Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 30 January 2021

Imputation method updated

The imputation method has been updated in this release and applied across all historical data, resulting in revisions across the time series. All indexes (including component indexes) are affected by the updated method. The ABS recommends that analyses of previously published estimates be refreshed with the data from this release. For more information, see the Imputation update subsection of Methods review.

National

Between the week ending 14 March 2020 and the week ending 30 January 2021:

Payroll jobs decreased by 1.9%
Total wages decreased by 3.4%

Between the week ending 16 January 2021 and the week ending 30 January 2021:

Payroll jobs increased by 1.3%, compared to an increase of 4.1% in the previous fortnight
Total wages paid increased by 0.4%, compared to an increase of 3.8% in the previous fortnight

Graph 1 - Payroll jobs and total wages, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)
Week ending	Payroll jobs (pts)	Total wages (pts)
14-Mar-20	100.0	100.0
21-Mar-20	99.0	99.6
28-Mar-20	95.4	98.1
04-Apr-20	92.8	96.2
11-Apr-20	91.5	93.5
18-Apr-20	91.5	93.7
25-Apr-20	92.0	94.1
02-May-20	92.5	94.7
09-May-20	93.2	93.6
16-May-20	93.8	92.8
23-May-20	94.1	92.5
30-May-20	94.7	93.8
06-Jun-20	95.6	96.0
13-Jun-20	96.1	96.6
20-Jun-20	96.2	97.5
27-Jun-20	95.7	97.2
04-Jul-20	96.8	98.8
11-Jul-20	97.7	96.2
18-Jul-20	97.8	96.1
25-Jul-20	98.0	95.9
01-Aug-20	98.2	96.7
08-Aug-20	98.2	97.2
15-Aug-20	98.1	96.7
22-Aug-20	98.2	96.6
29-Aug-20	98.3	96.8
05-Sep-20	98.4	99.5
12-Sep-20	98.8	100.4
19-Sep-20	99.0	101.2
26-Sep-20	98.7	100.2
03-Oct-20	97.8	97.8
10-Oct-20	97.7	96.1
17-Oct-20	98.4	96.6
24-Oct-20	98.7	96.1
31-Oct-20	98.9	96.2
07-Nov-20	99.1	97.4
14-Nov-20	99.8	98.3
21-Nov-20	100.0	98.4
28-Nov-20	100.3	99.7
05-Dec-20	100.9	101.8
12-Dec-20	100.9	102.4
19-Dec-20	100.0	102.2
26-Dec-20	96.1	96.5
02-Jan-21	93.0	92.8
09-Jan-21	94.7	94.1
16-Jan-21	96.9	96.3
23-Jan-21	97.1	96.3
30-Jan-21	98.1	96.6

 Graph 1 - Payroll jobs and total wages, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)

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Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs and wages. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions. Weekly change data are available in the Data downloads.

State and territory

Since the week ending 14 March 2020 the largest changes across states and territories were:

Payroll jobs : Victoria decreased by 3.7% and the Australian Capital Territory decreased by 2.3%
Total wages : New South Wales decreased by 4.6% and Western Australia decreased by 4.3%

Between the week ending 16 January 2021 and 30 January 2021 the largest changes across states and territories were:

Payroll jobs : Tasmania increased by 2.2% and the Northern Territory increased by 2.0%
Total wages : the Australian Capital Territory increased by 1.8%, Queensland increased by 1.1% and the Northern Territory decreased by 1.1%

Table 1 - Percentage change by states and territories
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021
New South Wales	1.2%	-2.0%	0.1%	-4.6%
Victoria	1.0%	-3.7%	0.4%	-2.7%
Queensland	1.8%	-1.7%	1.1%	-2.6%
South Australia	1.8%	0.4%	0.7%	-1.2%
Western Australia	0.6%	0.6%	-0.3%	-4.3%
Tasmania	2.2%	-1.6%	0.9%	-2.2%
Northern Territory	2.0%	0.8%	-1.1%	1.6%
Australian Capital Territory	1.4%	-2.3%	1.8%	-1.0%
Australia	1.3%	-1.9%	0.4%	-3.4%

a. Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs and wages. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions. Weekly change data are available in Data downloads.

Sub-state - payroll jobs

Updated estimates of payroll jobs by sub-state regions, were added to this release on 17 February 2021.

Time series estimates of payroll jobs by sub-state regions, Statistical Area 4 (SA4) and Statistical Area 3 (SA3), are presented as index values through to the week ending 30 January 2021 in Table 5 of the Data downloads.

For more information see Statistical Geography; Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2016; or Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Volume 3 - Non-ABS Structures, July 2018.

SA4 regions

SA3 regions

Interactive maps

The interactive maps were updated to the week ending 30 January 2021, as part of this release on 19 February 2021.

Maps of SA4 and SA3 regions are updated on alternate fortnights to coincide with the release of sub-state estimates. Change in payroll jobs from the week ending 14 March 2020 for each week up to the week ending 30 January 2021 are presented in the Interactive maps.

SA4 and SA3 boundaries presented accord with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2016.

How to use the interactive map:

Sex

Since the week ending 14 March 2020:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by males decreased by 3.8% and those worked by females decreased by 3.0%
Total wages : Payments to males decreased by 5.9% and payments to females decreased by 1.1%

Between the week ending 16 January 2021 and the week ending 30 January 2021:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by males increased by 1.2% and those worked by females increased by 1.1%
Total wages : Payments to females increased by 0.7% and payments to males increased by 0.1%

Table 2 - Percentage change by sex
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021
Males	1.2%	-3.8%	0.1%	-5.9%
Females	1.1%	-3.0%	0.7%	-1.1%
All persons	1.3%	-1.9%	0.4%	-3.4%

a. Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs and wages. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions. Weekly change data are available in the Data downloads.

Graph 4 - Payroll jobs by sex, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)
Week ending	Males (pts)	Females (pts)
14-Mar-20	100.0	100.0
21-Mar-20	99.1	98.8
28-Mar-20	96.4	94.8
04-Apr-20	94.5	91.7
11-Apr-20	93.5	90.2
18-Apr-20	93.5	90.2
25-Apr-20	93.9	90.9
02-May-20	94.1	91.5
09-May-20	94.6	92.4
16-May-20	95.1	93.1
23-May-20	95.2	93.6
30-May-20	95.5	94.2
06-Jun-20	96.1	95.4
13-Jun-20	96.4	96.0
20-Jun-20	96.1	96.2
27-Jun-20	95.3	96.0
04-Jul-20	96.4	96.9
11-Jul-20	97.7	97.5
18-Jul-20	97.8	97.4
25-Jul-20	98.1	97.6
01-Aug-20	98.1	97.9
08-Aug-20	98.2	97.8
15-Aug-20	98.1	97.6
22-Aug-20	98.2	97.6
29-Aug-20	98.2	97.8
05-Sep-20	98.2	98.0
12-Sep-20	98.5	98.3
19-Sep-20	98.6	98.4
26-Sep-20	98.2	98.1
03-Oct-20	97.5	96.9
10-Oct-20	97.3	96.8
17-Oct-20	97.8	97.7
24-Oct-20	97.8	98.1
31-Oct-20	97.8	98.4
07-Nov-20	97.9	98.6
14-Nov-20	98.5	99.2
21-Nov-20	98.6	99.5
28-Nov-20	98.7	99.7
05-Dec-20	99.1	100.3
12-Dec-20	99.1	100.2
19-Dec-20	98.0	99.3
26-Dec-20	94.0	95.7
02-Jan-21	91.1	92.6
09-Jan-21	92.9	93.9
16-Jan-21	95.1	96.0
23-Jan-21	95.3	96.2
30-Jan-21	96.2	97.0

Graph 4 - Payroll jobs by sex, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)

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Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions. Weekly change data are available in the Data downloads section.

Age group

Since the week ending 14 March 2020 the largest changes across age groups were:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by people aged 20-29 decreased by 3.3%, those worked by people aged 40-49 decreased by 1.4% and those worked by people aged 60-69 increased by 1.4%
Total wages : Payments to people aged 15-19 increased by 10.1% and payments to people aged 40-49 decreased by 5.4%

Between the week ending 16 January 2021 and the week ending 30 January 2021 the largest changes across age groups were:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by people aged 15-19 increased by 5.3% and those worked by people aged 20-29 increased by 1.3%
Total wages : Payments to people aged 15-19 increased by 4.9% and payments to people aged 20-29 increased by 1.2%

Table 3 - Percentage change by age group
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021
15-19 year olds	5.3%	0.2%	4.9%	10.1%
20-29 year olds	1.3%	-3.3%	1.2%	-1.5%
30-39 year olds	0.9%	-1.2%	0.1%	-3.2%
40-49 year olds	1.1%	-1.4%	0.3%	-5.4%
50-59 year olds	1.1%	-0.4%	0.3%	-3.6%
60-69 year olds	1.0%	1.4%	-0.3%	0.7%
Aged 70 years and over	0.9%	-0.7%	-0.9%	3.3%
All persons	1.3%	-1.9%	0.4%	-3.4%

a. Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs and wages. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions. Weekly change data are available in Data downloads.

Industry

Since the week ending 14 March 2020 the largest changes across industry were:

Payroll jobs : Education and training decreased by 12.0% and Accommodation and food services decreased by 11.5%
Total wages : Mining decreased by 21.0% and Transport, postal and warehousing decreased by 10.2%

Between the week ending 16 January 2021 and the week ending 30 January 2021 the largest changes across industry were:

Payroll jobs : Administrative and support services increased by 2.7% and Accommodation and food services and Education and training both increased by 2.6%
Total wages : Information media and telecommunications increased by 4.7% and Accommodation and food services increased by 3.0%

Table 4 - Percentage change by industry
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021	Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021 (a)	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-0.2%	-4.0%	-2.6%	-2.1%
Mining (b)	1.4%	-1.4%	1.0%	-21.0%
Manufacturing	1.8%	-3.6%	0.7%	-7.7%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.0%	1.7%	1.7%	0.9%
Construction	2.2%	-5.4%	-0.2%	-7.8%
Wholesale trade	0.4%	-2.6%	0.5%	-9.7%
Retail trade	1.1%	0.7%	-0.4%	0.7%
Accommodation and food services	2.6%	-11.5%	3.0%	-8.0%
Transport, postal and warehousing	1.6%	-6.3%	0.1%	-10.2%
Information media and telecommunications	2.1%	-10.6%	4.7%	-6.9%
Financial and insurance services	0.5%	5.0%	0.0%	-5.9%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	1.2%	-2.9%	-1.0%	-2.2%
Professional, scientific and technical services	-0.2%	-2.6%	-0.7%	-3.5%
Administrative and support services	2.7%	-2.6%	0.4%	-3.5%
Public administration and safety	2.4%	2.5%	1.8%	1.1%
Education and training (c)	2.6%	-12.0%	1.4%	-5.6%
Health care and social assistance	-0.2%	2.1%	-0.2%	4.5%
Arts and recreation services	1.1%	-5.5%	1.2%	-2.7%
Other services	0.4%	-4.7%	-0.9%	0.1%
All industries	1.3%	-1.9%	0.4%	-3.4%

a. Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs and wages. Weekly change data are available in Data downloads.
b. The Mining industry wages estimates in March and September may include annual bonuses. Please refer to the seasonality section in Data limitations and revisions for further information.
c. The Education and training industry has a marked seasonal low across December and January. Please refer to the seasonality section in Data limitations and revisions for further information.

Graph 5 - Percentage change in payroll jobs by Industry between 14 March 2020 and 30 January 2021
	Percentage Change (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-4.0
Mining	-1.4
Manufacturing	-3.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.7
Construction	-5.4
Wholesale trade	-2.6
Retail trade	0.7
Accommodation and food services	-11.5
Transport, postal and warehousing	-6.3
Information media and telecommunications	-10.6
Financial and insurance services	5.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-2.9
Professional, scientific and technical services	-2.6
Administrative and support services	-2.6
Public administration and safety	2.5
Education and training	-12.0
Health care and social assistance	2.1
Arts and recreation services	-5.5
Other services	-4.7

Graph 5 - Percentage change in payroll jobs by Industry between 14 March 2020 and 30 January 2021

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Industry subdivision - Payroll jobs

Time series estimates of payroll jobs by industry subdivision (presented as index values) up to the week ending 16 January 2021 are available in Table 6 of the Data downloads.

The subdivision level is the second broadest grouping of industries within the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification. Industry subdivisions are built up from the industry groups which, in turn, are built up from industry classes.

Employment size

The following experimental estimates present payroll jobs by employment size between the week ending 14 March 2020 and the week ending 30 January 2021.

Care should be exercised when focusing on recent movements in payroll jobs by employment size, as they are subject to higher than usual levels of revision (over a longer period) than other estimates. As part of the updating of additional data sources, the ABS is investigating underlying data to identify the cause and establish a method to reduce the future level of revisions in this series.

Graph 6 - Payroll jobs by employment size, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)
Week ending	All sizes (pts)	Under 20 employees (pts)	20-199 employees (pts)	200 employees and over (pts)
14-Mar-20	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
21-Mar-20	99.0	98.8	98.2	99.3
28-Mar-20	95.4	93.9	92.8	97.4
04-Apr-20	92.8	90.5	89.4	95.5
11-Apr-20	91.5	88.7	87.9	94.6
18-Apr-20	91.5	88.5	87.8	94.7
25-Apr-20	92.0	89.3	88.6	95.0
02-May-20	92.5	90.5	89.2	95.0
09-May-20	93.2	91.8	89.9	95.4
16-May-20	93.8	93.0	90.6	95.6
23-May-20	94.1	93.6	90.8	95.9
30-May-20	94.7	94.1	91.3	96.4
06-Jun-20	95.6	95.4	92.2	97.2
13-Jun-20	96.1	95.9	93.0	97.5
20-Jun-20	96.2	96.5	93.2	97.1
27-Jun-20	95.7	97.3	92.9	95.9
04-Jul-20	96.8	99.4	93.3	96.4
11-Jul-20	97.7	100.1	93.8	97.6
18-Jul-20	97.8	100.3	94.0	97.5
25-Jul-20	98.0	100.7	94.5	97.4
01-Aug-20	98.2	100.8	94.6	97.7
08-Aug-20	98.2	100.9	94.4	97.7
15-Aug-20	98.1	100.9	94.3	97.5
22-Aug-20	98.2	101.0	94.3	97.5
29-Aug-20	98.3	101.3	94.5	97.5
05-Sep-20	98.4	101.5	94.8	97.5
12-Sep-20	98.8	102.1	95.4	97.7
19-Sep-20	99.0	102.1	95.5	97.8
26-Sep-20	98.7	101.8	95.3	97.5
03-Oct-20	97.8	100.2	94.4	96.8
10-Oct-20	97.7	99.7	94.4	96.9
17-Oct-20	98.4	100.4	95.3	97.5
24-Oct-20	98.7	100.7	95.8	97.5
31-Oct-20	98.9	100.9	95.9	97.7
07-Nov-20	99.1	101.2	96.2	97.8
14-Nov-20	99.8	101.9	96.8	98.4
21-Nov-20	100.0	102.3	97.1	98.5
28-Nov-20	100.3	102.5	97.4	98.7
05-Dec-20	100.9	103.0	97.9	99.3
12-Dec-20	100.9	103.0	97.9	99.4
19-Dec-20	100.0	101.6	96.7	98.9
26-Dec-20	96.1	95.9	92.1	96.3
02-Jan-21	93.0	90.7	89.3	94.2
09-Jan-21	94.7	92.7	91.8	95.1
16-Jan-21	96.9	95.6	94.3	96.7
23-Jan-21	97.1	95.5	94.8	97.0
30-Jan-21	98.1	96.1	95.6	98.2

Graph 6 - Payroll jobs by employment size, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)

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Care should be exercised when focusing on recent movements in payroll jobs. For more information, see the Reporting variability section in Data limitations and revisions.

Table 5 - Percentage change in Payroll jobs by state and territory, by employment size as at 14 March 2020 (a)
		Change between 16 Jan 2021 and 30 Jan 2021	Change between 14 Mar 2020 and 30 Jan 2021
Under 20 employees		0.6%	-3.9%
	New South Wales	0.5%	-5.6%
	Victoria	0.1%	-5.7%
	Queensland	1.5%	-1.9%
	South Australia	0.9%	-0.5%
	Western Australia	-0.5%	-0.2%
	Tasmania	1.5%	-1.9%
	Northern Territory	1.8%	-1.8%
	Australian Capital Territory	0.3%	-4.0%
20-199 employees		1.4%	-4.4%
	New South Wales	1.5%	-4.5%
	Victoria	0.9%	-7.0%
	Queensland	2.4%	-2.6%
	South Australia	2.3%	-2.7%
	Western Australia	-0.3%	-1.8%
	Tasmania	1.3%	-6.4%
	Northern Territory	1.7%	-2.7%
	Australian Capital Territory	2.3%	-5.1%
200 employees and over		1.5%	-1.8%
	New South Wales	1.4%	-1.1%
	Victoria	1.5%	-2.7%
	Queensland	1.7%	-3.6%
	South Australia	2.1%	0.3%
	Western Australia	1.5%	0.1%
	Tasmania	3.3%	-1.0%
	Northern Territory	2.2%	2.3%
	Australian Capital Territory	1.5%	-2.1%

a. Care should be exercised when focusing on the most recent movements in payroll jobs. For more information, please see Data limitations and revisions.

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