Weekly payroll job indexes, sourced from Single Touch Payroll (STP) data
In the week ending 14 September 2024, payroll jobs:
Month change periods represent the index change between the reference week and four weeks prior, whereas annual change represents the index change from 52 weeks prior.
Estimates of change throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded index values. They may differ from, though are more accurate than, change calculated from rounded values.
The final reference week for this release is the 14 September 2024. The next quarterly release reference week will be the 14 December 2024.
There is a greater level of reporting variability around the change in financial years making the interpretation of change in payroll jobs across this period more challenging than usual. This period also sees greater revisions than usual in subsequent releases.
| Jul-24 | Aug-24 | Sep-24 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month change (%) | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Year change (%) | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
The 0.3% positive monthly movement to mid-September 2024 was influenced by payroll jobs growth in Public administration and safety related to the NSW state elections.
All geographical areas in this release represent the residential address of the jobholder.
In the month to 14 September 2024, payroll jobs change varied across states and territories.
In the month to 14 September 2024, the largest change in payroll jobs was worked by persons aged 70 and over, up 2.3%.
In the month to 14 September 2024, payroll jobs rose in 9 of 19 industries.
Time series estimates of payroll jobs by industry subdivision are presented as index values in Table 2 of the Data downloads. Refer to the Glossary in the Methodology for more detailed information on the industry classification.
Refer to the ABS Industry employment guide for more detailed information on the range of ABS labour measures, their purpose and how to use them.
In the month to 14 September 2024, payroll jobs rose in 2 of the 3 employment size groups.
In this release, industry subdivision proportions have been included in Table 4. Payroll jobs distributions of characteristics, proportions.
State/territory, industry division and age groups.
Industry division and subdivision.
State/territory and employment size groups.
Selected distributions of jobholder and employer characteristics are included to aid interpretability of payroll job estimates.
Records with 'unknown' characteristics are excluded from the calculation of proportions. Refer to the Updating characteristic variables and Inclusion of unknown characteristics in the How data is transformed section of the Methodology for more information on the source, impact and proportion of unknowns.
Previously named 'Table 20: Payroll jobs - characteristics distributions'.
Previously published articles and information of interest are linked below:
This release previously used catalogue number 6160.0.55.001.
Payroll jobs of all businesses reporting through Single Touch Payroll (STP), regardless of the age or Australian residency status of the jobholder.
Geography relates to the jobholder's residential address and is available for:
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Single Touch Payroll (STP) administrative data combined with ATO Client Register and ABS Business Register data.
The ABS receives selected employer and employee level data from the ATO STP system, which are combined with employer and jobholder characteristics from the ABS Business Register and ATO Client Register.
A payroll job is a relationship between an employee and their employer where the employee is paid through STP-enabled payroll or accounting software.
Refer to the History of changes section.