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EMPLOYEES AND HOURS WORKED BY INDUSTRY

• In the May quarter 2009, the average number of hours worked by employees (original) in Western Australia was highest in the industries of Agriculture, forestry and fishing; Mining and Construction, which recorded averages above 40 hours per week. By contrast, Accommodation and food services; Health Care and social assistance; Retail trade; Arts and recreation services recorded averages below 30 hours per week.
• Overall, the average weekly number of hours worked by employees decreased by 0.6 hours to 34.5 hours in the May quarter 2009. Industries showing decreases in average hours included Information media and telecommunications (down 6.4 hours), Arts and recreation services (down 4.9 hours) and Wholesale trade (down 3 hours).
• Over the same period, increases in average hours were recorded in Agriculture, forestry and fishing (up 4.1 hours), Administrative and support services (up 3.7 hours) and Electricity, gas, water and waste services (up 2.0 hours).

4 Employees Average Weekly Hours Worked(a), by Industry(b): Original
	May 08	Feb 09	May 09
Average weekly hours worked (hours)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	47.3	40.3	44.4
Mining	46.1	45.7	47.3
Manufacturing	38.3	39.6	38.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	42.4	36.3	38.3
Construction	41.2	42.5	41.9
Wholesale trade	39.8	39.9	36.9
Retail trade	28.1	28.6	28.5
Accommodation and food services	25.9	28.9	29.7
Transport, postal and warehousing	39.7	38.0	36.1
Information media and telecommunications	31.1	37.7	31.3
Financial and insurance services	37.3	35.9	36.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services	42.5	37.2	36.7
Professional, scientific and technical services	37.9	37.6	39.6
Administrative and support services	32.7	28.9	32.6
Public administration and safety	32.2	35.0	34.3
Education and training	33.7	32.4	31.7
Health Care and social assistance	30.3	29.3	29.6
Arts and recreation services	29.5	30.7	25.8
Other services	36.9	34.1	31.9
Total	35.7	35.1	34.5
(a) Timeseries subject to major revisions due to improvements in data estimation methodology.
(b) Data are based on ANZSIC06 Division
Source: Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, cat. no. 6291.0.55.003.