JUNE KEY FIGURES

		May 2016	Jun 2016	May 16 to Jun 16		Jun 15 to Jun 16
Trend
	Employed persons ('000)	11 925.1	11 933.4	8.3		1.8	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	726.1	725.9	-0.2		-5.2	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.7	5.7	0.0	pts	-0.4	pts
	Participation rate (%)	64.8	64.8	0.0	pts	-0.1	pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Employed persons ('000)	11 931.7	11 939.6	7.9		1.9	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	724.3	734.2	9.9		-3.1	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.7	5.8	0.1	pts	-0.3	pts
	Participation rate (%)	64.8	64.9	0.0	pts	0.1	pts

Employed Persons

Unemployment Rate

JUNE KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 8,300 to 11,933,400.
• Unemployment decreased 200 to 725,900.
• Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.7%.
• Participation rate remained steady at 64.8%.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 0.7 million hours to 1,635.1 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 7,900 to 11,939,600. Full-time employment increased 38,400 to 8,198,900 and part-time employment decreased 30,600 to 3,740,700.
• Unemployment increased 9,900 to 734,200. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 9,200 to 496,700 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work increased 19,000 to 237,500.
• Unemployment rate increased by 0.1 pts to 5.8%.
• Participation rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 64.9%.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 4.3 million hours to 1,640.0 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
July 2016	18 August 2016
August 2016	15 September 2016
September 2016	20 October 2016
October 2016	17 November 2016
November 2016	15 December 2016
December 2016	19 January 2017

CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES

Each year the Monthly hours worked in all jobs series is benchmarked to an annual hours worked level. This will occur with the July 2016 issue of this publication, which will result in revisions to the Monthly hours worked in all jobs series. For details on the methodology, refer to the Information paper: Expansion of Hours Worked Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, Australia, 2009 (cat. no. 6290.0.55.001).


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 MAY 2016 AND JUNE 2016
	Monthly change	95% Confidence interval
Total Employment	7 900	-50 700	to	66 500
Total Unemployment	9 900	-27 300	to	47 100
Unemployment rate	0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	to	0.5 pts
Participation rate	0.0 pts	-0.4 pts	to	0.4 pts

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