JULY KEY FIGURES

		Jun 2017	Jul 2017	Jun 17 to Jul 17		Jul 16 to Jul 17
Trend
	Employed persons ('000)	12 170.9	12 196.9	26.0		2.2	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	727.8	726.0	-1.8		0.7	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.6	5.6	0.0	pts	-0.1	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.0	65.0	0.1	pts	0.3	pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Employed persons ('000)	12 173.5	12 201.4	27.9		2.0	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	729.5	730.6	1.1		0.1	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.7	5.6	0.0	pts	-0.1	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.0	65.1	0.1	pts	0.2	pts

Employed Persons

Unemployment Rate

JULY KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 26,000 to 12,196,900.
• Unemployment decreased 1,800 to 726,000.
• Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6%.
• Participation rate increased by less than 0.1 pts, but remained at 65.0% in rounded terms.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 5.2 million hours (0.3%) to 1,696.4 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 27,900 to 12,201,400. Full-time employment decreased 20,300 to 8,342,300 and part-time employment increased 48,200 to 3,859,100.
• Unemployment increased 1,100 to 730,600. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 3,800 to 496,400 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work increased 4,900 to 234,200.
• Unemployment rate decreased by less than 0.1 pts to 5.6%
• Participation rate increased by 0.1 pts to 65.1%.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 14.4 million hours (0.8%) to 1,690.4 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
August 2017	14 September 2017
September 2017	19 October 2017
October 2017	16 November 2017
November 2017	14 December 2017
December 2017	18 January 2018
January 2018	15 February 2018

ANNUAL BENCHMARKING OF MONTHLY HOURS WORKED

Each year the monthly hours worked in all jobs series are benchmarked to an annual hours worked estimate. This will occur with the next publication, for August 2017. This process results in minor revisions to all monthly hours worked in all jobs series.


ROUNDING

Estimates of changes shown on the front cover and used in the commentary have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movement obtained from the rounded estimates. The graphs on the front cover also depict unrounded estimates.


SAMPLING ERROR

The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and movements are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability. The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.

MOVEMENTS IN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES BETWEEN JUNE 2017 AND JULY 2017
	Monthly change	95% Confidence interval
Total Employment	27 900	-31 300	to	87 100
Total Unemployment	1 100	-35 900	to	38 100
Unemployment rate	0.0 pts	-0.4 pts	to	0.4 pts
Participation rate	0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	to	0.5 pts

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