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%	0.1 pts	na	0.3 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.2%	6.3%	0.1 pts	na	0.4 pts	na
Participation rate	67.0%	66.8%	-0.2 pts	na	-0.2 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	2,010 million	2,011 million	1 million	0.1%	25 million	1.3%

Key statistics - Trend
	Aug-26	Sep-26	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Employed people	14,811,000	14,826,700	15,700	0.1%	210,800	1.4%
Employment to population ratio	63.8%	63.8%	0.0 pts	na	-0.2 pts	na
Unemployed people	715,200	722,300	7,100	1.0%	66,000	10.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%	0.0 pts	na	0.3 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.3%	6.3%	0.0 pts	na	0.5 pts	na
Participation rate	66.9%	66.9%	0.0 pts	na	0.1 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	2,006 million	2,007 million	1 million	0.0%	21 million	1.1%

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.

For definitions of labour statistics used in this publication, please refer to Glossary of Labour Force, Australia methodology.

Survey impacts and changes

Labour Force Modernisation

Classification changes to occupation related data

Weighting adjustments in Victoria

Rotation group analysis

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	August outgoing rotation group	September incoming rotation group	September outgoing rotation group	September estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	65.0%	64.2%	65.0%	64.3%
Full-time employment to population ratio	44.0%	44.2%	44.2%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%	4.5%	4.5%
Participation rate	67.3%	67.3%	68.1%	67.3%

Survey dates

Employment

In September 2026, employment decreased by 39,300 people (-0.3%) to 14,782,700 people in seasonally adjusted terms. Full-time employment increased by 34,400 to 10,232,400 people, and part-time employment decreased by 73,700 to 4,550,200 people.

Employed people
	Trend ('000)	Seasonally adjusted ('000)
Sep-16	11,975.2	11,942.9
Oct-16	11,978.0	11,961.2
Nov-16	11,983.3	11,987.8
Dec-16	11,993.2	12,018.4
Jan-17	12,010.9	12,039.7
Feb-17	12,037.1	12,015.5
Mar-17	12,071.7	12,075.9
Apr-17	12,113.6	12,133.1
May-17	12,158.1	12,165.3
Jun-17	12,201.5	12,197.6
Jul-17	12,240.9	12,233.4
Aug-17	12,275.4	12,282.0
Sep-17	12,305.7	12,322.3
Oct-17	12,333.5	12,325.5
Nov-17	12,359.9	12,368.9
Dec-17	12,383.9	12,398.7
Jan-18	12,403.8	12,437.9
Feb-18	12,419.2	12,422.2
Mar-18	12,432.8	12,442.5
Apr-18	12,448.5	12,460.7
May-18	12,470.1	12,452.7
Jun-18	12,498.4	12,522.4
Jul-18	12,530.5	12,523.2
Aug-18	12,563.8	12,585.8
Sep-18	12,595.9	12,602.4
Oct-18	12,624.2	12,625.1
Nov-18	12,648.7	12,645.0
Dec-18	12,672.2	12,670.9
Jan-19	12,698.0	12,715.1
Feb-19	12,726.0	12,725.5
Mar-19	12,754.9	12,748.9
Apr-19	12,783.5	12,786.0
May-19	12,811.0	12,792.1
Jun-19	12,835.0	12,804.8
Jul-19	12,853.7	12,837.4
Aug-19	12,867.3	12,883.1
Sep-19	12,877.4	12,903.9
Oct-19	12,887.0	12,854.1
Nov-19	12,897.8	12,874.8
Dec-19	12,908.6	12,924.8
Jan-20	12,916.8	12,931.6
Feb-20	12,921.0	12,930.8
Mar-20	12,921.4	12,925.7
Apr-20		12,347.1
May-20		12,051.5
Jun-20		12,279.8
Jul-20		12,416.6
Aug-20		12,552.6
Sep-20		12,521.0
Oct-20		12,658.6
Nov-20		12,742.5
Dec-20		12,798.6
Jan-21		12,841.6
Feb-21		12,893.3
Mar-21		12,953.6
Apr-21		12,948.2
May-21		13,038.4
Jun-21		13,058.7
Jul-21		13,085.3
Aug-21		12,953.0
Sep-21		12,828.8
Oct-21		12,778.7
Nov-21		13,144.3
Dec-21		13,227.8
Jan-22		13,292.3
Feb-22		13,366.4
Mar-22		13,389.1
Apr-22	13,469.5	13,449.9
May-22	13,526.4	13,487.7
Jun-22	13,577.2	13,581.5
Jul-22	13,621.6	13,593.6
Aug-22	13,659.0	13,666.4
Sep-22	13,689.4	13,675.7
Oct-22	13,715.6	13,714.2
Nov-22	13,742.2	13,781.6
Dec-22	13,773.8	13,779.4
Jan-23	13,812.7	13,801.1
Feb-23	13,857.4	13,839.4
Mar-23	13,904.2	13,930.6
Apr-23	13,948.6	13,929.0
May-23	13,988.3	14,016.3
Jun-23	14,023.0	14,025.8
Jul-23	14,055.2	14,028.5
Aug-23	14,085.4	14,101.7
Sep-23	14,114.8	14,097.9
Oct-23	14,142.8	14,154.0
Nov-23	14,167.8	14,201.1
Dec-23	14,189.6	14,148.4
Jan-24	14,207.4	14,145.5
Feb-24	14,225.4	14,252.3
Mar-24	14,245.8	14,231.3
Apr-24	14,270.2	14,266.6
May-24	14,298.3	14,294.7
Jun-24	14,329.3	14,317.2
Jul-24	14,361.3	14,377.1
Aug-24	14,394.3	14,408.8
Sep-24	14,427.2	14,451.1
Oct-24	14,456.7	14,449.0
Nov-24	14,483.0	14,465.3
Dec-24	14,505.5	14,512.9
Jan-25	14,524.2	14,544.5
Feb-25	14,539.0	14,468.0
Mar-25	14,549.8	14,501.3
Apr-25	14,558.2	14,603.7
May-25	14,565.4	14,592.8
Jun-25	14,574.2	14,565.9
Jul-25	14,585.3	14,611.9
Aug-25	14,599.9	14,597.6
Sep-25	14,615.8	14,614.3
Oct-25	14,633.2	14,647.3
Nov-25	14,651.4	14,605.2
Dec-25	14,668.1	14,662.5
Jan-26	14,684.4	14,696.1
Feb-26	14,701.1	14,718.5
Mar-26	14,719.4	14,739.7
Apr-26	14,739.4	14,698.5
May-26	14,760.1	14,733.4
Jun-26	14,779.2	14,809.8
Jul-26	14,795.8	14,792.7
Aug-26	14,811.0	14,822.0
Sep-26	14,826.7	14,782.7

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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, September 2026.

Employment-to-population ratio

In September 2026, the employment-to-population ratio decreased by 0.3ppt to 63.6% in seasonally adjusted terms. The employment-to-population ratio decreased by 0.3ppt to 67.2% for males, and decreased by 0.2ppt to 60.2% for females.

Employment-to-population ratio
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Sep-16	61.0	60.8
Oct-16	60.9	60.8
Nov-16	60.8	60.9
Dec-16	60.8	61.0
Jan-17	60.8	60.9
Feb-17	60.8	60.7
Mar-17	60.9	60.9
Apr-17	61.0	61.1
May-17	61.2	61.2
Jun-17	61.3	61.3
Jul-17	61.4	61.4
Aug-17	61.5	61.6
Sep-17	61.6	61.7
Oct-17	61.7	61.6
Nov-17	61.7	61.8
Dec-17	61.8	61.9
Jan-18	61.8	62.0
Feb-18	61.8	61.8
Mar-18	61.7	61.8
Apr-18	61.7	61.8
May-18	61.8	61.7
Jun-18	61.8	61.9
Jul-18	61.9	61.9
Aug-18	62.0	62.1
Sep-18	62.0	62.1
Oct-18	62.1	62.1
Nov-18	62.1	62.1
Dec-18	62.2	62.2
Jan-19	62.2	62.3
Feb-19	62.2	62.2
Mar-19	62.3	62.2
Apr-19	62.4	62.4
May-19	62.4	62.3
Jun-19	62.5	62.3
Jul-19	62.5	62.4
Aug-19	62.5	62.5
Sep-19	62.4	62.5
Oct-19	62.4	62.2
Nov-19	62.3	62.2
Dec-19	62.3	62.4
Jan-20	62.3	62.3
Feb-20	62.2	62.2
Mar-20	62.1	62.1
Apr-20		59.3
May-20		57.9
Jun-20		59.0
Jul-20		59.6
Aug-20		60.3
Sep-20		60.1
Oct-20		60.8
Nov-20		61.2
Dec-20		61.5
Jan-21		61.6
Feb-21		61.9
Mar-21		62.1
Apr-21		62.1
May-21		62.5
Jun-21		62.6
Jul-21		62.7
Aug-21		62.0
Sep-21		61.4
Oct-21		61.1
Nov-21		62.8
Dec-21		63.1
Jan-22		63.3
Feb-22		63.5
Mar-22		63.5
Apr-22	63.8	63.7
May-22	63.9	63.7
Jun-22	64.0	64.1
Jul-22	64.1	64.0
Aug-22	64.2	64.2
Sep-22	64.2	64.1
Oct-22	64.1	64.1
Nov-22	64.1	64.3
Dec-22	64.1	64.1
Jan-23	64.1	64.0
Feb-23	64.1	64.0
Mar-23	64.2	64.3
Apr-23	64.2	64.1
May-23	64.2	64.4
Jun-23	64.3	64.3
Jul-23	64.3	64.1
Aug-23	64.2	64.3
Sep-23	64.2	64.1
Oct-23	64.2	64.3
Nov-23	64.2	64.4
Dec-23	64.2	64.0
Jan-24	64.1	63.8
Feb-24	64.1	64.2
Mar-24	64.0	63.9
Apr-24	64.0	64.0
May-24	64.1	64.1
Jun-24	64.1	64.1
Jul-24	64.2	64.3
Aug-24	64.2	64.3
Sep-24	64.3	64.4
Oct-24	64.3	64.3
Nov-24	64.4	64.3
Dec-24	64.3	64.4
Jan-25	64.3	64.4
Feb-25	64.3	64.0
Mar-25	64.2	64.0
Apr-25	64.2	64.4
May-25	64.1	64.2
Jun-25	64.1	64.0
Jul-25	64.0	64.1
Aug-25	64.0	64.0
Sep-25	64.0	64.0
Oct-25	64.0	64.0
Nov-25	64.0	63.8
Dec-25	63.9	63.9
Jan-26	63.9	64.0
Feb-26	63.9	63.9
Mar-26	63.9	63.9
Apr-26	63.9	63.7
May-26	63.9	63.8
Jun-26	63.9	64.0
Jul-26	63.9	63.9
Aug-26	63.8	63.9
Sep-26	63.8	63.6

Employment-to-population ratio

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Unemployment

In September 2026, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1ppt to 4.7% in seasonally adjusted terms, with the number of unemployed people increasing by 8,900 to 732,000 people. The unemployment rate remained at 4.8% for males and increased by 0.1ppt to 4.6% for females. The youth unemployment rate increased by 0.3ppt to 11.1%.

Unemployment rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
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	5.9
Mar-17	5.8	5.8
Apr-17	5.7	5.6
May-17	5.7	5.6
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	5.5
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	5.3	5.2
Oct-19	5.2	5.3
Nov-19	5.2	5.2
Dec-19	5.2	5.0
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		7.4
Aug-20		6.8
Sep-20		6.9
Oct-20		6.9
Nov-20		6.8
Dec-20		6.6
Jan-21		6.3
Feb-21		5.9
Mar-21		5.7
Apr-21		5.5
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		4.0
Apr-22	3.9	3.9
May-22	3.8	3.9
Jun-22	3.7	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	3.6	3.7
Feb-23	3.6	3.6
Mar-23	3.6	3.6
Apr-23	3.6	3.7
May-23	3.6	3.6
Jun-23	3.6	3.5
Jul-23	3.6	3.7
Aug-23	3.7	3.7
Sep-23	3.7	3.6
Oct-23	3.8	3.8
Nov-23	3.8	3.9
Dec-23	3.9	4.0
Jan-24	3.9	4.1
Feb-24	4.0	3.7
Mar-24	4.0	3.9
Apr-24	4.0	4.1
May-24	4.0	4.0
Jun-24	4.1	4.0
Jul-24	4.1	4.2
Aug-24	4.1	4.1
Sep-24	4.1	4.0
Oct-24	4.0	4.1
Nov-24	4.0	3.9
Dec-24	4.0	4.0
Jan-25	4.0	4.1
Feb-25	4.0	4.1
Mar-25	4.1	4.1
Apr-25	4.1	4.1
May-25	4.2	4.1
Jun-25	4.2	4.3
Jul-25	4.2	4.3
Aug-25	4.3	4.2
Sep-25	4.3	4.4
Oct-25	4.3	4.3
Nov-25	4.3	4.3
Dec-25	4.3	4.1
Jan-26	4.3	4.1
Feb-26	4.3	4.3
Mar-26	4.3	4.3
Apr-26	4.4	4.5
May-26	4.4	4.4
Jun-26	4.5	4.4
Jul-26	4.6	4.5
Aug-26	4.6	4.7
Sep-26	4.6	4.7

Unemployment rate

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Underemployment

In September 2026, the underemployment rate increased by 0.1ppt to 6.3% and the underutilisation rate increased by 0.2ppt to 11.0% in seasonally adjusted terms.

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate
	Underemployment rate - Trend (%)	Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)	Underutilisation rate - Trend (%)	Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)
Sep-16	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.4
Oct-16	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.1
Nov-16	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.2
Dec-16	8.6	8.6	14.4	14.4
Jan-17	8.7	8.7	14.5	14.4
Feb-17	8.7	9.0	14.5	14.9
Mar-17	8.7	8.6	14.5	14.4
Apr-17	8.7	8.7	14.4	14.3
May-17	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.3
Jun-17	8.6	8.4	14.2	14.0
Jul-17	8.5	8.5	14.1	14.1
Aug-17	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.1
Sep-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Oct-17	8.5	8.4	14.0	13.8
Nov-17	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
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	8.4	14.0	14.0
May-18	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
Jun-18	8.5	8.6	13.9	13.9
Jul-18	8.4	8.5	13.7	13.8
Aug-18	8.3	8.1	13.6	13.4
Sep-18	8.3	8.3	13.5	13.3
Oct-18	8.2	8.2	13.4	13.2
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	13.1
Feb-19	8.2	8.0	13.2	13.0
Mar-19	8.2	8.2	13.3	13.3
Apr-19	8.3	8.4	13.4	13.7
May-19	8.3	8.7	13.5	13.9
Jun-19	8.4	8.2	13.6	13.5
Jul-19	8.4	8.4	13.6	13.7
Aug-19	8.4	8.5	13.6	13.7
Sep-19	8.3	8.3	13.6	13.5
Oct-19	8.3	8.4	13.6	13.7
Nov-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.5
Dec-19	8.4	8.3	13.6	13.3
Jan-20	8.5	8.5	13.7	13.8
Feb-20	8.6	8.5	13.8	13.7
Mar-20	8.6	8.7	13.9	13.9
Apr-20		13.6		19.9
May-20		13.3		20.3
Jun-20		11.6		19.0
Jul-20		11.2		18.6
Aug-20		11.1		17.9
Sep-20		11.2		18.1
Oct-20		10.2		17.2
Nov-20		9.3		16.1
Dec-20		8.5		15.1
Jan-21		8.1		14.4
Feb-21		8.4		14.2
Mar-21		7.9		13.5
Apr-21		7.8		13.3
May-21		7.7		12.8
Jun-21		7.9		12.9
Jul-21		8.3		13.0
Aug-21		9.1		13.7
Sep-21		9.0		13.7
Oct-21		9.3		14.6
Nov-21		7.5		12.1
Dec-21		6.7		10.9
Jan-22		6.6		10.7
Feb-22		6.6		10.7
Mar-22		6.3		10.3
Apr-22	6.2	6.2	10.1	10.0
May-22	6.1	6.0	9.9	9.9
Jun-22	6.0	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	6.0	9.5	9.6
Oct-22	6.0	6.0	9.5	9.4
Nov-22	6.1	5.9	9.6	9.4
Dec-22	6.1	6.2	9.7	9.7
Jan-23	6.1	6.2	9.7	9.8
Feb-23	6.2	5.9	9.8	9.5
Mar-23	6.2	6.2	9.8	9.8
Apr-23	6.3	6.1	9.9	9.8
May-23	6.4	6.4	10.0	10.0
Jun-23	6.4	6.4	10.0	9.9
Jul-23	6.5	6.4	10.1	10.2
Aug-23	6.5	6.6	10.2	10.3
Sep-23	6.5	6.4	10.3	9.9
Oct-23	6.5	6.4	10.3	10.2
Nov-23	6.6	6.6	10.4	10.5
Dec-23	6.6	6.6	10.5	10.6
Jan-24	6.6	6.7	10.6	10.8
Feb-24	6.6	6.6	10.6	10.4
Mar-24	6.6	6.5	10.6	10.4
Apr-24	6.6	6.6	10.6	10.7
May-24	6.5	6.7	10.5	10.7
Jun-24	6.4	6.3	10.5	10.3
Jul-24	6.4	6.3	10.4	10.5
Aug-24	6.3	6.5	10.4	10.6
Sep-24	6.2	6.2	10.3	10.2
Oct-24	6.1	6.2	10.2	10.3
Nov-24	6.1	6.0	10.1	10.0
Dec-24	6.0	6.0	10.0	10.0
Jan-25	6.0	6.0	10.0	10.1
Feb-25	5.9	5.9	10.0	10.0
Mar-25	5.9	5.9	10.0	10.0
Apr-25	5.9	6.0	10.0	10.1
May-25	5.9	5.8	10.0	9.9
Jun-25	5.8	5.9	10.0	10.2
Jul-25	5.8	5.8	10.1	10.1
Aug-25	5.8	5.7	10.1	10.0
Sep-25	5.8	5.9	10.1	10.3
Oct-25	5.9	5.7	10.2	10.0
Nov-25	5.9	6.2	10.2	10.5
Dec-25	5.9	5.7	10.2	9.8
Jan-26	5.9	5.9	10.2	10.0
Feb-26	5.9	5.9	10.3	10.2
Mar-26	6.0	6.0	10.3	10.3
Apr-26	6.1	5.9	10.5	10.4
May-26	6.2	6.3	10.6	10.7
Jun-26	6.3	6.4	10.8	10.9
Jul-26	6.3	6.3	10.9	10.8
Aug-26	6.3	6.2	10.9	10.9
Sep-26	6.3	6.3	11.0	11.0

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate

["","Underemployment rate - Trend","Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted","Underutilisation rate - Trend","Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted"]

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Participation

In September 2026, the participation rate decreased 0.2ppt to 66.8% in seasonally adjusted terms. The participation rate decreased by 0.3ppt to 70.6% for males and decreased by 0.1ppt to 63.1% for females.

Participation rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Sep-16	64.6	64.4
Oct-16	64.6	64.4
Nov-16	64.5	64.6
Dec-16	64.5	64.7
Jan-17	64.5	64.6
Feb-17	64.6	64.5
Mar-17	64.6	64.7
Apr-17	64.7	64.8
May-17	64.9	64.8
Jun-17	65.0	65.0
Jul-17	65.1	65.1
Aug-17	65.1	65.2
Sep-17	65.2	65.2
Oct-17	65.3	65.2
Nov-17	65.3	65.4
Dec-17	65.4	65.6
Jan-18	65.4	65.6
Feb-18	65.4	65.4
Mar-18	65.4	65.4
Apr-18	65.3	65.4
May-18	65.3	65.2
Jun-18	65.3	65.4
Jul-18	65.4	65.3
Aug-18	65.4	65.5
Sep-18	65.4	65.3
Oct-18	65.4	65.4
Nov-18	65.5	65.5
Dec-18	65.5	65.5
Jan-19	65.5	65.6
Feb-19	65.6	65.5
Mar-19	65.6	65.6
Apr-19	65.7	65.8
May-19	65.8	65.8
Jun-19	65.9	65.8
Jul-19	65.9	65.9
Aug-19	65.9	66.0
Sep-19	65.9	66.0
Oct-19	65.8	65.7
Nov-19	65.8	65.6
Dec-19	65.7	65.7
Jan-20	65.7	65.8
Feb-20	65.6	65.6
Mar-20	65.6	65.5
Apr-20		63.3
May-20		62.2
Jun-20		63.7
Jul-20		64.4
Aug-20		64.7
Sep-20		64.6
Oct-20		65.3
Nov-20		65.7
Dec-20		65.8
Jan-21		65.8
Feb-21		65.7
Mar-21		65.9
Apr-21		65.7
May-21		65.9
Jun-21		65.9
Jul-21		65.8
Aug-21		65.0
Sep-21		64.4
Oct-21		64.5
Nov-21		65.8
Dec-21		65.9
Jan-22		66.0
Feb-22		66.2
Mar-22		66.1
Apr-22	66.3	66.2
May-22	66.4	66.4
Jun-22	66.5	66.5
Jul-22	66.5	66.3
Aug-22	66.5	66.5
Sep-22	66.5	66.5
Oct-22	66.5	66.4
Nov-22	66.4	66.6
Dec-22	66.4	66.5
Jan-23	66.5	66.5
Feb-23	66.5	66.4
Mar-23	66.6	66.7
Apr-23	66.6	66.6
May-23	66.6	66.8
Jun-23	66.7	66.6
Jul-23	66.7	66.6
Aug-23	66.7	66.8
Sep-23	66.7	66.5
Oct-23	66.8	66.8
Nov-23	66.8	67.0
Dec-23	66.8	66.7
Jan-24	66.7	66.6
Feb-24	66.7	66.7
Mar-24	66.7	66.5
Apr-24	66.7	66.8
May-24	66.8	66.8
Jun-24	66.8	66.8
Jul-24	66.9	67.1
Aug-24	67.0	67.1
Sep-24	67.0	67.1
Oct-24	67.0	67.0
Nov-24	67.1	66.9
Dec-24	67.0	67.1
Jan-25	67.0	67.2
Feb-25	67.0	66.7
Mar-25	66.9	66.7
Apr-25	66.9	67.1
May-25	66.9	67.0
Jun-25	66.9	66.9
Jul-25	66.9	67.0
Aug-25	66.9	66.8
Sep-25	66.9	66.9
Oct-25	66.8	66.9
Nov-25	66.8	66.6
Dec-25	66.8	66.7
Jan-26	66.8	66.7
Feb-26	66.7	66.8
Mar-26	66.8	66.8
Apr-26	66.8	66.7
May-26	66.8	66.7
Jun-26	66.9	67.0
Jul-26	66.9	66.9
Aug-26	66.9	67.0
Sep-26	66.9	66.8

Participation rate

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Hours worked

In September 2026, monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 1.3 million hours to 2,011 million hours in seasonally adjusted terms.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs
	Trend (m)	Seasonally adjusted (m)
Sep-16	1,663.8	1,660.6
Oct-16	1,666.7	1,665.4
Nov-16	1,670.0	1,668.4
Dec-16	1,673.3	1,677.3
Jan-17	1,676.4	1,709.4
Feb-17	1,679.8	1,664.3
Mar-17	1,683.8	1,681.9
Apr-17	1,688.6	1,669.8
May-17	1,694.1	1,716.0
Jun-17	1,700.1	1,712.4
Jul-17	1,706.2	1,703.9
Aug-17	1,711.8	1,707.4
Sep-17	1,716.7	1,716.9
Oct-17	1,720.4	1,719.7
Nov-17	1,723.1	1,732.0
Dec-17	1,724.9	1,722.7
Jan-18	1,725.8	1,719.1
Feb-18	1,726.6	1,724.2
Mar-18	1,728.2	1,725.5
Apr-18	1,730.7	1,737.7
May-18	1,733.8	1,731.5
Jun-18	1,737.4	1,739.8
Jul-18	1,740.7	1,740.5
Aug-18	1,743.5	1,742.5
Sep-18	1,746.0	1,745.0
Oct-18	1,748.9	1,754.0
Nov-18	1,753.0	1,752.0
Dec-18	1,758.0	1,750.0
Jan-19	1,763.1	1,767.0
Feb-19	1,767.1	1,769.2
Mar-19	1,769.5	1,777.8
Apr-19	1,770.3	1,771.4
May-19	1,770.0	1,763.9
Jun-19	1,769.3	1,766.1
Jul-19	1,769.3	1,769.8
Aug-19	1,770.7	1,774.8
Sep-19	1,773.3	1,776.0
Oct-19	1,776.1	1,769.9
Nov-19	1,777.9	1,775.6
Dec-19	1,777.5	1,788.5
Jan-20	1,774.6	1,782.4
Feb-20	1,770.3	1,772.2
Mar-20	1,766.9	1,764.8
Apr-20		1,581.6
May-20		1,598.6
Jun-20		1,661.9
Jul-20		1,680.2
Aug-20		1,684.7
Sep-20		1,684.1
Oct-20		1,713.6
Nov-20		1,750.0
Dec-20		1,745.9
Jan-21		1,732.2
Feb-21		1,751.0
Mar-21		1,799.3
Apr-21		1,768.2
May-21		1,802.2
Jun-21		1,775.2
Jul-21		1,775.0
Aug-21		1,704.0
Sep-21		1,724.6
Oct-21		1,723.1
Nov-21		1,792.4
Dec-21		1,824.3
Jan-22		1,743.4
Feb-22		1,815.6
Mar-22		1,815.1
Apr-22	1,835.7	1,822.3
May-22	1,843.1	1,848.0
Jun-22	1,851.9	1,855.5
Jul-22	1,861.5	1,851.7
Aug-22	1,871.1	1,873.0
Sep-22	1,880.2	1,875.5
Oct-22	1,889.3	1,910.6
Nov-22	1,898.5	1,904.0
Dec-22	1,907.8	1,902.1
Jan-23	1,916.5	1,919.3
Feb-23	1,924.8	1,921.8
Mar-23	1,932.4	1,934.8
Apr-23	1,938.3	1,951.9
May-23	1,941.5	1,940.3
Jun-23	1,941.9	1,943.5
Jul-23	1,939.7	1,945.7
Aug-23	1,935.5	1,932.8
Sep-23	1,929.8	1,924.6
Oct-23	1,924.4	1,930.5
Nov-23	1,921.3	1,923.0
Dec-23	1,921.7	1,914.7
Jan-24	1,925.5	1,917.1
Feb-24	1,931.1	1,929.4
Mar-24	1,937.0	1,955.5
Apr-24	1,942.2	1,946.6
May-24	1,946.1	1,941.4
Jun-24	1,949.1	1,945.0
Jul-24	1,952.7	1,951.9
Aug-24	1,958.1	1,963.9
Sep-24	1,965.1	1,965.7
Oct-24	1,972.0	1,963.2
Nov-24	1,976.6	1,976.7
Dec-24	1,978.6	1,985.4
Jan-25	1,978.2	1,982.8
Feb-25	1,976.9	1,977.0
Mar-25	1,976.0	1,969.8
Apr-25	1,976.3	1,968.3
May-25	1,977.9	1,999.6
Jun-25	1,980.3	1,976.5
Jul-25	1,982.4	1,993.6
Aug-25	1,984.1	1,976.1
Sep-25	1,985.8	1,985.6
Oct-25	1,988.2	1,989.8
Nov-25	1,991.9	1,987.7
Dec-25	1,996.3	1,996.0
Jan-26	2,000.8	2,005.7
Feb-26	2,004.2	2,002.5
Mar-26	2,005.7	2,008.0
Apr-26	2,005.8	2,025.4
May-26	2,005.2	2,002.5
Jun-26	2,004.8	2,009.7
Jul-26	2,005.1	1,995.5
Aug-26	2,006.0	2,009.6
Sep-26	2,006.9	2,010.9

Monthly hours worked in all jobs

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In seasonally adjusted terms, monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 0.1%, while there was a 0.3% decrease in employment.

Employment and hours worked index (June 2022 = 100), Seasonally adjusted
	Employed (Index)	Hours Worked (Index)
Jun-22	100.0	100.0
Jul-22	100.1	99.8
Aug-22	100.6	100.9
Sep-22	100.7	101.1
Oct-22	101.0	103.0
Nov-22	101.5	102.6
Dec-22	101.5	102.5
Jan-23	101.6	103.4
Feb-23	101.9	103.6
Mar-23	102.6	104.3
Apr-23	102.6	105.2
May-23	103.2	104.6
Jun-23	103.3	104.7
Jul-23	103.3	104.9
Aug-23	103.8	104.2
Sep-23	103.8	103.7
Oct-23	104.2	104.0
Nov-23	104.6	103.6
Dec-23	104.2	103.2
Jan-24	104.2	103.3
Feb-24	104.9	104.0
Mar-24	104.8	105.4
Apr-24	105.0	104.9
May-24	105.3	104.6
Jun-24	105.4	104.8
Jul-24	105.9	105.2
Aug-24	106.1	105.8
Sep-24	106.4	105.9
Oct-24	106.4	105.8
Nov-24	106.5	106.5
Dec-24	106.9	107.0
Jan-25	107.1	106.9
Feb-25	106.5	106.6
Mar-25	106.8	106.2
Apr-25	107.5	106.1
May-25	107.4	107.8
Jun-25	107.2	106.5
Jul-25	107.6	107.4
Aug-25	107.5	106.5
Sep-25	107.6	107.0
Oct-25	107.8	107.2
Nov-25	107.5	107.1
Dec-25	108.0	107.6
Jan-26	108.2	108.1
Feb-26	108.4	107.9
Mar-26	108.5	108.2
Apr-26	108.2	109.2
May-26	108.5	107.9
Jun-26	109.0	108.3
Jul-26	108.9	107.5
Aug-26	109.1	108.3
Sep-26	108.8	108.4

Employment and hours worked index (June 2022 = 100), Seasonally adjusted

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States and Territories

September 2026 - Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Australia
Employed people	4,514,400	3,822,800	3,043,200	991,300	1,706,600	278,500	14,782,700
Employed people - monthly change	-0.8%	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.2%	1.3%	-0.7%	-0.3%
Employment to population ratio	62.6%	64.0%	63.9%	61.5%	66.2%	56.7%	63.6%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	-0.6 pts	-0.2 pts	-0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.7 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.3 pts
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%	4.5%	4.2%	4.2%	5.0%	4.7%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.4 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.2 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts
Underemployment rate	5.6%	6.9%	6.8%	7.3%	5.6%	7.2%	6.3%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.3 pts	0.8 pts	-0.2 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts
Participation rate	65.7%	67.4%	66.9%	64.1%	69.1%	59.7%	66.8%
Participation rate - monthly change	-0.4 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	0.6 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.2 pts

Seasonally adjusted estimates for NT and ACT are not available due to having no seasonality. The ABS recommends using trend data.

September 2026 - Trend
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,537,600	3,829,000	3,047,600	991,200	1,697,900	280,100	145,800	276,000	14,826,700
Employed people - monthly change	-0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1%	-0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
Employment to population ratio	63.0%	64.2%	64.0%	61.5%	65.8%	57.1%	68.3%	68.4%	63.8%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.1%	4.5%	4.3%	4.3%	5.2%	4.8%	4.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Underemployment rate	5.6%	7.0%	6.7%	7.0%	5.7%	7.0%	5.0%	6.0%	6.3%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Participation rate	66.0%	67.6%	67.0%	64.2%	68.8%	60.2%	71.8%	71.5%	66.9%
Participation rate - monthly change	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.2 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts

Data downloads

The release of the September 2026 Labour Force, Australia marks the return to the full suite of Labour Force data products.

From the September 2026 reference period onwards, our monthly publications include:

Labour Force, Australia headline spreadsheets and pivot tables, released on the third Thursday of each month.
Longitudinal Labour Force, Australia microdata released in ABS DataLab six days after the release of the headline estimates.
A new Regional Labour Force publication released one week after the headline estimates.
TableBuilder: Labour Force Survey released eight days after the headline estimates.
Labour Force PLIDA Modular Product released approximately 2 weeks after the headline estimates.

There may be some shifts in detailed labour force timeseries data following improvements to select questions and rotation group patterns as part of Labour Force Modernisation. For further information, see Survey impacts and changes.

Labour Force status

Monthly

Data files

Table 001. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 002. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 003. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 004. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 005. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 006. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 007. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 008. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 009. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 010. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 011. Labour force status by Age and Sex - Original
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Table 012. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 013. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 014. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State and Territory
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Table 016. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)
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LMS1. Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, Historical (pivot table)
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LMS2. Labour force status by Age, Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS), Marital status and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS3. Labour force status by Age (detailed), Greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS4. Labour force status by Age, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), and Sex (pivot table)
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LMS5. Labour force status by Elapsed years since arrival, Major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), Sex, State and Territory (pivot table)
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Hours worked

Monthly

Data files

Table 017. 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 018. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs and Sex
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HRS1. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, State and Territory (pivot table)
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HRS2. Employed persons by Hours worked in all jobs, Age and Sex (pivot table)
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HRS3. Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by Hours worked in all jobs and Sex (pivot table)
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HRS4. Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by Hours worked in all jobs, State and Territory (pivot table)
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Status in employment

Monthly

Data files

Table 019. Status in employment of main job and Sex
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SEM1. Status in employment of main job by Hours worked in all jobs, Sex, and State (pivot table)
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SEM2. Status in employment of main job by Hours worked in all jobs and Sex (pivot table)
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SEM3. Status in employment of main job by Industry division (ANZSIC) (pivot table)
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Industry and Occupation

Monthly

Data files

Table 021. Employed persons by State, Territory and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC)
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IAO1. Employed persons by Greater Capital City and Rest of State (ASGS), Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) and Sex (pivot table)
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IAO2. Employed persons by Age and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) (pivot table)
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Table 022. Employed persons by Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) and Hours worked in all jobs
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Table 023. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Sex
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IAO3. Employed persons by Age and Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) (pivot table)
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IAO4. Employed persons by Occupation major group (OSCA) and Status in employment of main job (pivot table)
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Table 024. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Hours worked in all jobs
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IAO5. Employed persons by Industry division (ANZSIC) and Occupation major group (OSCA) of main job and Sex (pivot table)
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Quarterly

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Data files

Table 020. Employed persons by Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) - Trend, Seasonally adjusted, and Original (quarterly table)
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Table 021. Employed persons by State, Territory and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC)
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Table 022. Employed persons by Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) and Hours worked in all jobs
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Table 023. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Sex
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Table 024. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Hours worked in all jobs
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Unemployed duration of job search

Monthly

Data files

Table 025. Unemployed persons by Duration of job search and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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UDJ1. Unemployed persons by Duration of job search, and State and Territory (pivot table)
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UDJ2. Unemployed persons by Duration of job search and Age (pivot table)
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Retrenchment

Monthly

Data files

Table 026. Retrenchment by Labour force status, State and Territory
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Table 027. Retrenchment by Labour force status, Age and Sex
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Quarterly

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Table 026. Retrenchment by Labour force status, State and Territory
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Table 027. Retrenchment by Labour force status, Age and Sex
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Underemployment and underutilisation

Monthly

Data files

Table X28. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table X29. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table X30. Underemployed persons by Industry division (ANZSIC) or Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Sex
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Table X31. Volume measures of underutilisation by State, Territory and Sex
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Table X32. Volume measures of underutilisation by Age and Sex
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Quarterly

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Table X30. Underemployed persons by Industry division (ANZSIC) or Occupation major group of main job (OSCA) and Sex
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Table X31. Volume measures of underutilisation by State, Territory and Sex
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Table X32. Volume measures of underutilisation by Age and Sex
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Not in the labour force

Monthly

Data files

NLF1. Persons not in the labour force (NILF) by Reason not in the labour force, State and Territory (pivot table)
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NLF2. Persons not in the labour force (NILF) by Reason not in the labour force, Age and Sex (pivot table)
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Table name concordance

This table provides a concordance between the Labour Force data downloads prior to Labour Force Modernisation and the current format. For further details on these changes, see Update on the Labour Force Modernisation and future release plans.