Labour Force, Australia, May 2022

	Apr-2022	May-2022	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	13,450,300	13,510,900	60,600	0.5%	386,100	2.9%
Unemployed people	540,300	548,100	7,800	1.4%	-155,800	-22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%	0.0 pts	na	-1.2 pts	na
Underemployment rate	6.1%	5.7%	-0.4 pts	na	-1.8 pts	na
Participation rate	66.4%	66.7%	0.3 pts	na	0.5 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,839 million	1,856 million	17 million	0.9%	39 million	2.1%

Estimates of changes throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded level estimates and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded level estimates.

Survey impacts and changes

Articles and other information

The ABS has again included more detailed information given the interest in understanding:

hours worked
the labour market before the monthly Labour Force Survey commenced in 1978

This detailed information can be found in:

For a list of previously published LFS articles, see the Article archive.

The ABS is also continuing to include data cubes EM2a and EM2b in this release. These two data cubes are usually only released in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, but will continue to be released in the headline release over the coming months, to enable more detailed analysis of changes in hours worked and the reasons that people are working reduced or no hours.

Additional spreadsheets and pivot tables are published in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed one week after this release, while longitudinal labour force microdata are released in the ABS DataLab, on 24 June 2022 (see Microdata: Longitudinal Labour Force, Australia).

Quarterly rebenchmarking of labour force statistics

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

Reference and Enumeration Dates
Publication	Start of Reference Week	End of Reference Week	Start of Enumeration	End of Enumeration
Apr-22	3rd April 2022	16th April 2022	10th April 2022	30th April 2022
May-22	1st May 2022	14th May 2022	8th May 2022	28th May 2022
Jun-22	29th May 2022	11th June 2022	5th June 2022	25th June 2022
Jul-22	3rd July 2022	16th July 2022	10th July 2022	30th July 2022
Aug-22	31st July 2022	13th August 2022	7th August 2022	27th August 2022
Sep-22	4th September 2022	17th September 2022	11th September 2022	1st October 2022

Unemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022:

unemployment rate remained at 3.9%.
unemployment rate was 1.3 pts below March 2020.
unemployed people increased by 7,800 to 548,100.
unemployed people was 171,200 lower than March 2020.
youth unemployment rate remained at 8.8%.
youth unemployment rate was 2.8 pts lower than March 2020.

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
May-12	5.2
Jun-12	5.2
Jul-12	5.2
Aug-12	5.2
Sep-12	5.5
Oct-12	5.4
Nov-12	5.3
Dec-12	5.4
Jan-13	5.4
Feb-13	5.4
Mar-13	5.6
Apr-13	5.6
May-13	5.6
Jun-13	5.7
Jul-13	5.6
Aug-13	5.8
Sep-13	5.7
Oct-13	5.8
Nov-13	5.8
Dec-13	5.9
Jan-14	5.9
Feb-14	5.9
Mar-14	5.9
Apr-14	5.8
May-14	5.9
Jun-14	6.0
Jul-14	6.2
Aug-14	6.1
Sep-14	6.2
Oct-14	6.4
Nov-14	6.3
Dec-14	6.1
Jan-15	6.3
Feb-15	6.2
Mar-15	6.1
Apr-15	6.1
May-15	5.9
Jun-15	6.0
Jul-15	6.3
Aug-15	6.1
Sep-15	6.2
Oct-15	5.9
Nov-15	5.9
Dec-15	5.7
Jan-16	6.0
Feb-16	5.7
Mar-16	5.7
Apr-16	5.6
May-16	5.7
Jun-16	5.7
Jul-16	5.7
Aug-16	5.6
Sep-16	5.6
Oct-16	5.6
Nov-16	5.8
Dec-16	5.8
Jan-17	5.7
Feb-17	5.9
Mar-17	5.9
Apr-17	5.6
May-17	5.6
Jun-17	5.6
Jul-17	5.6
Aug-17	5.5
Sep-17	5.4
Oct-17	5.4
Nov-17	5.4
Dec-17	5.6
Jan-18	5.5
Feb-18	5.6
Mar-18	5.5
Apr-18	5.5
May-18	5.4
Jun-18	5.3
Jul-18	5.3
Aug-18	5.3
Sep-18	5.0
Oct-18	5.0
Nov-18	5.1
Dec-18	5.0
Jan-19	5.1
Feb-19	5.0
Mar-19	5.1
Apr-19	5.2
May-19	5.2
Jun-19	5.2
Jul-19	5.2
Aug-19	5.3
Sep-19	5.2
Oct-19	5.3
Nov-19	5.1
Dec-19	5.1
Jan-20	5.3
Feb-20	5.1
Mar-20	5.2
Apr-20	6.3
May-20	7.0
Jun-20	7.4
Jul-20	7.5
Aug-20	6.8
Sep-20	6.9
Oct-20	6.9
Nov-20	6.8
Dec-20	6.6
Jan-21	6.4
Feb-21	5.8
Mar-21	5.7
Apr-21	5.4
May-21	5.1
Jun-21	4.9
Jul-21	4.6
Aug-21	4.5
Sep-21	4.7
Oct-21	5.2
Nov-21	4.6
Dec-21	4.2
Jan-22	4.2
Feb-22	4.0
Mar-22	3.9
Apr-22	3.9
May-22	3.9

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022:

employment increased by 60,600 people (0.5%) to 13,510,900 people.
employment was 508,600 people (3.9%) higher than March 2020.

Flows into and out of employment

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth ('000)	Inflow ('000)	Outflow ('000)
May-17	67	405	-357
Jun-17	-2	398	-433
Jul-17	6	425	-418
Aug-17	-16	429	-435
Sep-17	88	461	-380
Oct-17	17	402	-402
Nov-17	103	442	-352
Dec-17	114	414	-390
Jan-18	-263	360	-652
Feb-18	223	649	-382
Mar-18	-33	409	-426
Apr-18	31	398	-395
May-18	47	431	-401
Jun-18	36	407	-403
Jul-18	-33	430	-440
Aug-18	-28	419	-415
Sep-18	68	476	-405
Oct-18	39	422	-435
Nov-18	87	439	-375
Dec-18	98	442	-403
Jan-19	-236	428	-680
Feb-19	199	611	-361
Mar-19	-17	410	-432
Apr-19	46	445	-396
May-19	89	413	-377
Jun-19	-31	382	-455
Jul-19	-2	437	-472
Aug-19	-29	469	-436
Sep-19	68	447	-377
Oct-19	-26	396	-462
Nov-19	95	449	-397
Dec-19	102	443	-411
Jan-20	-266	415	-709
Feb-20	221	644	-397
Mar-20	-48	435	-464
Apr-20	-592	356	-952
May-20	-220	585	-783
Jun-20	200	610	-422
Jul-20	80	559	-437
Aug-20	91	523	-495
Sep-20	5	488	-437
Oct-20	168	548	-411
Nov-20	146	525	-356
Dec-20	114	502	-391
Jan-21	-261	421	-664
Feb-21	302	676	-355
Mar-21	27	474	-415
Apr-21	-27	498	-480
May-21	168	509	-371
Jun-21	-19	422	-460
Jul-21	-22	499	-546
Aug-21	-208	460	-646
Sep-21	-97	520	-634
Oct-21	-33	538	-541
Nov-21	448	839	-403
Dec-21	166	537	-411
Jan-22	-283	439	-789
Feb-22	325	724	-388
Mar-22	-33	454	-481
Apr-22	14	561	-489
May-22	126	480	-384

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people ('000)
May-12	11,364.9
Jun-12	11,340.4
Jul-12	11,349.3
Aug-12	11,361.0
Sep-12	11,392.7
Oct-12	11,391.9
Nov-12	11,385.3
Dec-12	11,394.7
Jan-13	11,462.2
Feb-13	11,465.0
Mar-13	11,433.9
Apr-13	11,466.2
May-13	11,458.9
Jun-13	11,473.0
Jul-13	11,458.2
Aug-13	11,460.0
Sep-13	11,477.9
Oct-13	11,471.8
Nov-13	11,449.3
Dec-13	11,416.2
Jan-14	11,453.9
Feb-14	11,474.9
Mar-14	11,530.6
Apr-14	11,536.7
May-14	11,514.9
Jun-14	11,532.5
Jul-14	11,546.8
Aug-14	11,548.3
Sep-14	11,548.4
Oct-14	11,544.1
Nov-14	11,544.1
Dec-14	11,594.5
Jan-15	11,606.4
Feb-15	11,671.8
Mar-15	11,691.9
Apr-15	11,691.0
May-15	11,735.9
Jun-15	11,732.6
Jul-15	11,762.2
Aug-15	11,773.8
Sep-15	11,786.1
Oct-15	11,863.2
Nov-15	11,896.1
Dec-15	11,901.5
Jan-16	11,907.7
Feb-16	11,923.0
Mar-16	11,940.4
Apr-16	11,946.9
May-16	11,944.5
Jun-16	11,970.5
Jul-16	11,997.4
Aug-16	11,974.8
Sep-16	11,956.6
Oct-16	11,989.7
Nov-16	12,012.4
Dec-16	12,030.0
Jan-17	12,051.4
Feb-17	12,052.4
Mar-17	12,116.2
Apr-17	12,168.7
May-17	12,194.2
Jun-17	12,234.8
Jul-17	12,260.4
Aug-17	12,316.2
Sep-17	12,347.5
Oct-17	12,360.1
Nov-17	12,409.8
Dec-17	12,442.7
Jan-18	12,480.3
Feb-18	12,474.6
Mar-18	12,489.6
Apr-18	12,507.3
May-18	12,503.0
Jun-18	12,585.6
Jul-18	12,572.6
Aug-18	12,620.0
Sep-18	12,633.2
Oct-18	12,670.4
Nov-18	12,698.5
Dec-18	12,711.0
Jan-19	12,747.2
Feb-19	12,747.3
Mar-19	12,780.7
Apr-19	12,814.5
May-19	12,846.4
Jun-19	12,865.1
Jul-19	12,883.3
Aug-19	12,930.2
Sep-19	12,946.0
Oct-19	12,919.3
Nov-19	12,952.2
Dec-19	12,967.0
Jan-20	12,984.0
Feb-20	13,000.9
Mar-20	13,002.2
Apr-20	12,401.5
May-20	12,125.0
Jun-20	12,368.8
Jul-20	12,469.7
Aug-20	12,626.1
Sep-20	12,586.2
Oct-20	12,753.1
Nov-20	12,839.8
Dec-20	12,866.9
Jan-21	12,895.8
Feb-21	12,982.7
Mar-21	13,060.4
Apr-21	13,021.1
May-21	13,124.7
Jun-21	13,161.3
Jul-21	13,159.8
Aug-21	13,021.8
Sep-21	12,883.5
Oct-21	12,849.3
Nov-21	13,233.3
Dec-21	13,302.9
Jan-22	13,324.1
Feb-22	13,421.7
Mar-22	13,445.8
Apr-22	13,450.3
May-22	13,510.9

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022:

full-time employment increased by 69,400 to 9,443,400 people, and part-time employment decreased by 8,700 to 4,067,500 people.
part-time share of employment was 30.1%, 1.7 pts lower than in March 2020.

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022, the employment-to-population ratio:

increased to 64.1%.
was higher than March 2020 by 1.6 pts.

The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
May-12	62.0	68.2	55.9
Jun-12	61.7	68.1	55.6
Jul-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Aug-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Sep-12	61.7	67.7	55.9
Oct-12	61.7	67.9	55.5
Nov-12	61.5	67.7	55.5
Dec-12	61.5	67.8	55.3
Jan-13	61.8	68.0	55.7
Feb-13	61.7	67.8	55.7
Mar-13	61.4	67.4	55.6
Apr-13	61.5	67.5	55.7
May-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jun-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jul-13	61.2	67.2	55.4
Aug-13	61.1	67.1	55.3
Sep-13	61.2	67.1	55.4
Oct-13	61.1	67.0	55.3
Nov-13	60.9	66.8	55.1
Dec-13	60.6	66.6	54.9
Jan-14	60.7	66.7	55.0
Feb-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Mar-14	60.9	66.9	55.2
Apr-14	60.9	66.9	55.1
May-14	60.7	66.6	55.1
Jun-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Jul-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Aug-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Sep-14	60.6	66.5	55.0
Oct-14	60.5	66.4	54.9
Nov-14	60.5	66.6	54.6
Dec-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Jan-15	60.6	66.5	54.9
Feb-15	60.9	66.8	55.2
Mar-15	60.9	66.9	55.1
Apr-15	60.8	66.7	55.2
May-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Jun-15	60.9	66.6	55.4
Jul-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Aug-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Sep-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Oct-15	61.3	66.9	55.9
Nov-15	61.4	66.9	56.1
Dec-15	61.4	66.9	56.0
Jan-16	61.3	67.0	55.8
Feb-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Mar-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Apr-16	61.2	66.6	56.1
May-16	61.1	66.6	55.9
Jun-16	61.2	66.6	56.0
Jul-16	61.3	66.7	56.0
Aug-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Sep-16	60.9	66.2	55.7
Oct-16	61.0	66.4	55.7
Nov-16	61.0	66.4	55.8
Dec-16	61.0	66.4	55.8
Jan-17	61.0	66.3	55.9
Feb-17	60.9	66.3	55.7
Mar-17	61.1	66.4	56.0
Apr-17	61.3	66.8	56.0
May-17	61.3	66.7	56.2
Jun-17	61.5	66.7	56.5
Jul-17	61.5	66.9	56.4
Aug-17	61.7	66.9	56.7
Sep-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Oct-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Nov-17	62.0	67.1	57.0
Dec-17	62.1	67.0	57.3
Jan-18	62.1	67.4	57.1
Feb-18	62.0	67.0	57.2
Mar-18	62.0	66.9	57.2
Apr-18	62.0	66.9	57.2
May-18	61.9	66.9	57.1
Jun-18	62.2	67.1	57.5
Jul-18	62.1	67.2	57.1
Aug-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Sep-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Oct-18	62.3	67.3	57.4
Nov-18	62.3	67.4	57.5
Dec-18	62.3	67.4	57.4
Jan-19	62.4	67.5	57.5
Feb-19	62.3	67.2	57.6
Mar-19	62.3	67.3	57.6
Apr-19	62.4	67.2	57.9
May-19	62.5	67.7	57.6
Jun-19	62.6	67.6	57.7
Jul-19	62.6	67.6	57.7
Aug-19	62.7	67.6	58.0
Sep-19	62.7	67.4	58.2
Oct-19	62.5	67.1	58.0
Nov-19	62.6	67.2	58.0
Dec-19	62.5	67.1	58.1
Jan-20	62.5	67.0	58.2
Feb-20	62.5	67.0	58.2
Mar-20	62.4	66.9	58.1
Apr-20	59.5	64.2	55.0
May-20	58.2	63.1	53.4
Jun-20	59.3	64.0	54.8
Jul-20	59.8	64.5	55.3
Aug-20	60.6	65.0	56.2
Sep-20	60.4	64.8	56.1
Oct-20	61.2	65.9	56.6
Nov-20	61.6	66.4	57.0
Dec-20	61.7	66.2	57.4
Jan-21	61.8	66.6	57.3
Feb-21	62.2	66.6	58.0
Mar-21	62.6	66.7	58.6
Apr-21	62.4	66.7	58.1
May-21	62.8	67.0	58.8
Jun-21	63.0	67.4	58.7
Jul-21	62.9	67.6	58.5
Aug-21	62.3	66.8	57.9
Sep-21	61.6	66.2	57.1
Oct-21	61.4	66.1	56.8
Nov-21	63.1	67.6	58.9
Dec-21	63.4	67.9	59.1
Jan-22	63.4	67.5	59.5
Feb-22	63.8	67.8	60.0
Mar-22	63.9	67.9	60.0
Apr-22	63.8	67.9	59.9
May-22	64.1	68.4	59.9

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022, monthly hours worked in all jobs:

increased by 16.8 million hours (0.9%) to 1,856 million hours.
increased by 86.3 million hours (4.9%) from March 2020.

See the article Insights into hours worked for more.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted
	Hours worked (m)	Yearly change (%)
May-12	1,606	2.0
Jun-12	1,579	-0.2
Jul-12	1,589	0.4
Aug-12	1,589	0.2
Sep-12	1,599	1.1
Oct-12	1,587	-0.4
Nov-12	1,601	0.9
Dec-12	1,604	1.0
Jan-13	1,602	0.7
Feb-13	1,604	1.0
Mar-13	1,597	0.1
Apr-13	1,612	0.7
May-13	1,605	0.0
Jun-13	1,606	1.7
Jul-13	1,616	1.7
Aug-13	1,620	2.0
Sep-13	1,608	0.5
Oct-13	1,607	1.3
Nov-13	1,604	0.2
Dec-13	1,605	0.1
Jan-14	1,598	-0.2
Feb-14	1,607	0.2
Mar-14	1,614	1.0
Apr-14	1,603	-0.5
May-14	1,611	0.4
Jun-14	1,619	0.8
Jul-14	1,617	0.0
Aug-14	1,617	-0.2
Sep-14	1,612	0.3
Oct-14	1,612	0.3
Nov-14	1,614	0.6
Dec-14	1,601	-0.2
Jan-15	1,630	2.0
Feb-15	1,628	1.4
Mar-15	1,637	1.4
Apr-15	1,639	2.2
May-15	1,637	1.6
Jun-15	1,635	1.0
Jul-15	1,641	1.5
Aug-15	1,638	1.3
Sep-15	1,649	2.3
Oct-15	1,655	2.7
Nov-15	1,655	2.5
Dec-15	1,651	3.1
Jan-16	1,661	1.9
Feb-16	1,664	2.2
Mar-16	1,656	1.1
Apr-16	1,633	-0.3
May-16	1,665	1.7
Jun-16	1,657	1.4
Jul-16	1,662	1.3
Aug-16	1,664	1.6
Sep-16	1,660	0.7
Oct-16	1,665	0.6
Nov-16	1,668	0.8
Dec-16	1,674	1.4
Jan-17	1,695	2.0
Feb-17	1,663	0.0
Mar-17	1,680	1.5
Apr-17	1,666	2.0
May-17	1,714	2.9
Jun-17	1,709	3.1
Jul-17	1,700	2.3
Aug-17	1,705	2.4
Sep-17	1,713	3.1
Oct-17	1,717	3.1
Nov-17	1,730	3.7
Dec-17	1,721	2.8
Jan-18	1,701	0.3
Feb-18	1,724	3.6
Mar-18	1,728	2.9
Apr-18	1,743	4.6
May-18	1,732	1.1
Jun-18	1,744	2.0
Jul-18	1,744	2.6
Aug-18	1,744	2.3
Sep-18	1,748	2.0
Oct-18	1,756	2.3
Nov-18	1,753	1.3
Dec-18	1,748	1.6
Jan-19	1,762	3.6
Feb-19	1,764	2.3
Mar-19	1,779	3.0
Apr-19	1,770	1.5
May-19	1,769	2.1
Jun-19	1,770	1.5
Jul-19	1,773	1.7
Aug-19	1,778	2.0
Sep-19	1,780	1.8
Oct-19	1,777	1.2
Nov-19	1,776	1.3
Dec-19	1,783	2.0
Jan-20	1,774	0.7
Feb-20	1,772	0.4
Mar-20	1,770	-0.5
Apr-20	1,588	-10.3
May-20	1,608	-9.1
Jun-20	1,669	-5.7
Jul-20	1,686	-4.9
Aug-20	1,691	-4.9
Sep-20	1,690	-5.0
Oct-20	1,730	-2.6
Nov-20	1,754	-1.2
Dec-20	1,751	-1.8
Jan-21	1,669	-5.9
Feb-21	1,766	-0.3
Mar-21	1,809	2.2
Apr-21	1,783	12.3
May-21	1,817	13.0
Jun-21	1,787	7.1
Jul-21	1,779	5.5
Aug-21	1,718	1.6
Sep-21	1,729	2.3
Oct-21	1,729	-0.1
Nov-21	1,808	3.1
Dec-21	1,824	4.2
Jan-22	1,670	0.0
Feb-22	1,820	3.1
Mar-22	1,816	0.4
Apr-22	1,839	3.1
May-22	1,856	2.1

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022, the participation rate:

increased by 0.3 pts to 66.7%.
increased by 0.4 pts for men to 71.2% and increased by 0.1 pts to 62.3% for women.
was higher than March 2020 by 0.8 pts.

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
May-12	65.4	71.8	59.1
Jun-12	65.1	71.6	58.8
Jul-12	65.1	71.5	58.8
Aug-12	65.0	71.6	58.6
Sep-12	65.3	71.8	59.0
Oct-12	65.2	71.8	58.8
Nov-12	65.0	71.5	58.6
Dec-12	65.0	71.7	58.6
Jan-13	65.3	71.9	58.8
Feb-13	65.2	71.7	58.9
Mar-13	65.1	71.5	58.8
Apr-13	65.1	71.5	59.0
May-13	65.0	71.6	58.7
Jun-13	65.1	71.6	58.7
Jul-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Aug-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Sep-13	64.9	71.2	58.7
Oct-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Nov-13	64.6	71.0	58.4
Dec-13	64.4	70.9	58.2
Jan-14	64.6	70.8	58.5
Feb-14	64.5	70.7	58.6
Mar-14	64.7	70.9	58.8
Apr-14	64.7	71.0	58.5
May-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Jun-14	64.7	70.9	58.7
Jul-14	64.8	71.0	58.7
Aug-14	64.6	70.9	58.6
Sep-14	64.7	70.7	58.8
Oct-14	64.7	70.8	58.7
Nov-14	64.5	71.1	58.2
Dec-14	64.6	70.8	58.6
Jan-15	64.7	71.1	58.6
Feb-15	64.9	71.2	58.8
Mar-15	64.9	71.3	58.7
Apr-15	64.8	71.1	58.7
May-15	64.9	71.0	58.9
Jun-15	64.8	70.9	59.0
Jul-15	65.1	71.0	59.3
Aug-15	64.9	71.0	59.1
Sep-15	65.0	71.0	59.2
Oct-15	65.2	71.1	59.4
Nov-15	65.2	70.9	59.7
Dec-15	65.1	70.9	59.5
Jan-16	65.2	71.3	59.4
Feb-16	65.0	70.7	59.4
Mar-16	64.9	70.8	59.3
Apr-16	64.9	70.5	59.5
May-16	64.9	70.6	59.3
Jun-16	64.9	70.4	59.6
Jul-16	64.9	70.6	59.5
Aug-16	64.7	70.5	59.1
Sep-16	64.5	70.1	59.1
Oct-16	64.6	70.3	59.0
Nov-16	64.7	70.3	59.3
Dec-16	64.8	70.5	59.2
Jan-17	64.7	70.2	59.3
Feb-17	64.7	70.4	59.2
Mar-17	64.9	70.5	59.5
Apr-17	64.9	70.6	59.5
May-17	65.0	70.6	59.5
Jun-17	65.1	70.6	59.8
Jul-17	65.2	70.8	59.7
Aug-17	65.3	70.8	60.0
Sep-17	65.3	70.8	60.1
Oct-17	65.3	70.6	60.1
Nov-17	65.5	70.9	60.3
Dec-17	65.8	71.1	60.6
Jan-18	65.8	71.3	60.5
Feb-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Mar-18	65.6	70.8	60.6
Apr-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
May-18	65.4	70.7	60.4
Jun-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Jul-18	65.5	71.0	60.3
Aug-18	65.7	71.1	60.4
Sep-18	65.4	70.8	60.3
Oct-18	65.5	70.8	60.4
Nov-18	65.7	71.1	60.5
Dec-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
Jan-19	65.7	71.0	60.6
Feb-19	65.6	70.7	60.6
Mar-19	65.7	70.9	60.7
Apr-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
May-19	66.0	71.4	60.7
Jun-19	66.0	71.3	60.9
Jul-19	66.0	71.3	60.9
Aug-19	66.2	71.3	61.2
Sep-19	66.1	71.2	61.2
Oct-19	65.9	70.9	61.2
Nov-19	65.9	71.0	61.1
Dec-19	65.9	70.8	61.1
Jan-20	66.0	70.8	61.4
Feb-20	65.9	70.7	61.2
Mar-20	65.9	70.7	61.2
Apr-20	63.5	68.8	58.5
May-20	62.6	67.9	57.5
Jun-20	64.0	69.2	59.1
Jul-20	64.6	69.7	59.8
Aug-20	65.0	69.9	60.2
Sep-20	64.8	69.7	60.1
Oct-20	65.7	70.8	60.9
Nov-20	66.1	71.0	61.3
Dec-20	66.0	70.9	61.3
Jan-21	66.0	71.2	61.0
Feb-21	66.1	70.9	61.4
Mar-21	66.3	70.9	61.9
Apr-21	65.9	70.7	61.3
May-21	66.2	70.8	61.7
Jun-21	66.2	71.0	61.6
Jul-21	66.0	70.8	61.4
Aug-21	65.2	70.1	60.6
Sep-21	64.6	69.3	60.0
Oct-21	64.7	69.6	60.1
Nov-21	66.2	70.8	61.7
Dec-21	66.2	70.9	61.6
Jan-22	66.2	70.6	62.0
Feb-22	66.5	70.8	62.4
Mar-22	66.5	70.8	62.3
Apr-22	66.4	70.8	62.2
May-22	66.7	71.2	62.3

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in May 2022:

underemployment rate decreased by 0.4 pts to 5.7%.
underemployment rate was 3.1 pts lower than March 2020.
underutilisation rate decreased by 0.3 pts to 9.6%.
underutilisation rate was 4.4 pts lower than March 2020.

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
May-12	7.4	5.5	9.6
Jun-12	7.2	5.4	9.3
Jul-12	7.1	5.2	9.2
Aug-12	6.9	5.1	9.0
Sep-12	6.8	5.1	8.9
Oct-12	7.0	5.2	9.1
Nov-12	7.0	5.3	9.1
Dec-12	7.0	5.3	9.0
Jan-13	7.0	5.3	8.9
Feb-13	7.1	5.3	9.1
Mar-13	7.2	5.5	9.3
Apr-13	7.2	5.5	9.2
May-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jun-13	7.5	5.9	9.5
Jul-13	7.4	5.6	9.5
Aug-13	7.6	5.8	9.7
Sep-13	7.4	5.7	9.5
Oct-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Nov-13	7.5	5.7	9.6
Dec-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jan-14	7.3	5.7	9.3
Feb-14	7.5	5.7	9.6
Mar-14	7.5	5.7	9.7
Apr-14	7.7	5.7	9.9
May-14	7.8	5.9	9.9
Jun-14	7.9	6.0	10.2
Jul-14	8.3	6.3	10.6
Aug-14	8.4	6.4	10.7
Sep-14	8.8	6.9	11.1
Oct-14	8.2	6.3	10.4
Nov-14	8.6	6.7	10.9
Dec-14	8.4	6.5	10.7
Jan-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Feb-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Mar-15	8.2	5.9	10.8
Apr-15	8.3	6.4	10.6
May-15	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-15	8.4	6.5	10.6
Jul-15	8.6	6.8	10.7
Aug-15	8.4	6.5	10.7
Sep-15	8.8	6.8	11.1
Oct-15	8.7	6.7	11.0
Nov-15	8.6	6.7	10.8
Dec-15	8.5	6.3	10.9
Jan-16	8.5	6.6	10.7
Feb-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Mar-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Apr-16	8.6	7.1	10.4
May-16	8.3	6.7	10.2
Jun-16	8.8	7.0	10.8
Jul-16	9.0	7.0	11.3
Aug-16	8.8	7.2	10.7
Sep-16	8.7	6.9	10.8
Oct-16	8.5	6.8	10.5
Nov-16	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-16	8.6	6.8	10.7
Jan-17	8.8	6.9	11.0
Feb-17	9.1	7.0	11.5
Mar-17	8.6	6.8	10.7
Apr-17	8.8	6.7	11.1
May-17	8.7	6.8	10.8
Jun-17	8.4	6.6	10.5
Jul-17	8.5	6.8	10.4
Aug-17	8.6	6.9	10.6
Sep-17	8.5	6.8	10.6
Oct-17	8.5	6.6	10.6
Nov-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-17	8.5	6.4	10.8
Jan-18	8.7	7.0	10.7
Feb-18	8.5	6.7	10.6
Mar-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Apr-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
May-18	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-18	8.6	6.6	10.8
Jul-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
Aug-18	8.2	6.1	10.6
Sep-18	8.3	6.3	10.6
Oct-18	8.3	6.2	10.6
Nov-18	8.5	6.6	10.6
Dec-18	8.3	6.4	10.4
Jan-19	8.1	6.2	10.4
Feb-19	8.1	6.3	10.1
Mar-19	8.3	6.5	10.2
Apr-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
May-19	8.6	6.9	10.5
Jun-19	8.2	6.6	9.9
Jul-19	8.4	6.7	10.3
Aug-19	8.5	7.0	10.3
Sep-19	8.3	6.8	10.0
Oct-19	8.5	6.7	10.6
Nov-19	8.3	6.6	10.1
Dec-19	8.2	6.6	10.1
Jan-20	8.6	6.7	10.8
Feb-20	8.6	6.6	10.8
Mar-20	8.8	7.2	10.6
Apr-20	13.8	12.6	15.1
May-20	13.1	12.2	14.1
Jun-20	11.7	10.8	12.6
Jul-20	11.2	10.4	12.2
Aug-20	11.3	10.6	12.1
Sep-20	11.4	10.7	12.1
Oct-20	10.4	9.1	11.8
Nov-20	9.3	7.9	10.8
Dec-20	8.5	7.0	10.2
Jan-21	8.2	6.9	9.6
Feb-21	8.4	7.3	9.7
Mar-21	8.0	6.7	9.4
Apr-21	7.9	6.6	9.3
May-21	7.5	6.4	8.7
Jun-21	7.9	6.9	9.1
Jul-21	8.3	7.1	9.6
Aug-21	9.3	8.5	10.1
Sep-21	9.2	8.5	10.0
Oct-21	9.4	8.9	10.1
Nov-21	7.4	6.2	8.8
Dec-21	6.6	5.6	7.8
Jan-22	6.6	5.5	7.9
Feb-22	6.6	5.4	7.8
Mar-22	6.4	5.1	7.8
Apr-22	6.1	5.0	7.4
May-22	5.7	4.7	6.9

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and Territories

May 2022, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,260,800	3,516,000	2,766,700	886,200	1,473,300	264,900	135,800	234,900	13,510,900
Employed people - monthly change	1.2%	-0.4%	1.7%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	1.0%	-0.4%	0.5%
Employment to population ratio	63.6%	64.4%	64.5%	60.3%	67.5%	58.6%	71.3%	68.4%	64.1%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.7 pts	-0.2 pts	1.0 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.6 pts	0.7 pts	-0.2 pts	0.2 pts
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.7%	4.0%	4.6%	3.1%	4.5%	4.1%	3.3%	3.9%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.5 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.5 pts	0.1 pts	0.2 pts	0.7 pts	0.0 pts	0.2 pts	0.0 pts
Underemployment rate	5.5%	5.8%	6.1%	6.5%	5.5%	6.4%	5.3%	4.3%	5.7%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	-0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	0.0 pts	-1.1 pts	-0.7 pts	-0.6 pts	-1.4 pts	-0.4 pts	-0.4 pts
Participation rate	66.2%	66.9%	67.2%	63.2%	69.6%	61.4%	74.3%	70.7%	66.7%
Participation rate - monthly change	1.0 pts	-0.6 pts	0.7 pts	0.3 pts	0.3 pts	1.1 pts	0.7 pts	-0.1 pts	0.3 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	April outgoing rotation group	May incoming rotation group	May outgoing rotation group	May estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	63.9%	65.2%	63.3%	64.4%
Full-time employment to population ratio	45.1%	45.3%	43.7%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.9%	3.5%	3.8%
Participation rate	66.4%	67.9%	65.6%	67.0%

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

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Labour Force status

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Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex
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Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)
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Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Hours worked

Data files

Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted
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Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted
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EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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Underemployment and underutilisation

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Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, February 1991 onwards

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Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force, monthly, February 1978 and onwards

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States and Territories

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data downloads

Labour Force status

Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original

Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original

Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex

Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)

Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Hours worked

Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted

Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted

EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

Underemployment and underutilisation

Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted

Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, February 1991 onwards

All time series spreadsheets

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Historical charts from August 1966 to May 2022

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Almost a third of employing businesses unable to find suitable staff

Unemployment rate remains at 3.9%

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