Weekly Employment Growth by Industry

The following report summarises the ABS Weekly Jobs data which utilises the ATO tax payroll data indices. The maximum data date is . Jobs numbers are in thousands and are sourced from the quarterly ABS Labour Force statistics.

The following chart compares the quarterly labour force survey with the ATO payroll jobs index. The calibrated jobs index adjusts the ATO weekly payroll growth to match the ABS Labour Force survey at each industry subdivision level. The difference in the two indices over time could reflects increased coverage of the ATO real time payroll data as a proportion of all employers.

The table summarises the number of jobs (in thousands) in each industry division across Australia as at . Select a comparison period for the latest jobs data.

Select industries from the table above to compare the growth of jobs in industries relative to the economy overall.

The colours represent the percentage change in industry jobs since . Areas are the number of jobs in each subdivision from the latest labour force survey.

Job trends for