Labour Account Australia, September 2023

Key statistics - Seasonally adjusted
		Sep-23	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change (%)
Jobs
	Total jobs	15,950,900	0.7%	2.7%
	Filled jobs	15,532,500	0.8%	3.4%
	Job vacancies	418,400	-1.6%	-15.6%
	Main jobs	14,448,700	0.8%	3.1%
	Secondary jobs	1,083,900	1.0%	7.4%
	Proportion of vacant jobs	2.6%	na	na
People
	Employed people	14,435,300	0.6%	3.1%
	Multiple job-holders	955,600	-0.8%	6.8%
	Multiple job-holding rate	6.6%	na	na
Hours
	Hours actually worked	5,878.6 million	-0.7%	4.2%
Payments
	Average income per employed person	$23,494.00	1.8%	5.6%

Key statistics - Trend (a)
		Sep-23	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change (%)
Jobs
	Total jobs	15,949,900	0.7%	2.8%
	Filled jobs	15,530,200	0.8%	3.2%
	Job vacancies	419,700	-1.0%	-11.2%
	Main jobs	14,421,300	0.7%	2.8%
	Secondary jobs	1,109,000	2.3%	9.7%
	Proportion of vacant jobs	2.6%	na	na
People
	Employed people	14,436,600	0.6%	2.9%
	Multiple job-holders	970,900	0.8%	6.9%
	Multiple job-holding rate	6.7%	na	na
Hours
	Hours actually worked	5,885.7 million	0.3%	4.6%

The ABS expects to reinstate trend estimates in the Payments quadrant in mid-2024. For more information, see Data impacts and changes.

Reinstating trend estimates

The ABS has reinstated Labour Account trend estimates for the Jobs, People and Hours quadrants (including for the entire COVID-19 period in spreadsheets) in this issue and reverted to concurrent seasonal adjustment across all series. However, key figures and graphs in the Labour Account release will continue to focus on seasonally adjusted estimates. This will be reviewed for future releases. For more information, see Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates below.

Guide to labour statistics

To learn more about our different labour measures, their purpose and how to use them, see our Guide to labour statistics. It provides summary information on labour market topics including Industry employment data.

Data impacts and changes

Revisions this quarter

Change to the release of annual Labour Account data

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023:

filled jobs increased by 0.8%, following a 0.5% rise in the June quarter 2023, and 3.4% through the year
the number of main jobs increased by 108,400 (0.8%)
the proportion of vacant jobs decreased to 2.6%
the number of public sector jobs remained steady, while the number of private sector jobs increased by 0.9%.

Total jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023, the total number of jobs increased by 112,700 (0.7%). This consisted of a decrease of 6,800 job vacancies and an increase of 119,600 filled jobs.

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 ('000)	Sep-2023 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	472.6	466.3
Mining (B)	222.3	230.3
Manufacturing (C)	923.0	929.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	143.0	146.4
Construction (E)	1,248.3	1,225.4
Wholesale trade (F)	645.4	640.8
Retail trade (G)	1,513.4	1,499.0
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,211.4	1,250.2
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	733.3	761.0
Information media and telecommunications (J)	214.5	232.2
Financial and insurance services (K)	528.4	523.9
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	326.5	337.9
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,271.8	1,259.7
Administrative and support services (N)	1,042.3	1,025.3
Public administration and safety (O)	851.3	849.1
Education and training (P)	1,267.4	1,290.3
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,346.7	2,395.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	286.0	302.5
Other services (S)	590.5	585.6

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Filled jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023, the number of filled jobs increased by 119,600 to 15.5 million.

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Filled jobs ('000)	Quarterly change (%)
Sep-18	13,755.5	0.6
Dec-18	13,874.0	0.9
Mar-19	13,874.4	0.0
Jun-19	13,950.3	0.5
Sep-19	14,099.7	1.1
Dec-19	14,111.1	0.1
Mar-20	14,083.6	-0.2
Jun-20	13,251.2	-5.9
Sep-20	13,634.9	2.9
Dec-20	13,977.2	2.5
Mar-21	14,121.5	1.0
Jun-21	14,267.8	1.0
Sep-21	13,953.8	-2.2
Dec-21	14,524.3	4.1
Mar-22	14,653.8	0.9
Jun-22	14,915.8	1.8
Sep-22	15,028.5	0.8
Dec-22	15,175.0	1.0
Mar-23	15,337.6	1.1
Jun-23	15,413.0	0.5
Sep-23	15,532.5	0.8

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Filled jobs","Quarterly change"]

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Filled jobs, by industry, September quarter 2023, seasonally adjusted
	Filled jobs ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	463.4	-1.3	0.7
Mining (B)	218.7	3.7	10.7
Manufacturing (C)	904.4	0.5	1.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	141.4	2.4	8.5
Construction (E)	1,195.1	-1.9	-3.9
Wholesale trade (F)	624.9	-0.8	-1.6
Retail trade (G)	1,462.5	-0.9	-1.2
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,204.0	3.5	9.0
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	748.4	4.0	6.9
Information media and telecommunications (J)	228.5	8.4	9.8
Financial and insurance services (K)	512.5	-0.6	-0.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	332.3	3.6	2.3
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,215.0	-1.0	2.7
Administrative and support services (N)	991.2	-1.3	-3.7
Public administration and safety (O)	825.4	-0.3	3.2
Education and training (P)	1,274.2	1.7	9.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,324.8	2.2	8.2
Arts and recreation services (R)	294.9	5.8	20.2
Other services (S)	570.9	-0.6	0.6
Total all industries	15,532.5	0.8	3.4

Main and secondary jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023:

main jobs increased by 108,400 (0.8%)
secondary jobs increased by 11,200 (1.0%)
the proportion of secondary jobs to filled jobs increased to 7.0%.

The three industries with the highest number of secondary jobs were Health care and social assistance, Administrative and support services, and Education and training.

Main and secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Main jobs ('000)	Secondary jobs ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	436.4	27.0
Mining (B)	213.1	5.6
Manufacturing (C)	877.0	27.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	138.5	3.0
Construction (E)	1,149.5	45.6
Wholesale trade (F)	603.1	21.7
Retail trade (G)	1,357.3	105.2
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,103.8	100.2
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	725.3	23.1
Information media and telecommunications (J)	217.5	11.0
Financial and insurance services (K)	471.2	41.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	316.5	15.8
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,146.1	68.9
Administrative and support services (N)	851.9	139.3
Public administration and safety (O)	773.9	51.5
Education and training (P)	1,140.3	133.9
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,138.4	186.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	256.5	38.4
Other services (S)	532.4	38.6

Main and secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Main jobs","Secondary jobs"]

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Secondary jobs can be held by people who have their main job in the same or a different industry.

Statistical discrepancy - Filled jobs

The Labour Account compiles independent estimates of the number of filled jobs from both a household and business perspective. The difference between these two estimates is referred to as the "statistical discrepancy". The household estimates of filled jobs are considered the best measure of labour market activity total economy level, while business sources are considered more reliable estimating the distribution of jobs across industries. As a result, the Labour Account filled jobs estimates are constrained (equivalent) to the household side.

The discrepancy between the two sources is reduced to zero through the balancing processes of the Labour Account, producing a single harmonised or "balanced" number of filled jobs. The balanced estimate of filled jobs incorporates the advantage of the industry distribution derived from business side data, whilst constraining to a total economy estimate sourced from household side data. In original terms the discrepancy between household sources and business sources was 378,300 jobs in the September quarter 2023, or 2.5% of the household estimate.

While the business sources have been showing stronger jobs growth over the COVID period, this hasn't impacted on overall Labour Accounts aggregates given the Labour Account jobs estimates are constrained to the household side.

Filled jobs discrepancy, original
Quarter	Discrepancy (business sources less household sources) ('000)	Filled jobs (business sources) ('000)	Filled jobs (household sources) ('000)
Sep-20	552.7	14,100.4	13,547.7
Dec-20	193.1	14,270.2	14,077.1
Mar-21	358.6	14,485.6	14,127.0
Jun-21	240.8	14,494.8	14,254.0
Sep-21	630.9	14,491.0	13,860.1
Dec-21	-87.4	14,543.0	14,630.5
Mar-22	-43.7	14,610.1	14,653.8
Jun-22	94.5	15,000.3	14,905.8
Sep-22	341.0	15,273.5	14,932.5
Dec-22	143.6	15,427.0	15,283.4
Mar-23	36.2	15,368.8	15,332.6
Jun-23	208.2	15,617.0	15,408.9
Sep-23	378.3	15,814.8	15,436.5

Filled jobs discrepancy, original

["Quarter","Discrepancy (business sources less household sources)","Filled jobs (business sources)","Filled jobs (household sources)"]

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Balancing decisions for Rental, hiring and real estate services and Other services were mostly based on household survey sources. All other industries were mostly based on business survey sources.

People

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023:

the total number of employed people increased by 0.6% to 14.4 million
the number of multiple job-holders decreased by 0.8%
unemployed people increased by 9,700 people to 509,800.

Employed people and multiple job-holders, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Employed people ('000)	Multiple job holders (Quarterly change %)
Sep-18	12,918.0	0.0
Dec-18	12,990.7	6.7
Mar-19	13,049.3	-2.3
Jun-19	13,113.2	-2.4
Sep-19	13,229.1	3.0
Dec-19	13,252.3	0.7
Mar-20	13,221.2	1.4
Jun-20	12,542.7	-18.6
Sep-20	12,800.8	12.8
Dec-20	13,109.5	9.5
Mar-21	13,243.3	1.1
Jun-21	13,345.0	3.1
Sep-21	13,072.2	-7.9
Dec-21	13,582.9	13.0
Mar-22	13,702.4	0.1
Jun-22	13,910.6	4.4
Sep-22	14,002.2	-0.5
Dec-22	14,160.0	4.2
Mar-23	14,273.6	2.3
Jun-23	14,346.7	1.0
Sep-23	14,435.3	-0.8

Employed people and multiple job-holders, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Employed people","Multiple job holders"]

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The three industries with the highest number of employed people in the September quarter 2023 were Health care and social assistance, Retail trade, and Education and training.

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 ('000)	Sep-2023 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	456.3	451.6
Mining (B)	209.8	217.5
Manufacturing (C)	896.5	900.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	137.5	140.8
Construction (E)	1,211.5	1,183.2
Wholesale trade (F)	627.4	621.2
Retail trade (G)	1,459.3	1,438.4
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,127.8	1,174.0
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	715.5	744.2
Information media and telecommunications (J)	207.0	225.6
Financial and insurance services (K)	511.3	509.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	318.4	329.8
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,207.7	1,193.9
Administrative and support services (N)	981.5	972.1
Public administration and safety (O)	820.7	819.7
Education and training (P)	1,221.6	1,240.3
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,209.6	2,251.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	271.3	288.2
Other services (S)	568.2	564.7

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Hours

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023, the total number of hours actually worked decreased by 39.6 million hours (0.7%) to 5.9 billion hours.

Hours actually worked, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Hours actually worked (million)	Quarterly change (%)
Sep-18	5,262.4	0.4
Dec-18	5,273.2	0.2
Mar-19	5,343.5	1.3
Jun-19	5,332.7	-0.2
Sep-19	5,365.1	0.6
Dec-19	5,355.1	-0.2
Mar-20	5,299.4	-1.0
Jun-20	4,864.1	-8.2
Sep-20	5,079.3	4.4
Dec-20	5,210.7	2.6
Mar-21	5,274.9	1.2
Jun-21	5,365.8	1.7
Sep-21	5,228.9	-2.6
Dec-21	5,347.3	2.3
Mar-22	5,361.6	0.3
Jun-22	5,560.8	3.7
Sep-22	5,640.5	1.4
Dec-22	5,725.7	1.5
Mar-23	5,796.6	1.2
Jun-23	5,918.3	2.1
Sep-23	5,878.6	-0.7

Hours actually worked, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Hours actually worked","Quarterly change"]

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The three industries with the highest number of hours actually worked in the September quarter 2023 were Health care and social assistance, Construction, and Professional, scientific and technical services.

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 (million)	Sep-2023 (million)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	210.1	210.5
Mining (B)	110.0	111.5
Manufacturing (C)	406.1	395.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	64.3	62.0
Construction (E)	559.5	540.3
Wholesale trade (F)	279.3	272.6
Retail trade (G)	478.9	469.7
Accommodation and food services (H)	330.4	334.1
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	323.2	324.7
Information media and telecommunications (J)	84.7	93.4
Financial and insurance services (K)	223.4	217.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	140.2	145.8
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	512.9	500.5
Administrative and support services (N)	296.1	306.5
Public administration and safety (O)	343.6	333.2
Education and training (P)	459.1	453.1
Health care and social assistance (Q)	786.0	790.1
Arts and recreation services (R)	81.3	91.2
Other services (S)	229.1	226.9

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 (hours)	Sep-2023 (hours)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	447.6	454.3
Mining (B)	521.6	510.1
Manufacturing (C)	451.3	437.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	465.2	438.1
Construction (E)	459.4	452.1
Wholesale trade (F)	443.3	436.3
Retail trade (G)	324.5	321.2
Accommodation and food services (H)	284.0	277.5
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	449.1	433.9
Information media and telecommunications (J)	401.9	408.9
Financial and insurance services (K)	433.3	424.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	436.9	438.7
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	417.8	412.0
Administrative and support services (N)	294.9	309.2
Public administration and safety (O)	415.1	403.6
Education and training (P)	366.5	355.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	345.5	339.8
Arts and recreation services (R)	291.7	309.2
Other services (S)	398.7	397.4

Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Payments

The Labour Account Payments quadrant presents the costs incurred by enterprises in employing labour, and the income received by people from its provision. Total income consists of compensation of employees and labour income from self-employment. The addition of other related costs to employers to total income will derive total labour costs.

In seasonally adjusted terms for the September quarter 2023:

total labour income increased by $8,048 million (2.4%) to $339,144 million
the average labour income per employed person increased by 1.8% to $23,494
total compensation of employees increased by 2.4% to $310,218 million
labour income from self-employment increased by 3.0% to $28,926 million
total labour costs increased by $8,001 million (2.3%) to $360,202 million.

The three industries with the highest total labour income in the September quarter 2023 were Health care and social assistance, Professional, scientific and technical services, and Construction.

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 ($billion)	Sep-2023 ($billion)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	9.8	10.4
Mining (B)	10.1	10.5
Manufacturing (C)	20.7	21.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	4.5	4.6
Construction (E)	30.9	31.3
Wholesale trade (F)	14.2	14.5
Retail trade (G)	18.0	18.3
Accommodation and food services (H)	10.8	11.3
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	16.2	16.9
Information media and telecommunications (J)	7.0	7.5
Financial and insurance services (K)	15.3	15.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	6.5	6.6
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	38.8	39.2
Administrative and support services (N)	19.0	19.6
Public administration and safety (O)	25.6	25.9
Education and training (P)	26.7	27.0
Health care and social assistance (Q)	44.9	46.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	3.5	3.6
Other services (S)	8.8	9.0

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Jun-2023 ($'000)	Sep-2023 ($'000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	21.4	23.0
Mining (B)	48.1	48.3
Manufacturing (C)	23.1	23.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	32.7	32.3
Construction (E)	25.5	26.4
Wholesale trade (F)	22.7	23.3
Retail trade (G)	12.3	12.7
Accommodation and food services (H)	9.5	9.6
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	22.6	22.7
Information media and telecommunications (J)	33.8	33.2
Financial and insurance services (K)	29.9	30.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	20.3	20.1
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	32.1	32.8
Administrative and support services (N)	19.4	20.2
Public administration and safety (O)	31.2	31.5
Education and training (P)	21.8	21.8
Health care and social assistance (Q)	20.3	20.6
Arts and recreation services (R)	12.9	12.6
Other services (S)	15.5	16.0

Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Jun-2023","Sep-2023"]

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Table 19. Arts and recreation services (R) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 20. Other services (S) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 21. Unbalanced: total all industries - original
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Table 22. Quarterly revisions
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Table 2. Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

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Table 4. Manufacturing (C) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 5. Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 6. Construction (E) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 7. Wholesale trade (F) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 8. Retail trade (G) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 9. Accommodation and food services (H) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 10. Transport, postal and warehousing (I) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 11. Information media and telecommunications (J) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 12. Financial and insurance services (K) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 13. Rental, hiring and real estate services (L) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 14. Professional, scientific and technical services (M) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 15. Administrative and support services (N) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 16. Public administration and safety (O) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 17. Education and training (P) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 18. Health care and social assistance (Q) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 19. Arts and recreation services (R) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 20. Other services (S) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 21. Unbalanced: total all industries - original

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