Australia Labour Force
From ausstats.abs.gov.au
MAY KEY POINTS TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) •Employment increased to 11,747,200. •Unemployment decreased to 756,300. •Unemployment rate decreased less than 0.1 pts to 6.0%. •Participation rate remained steady at 64.8%. •Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 2.5 million hours to 1,634.1 million hours from a revised April 2015 estimate. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) •Employment increased 42,000 to 11,759,600. Full-time employment increased 14,700 to 8,128,600 and part-time employment increased 27,300 to 3,630,900. •Unemployment decreased 22,000 to 745,200. The number of unemployed persons ...
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