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Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia

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Experimental weekly estimates on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on payroll jobs and wages, sourced from Single Touch Payroll data

Reference period

Week ending 28 November 2020

Released

15/12/2020

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Key statistics

Between the week ending 14 March 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020:

Payroll jobs decreased by 2.0%
Total wages decreased by 2.6%

The next release will be on Tuesday 19 January 2021, with estimates updated to the week ending 2 January 2021. The release will be accompanied by updated estimates for both payroll jobs by industry subdivision and sub-state regions, which will be available on Wednesday 20 January 2021.

High level analysis suggests that by 28 November 2020 there were approximately 220,000 fewer payroll jobs in STP-enabled businesses than on 14 March 2020.

Between the week ending 14 November 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020:

Payroll jobs increased by 0.4%, compared to an increase of 0.3% in the previous fortnight
Total wages paid increased by 0.7%, compared to an increase of 1.0% 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	99.2	99.7
28-Mar-20	96.2	98.4
04-Apr-20	93.6	96.6
11-Apr-20	92.0	94.1
18-Apr-20	91.5	94.0
25-Apr-20	91.9	94.1
02-May-20	92.3	94.6
09-May-20	92.9	93.4
16-May-20	93.4	92.6
23-May-20	93.7	92.2
30-May-20	94.2	93.5
06-Jun-20	95.1	95.4
13-Jun-20	95.6	96.0
20-Jun-20	95.8	97.0
27-Jun-20	95.7	97.0
04-Jul-20	96.6	98.8
11-Jul-20	97.0	96.0
18-Jul-20	96.9	95.5
25-Jul-20	97.0	95.2
01-Aug-20	97.1	96.0
08-Aug-20	97.0	96.4
15-Aug-20	96.9	95.9
22-Aug-20	96.9	95.8
29-Aug-20	97.0	95.9
05-Sep-20	97.1	98.6
12-Sep-20	97.5	99.5
19-Sep-20	97.6	100.3
26-Sep-20	97.5	99.7
03-Oct-20	96.8	97.6
10-Oct-20	96.7	95.9
17-Oct-20	97.1	96.2
24-Oct-20	97.2	95.6
31-Oct-20	97.3	95.7
07-Nov-20	97.3	96.3
14-Nov-20	97.6	96.7
21-Nov-20	97.6	96.4
28-Nov-20	98.0	97.4

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 4.3% and Tasmania decreased by 2.8%
Total wages : Western Australia decreased by 3.9% and New South Wales decreased by 3.5%

Between the week ending 14 November 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020 the largest changes across states and territories were:

Payroll jobs : Tasmania increased by 1.1% and New South Wales increased by 0.6%
Total wages : Tasmania increased by 1.4% and New South Wales increased by 1.3%

Table 1 - Percentage change by states and territories
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November
New South Wales	0.6%	-1.7%	1.3%	-3.5%
Victoria	0.4%	-4.3%	0.4%	-2.2%
Queensland	0.0%	-1.6%	0.5%	-1.4%
South Australia	-0.3%	-0.7%	-0.2%	-0.4%
Western Australia	0.4%	0.7%	0.8%	-3.9%
Tasmania	1.1%	-2.8%	1.4%	-2.8%
Northern Territory	0.2%	0.5%	-0.7%	0.2%
Australian Capital Territory	0.3%	-2.5%	0.1%	-1.8%
Australia	0.4%	-2.0%	0.7%	-2.6%

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.

Graph 2 - Payroll jobs by selected geography, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)
Week ending	Victoria (pts)	Rest of Australia (pts)
14-Mar-20	100.0	100.0
21-Mar-20	99.0	99.3
28-Mar-20	96.1	96.3
04-Apr-20	93.1	93.8
11-Apr-20	91.6	92.1
18-Apr-20	91.2	91.7
25-Apr-20	91.7	91.9
02-May-20	91.9	92.4
09-May-20	92.1	93.1
16-May-20	92.2	93.8
23-May-20	92.4	94.1
30-May-20	93.1	94.6
06-Jun-20	93.9	95.5
13-Jun-20	95.0	95.8
20-Jun-20	95.2	96.0
27-Jun-20	94.6	96.0
04-Jul-20	95.5	96.9
11-Jul-20	95.6	97.5
18-Jul-20	95.2	97.6
25-Jul-20	94.8	97.8
01-Aug-20	94.7	98.0
08-Aug-20	94.0	98.1
15-Aug-20	93.4	98.1
22-Aug-20	93.0	98.3
29-Aug-20	93.0	98.3
05-Sep-20	93.2	98.5
12-Sep-20	93.6	98.9
19-Sep-20	93.7	99.0
26-Sep-20	93.6	98.9
03-Oct-20	93.0	98.2
10-Oct-20	93.2	97.9
17-Oct-20	93.7	98.3
24-Oct-20	94.0	98.4
31-Oct-20	94.5	98.3
07-Nov-20	94.7	98.3
14-Nov-20	95.3	98.4
21-Nov-20	95.4	98.3
28-Nov-20	95.7	98.7

Graph 2 - Payroll jobs by selected geography, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)

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

Interactive maps

The interactive maps were updated through to the week ending 28 November 2020, as part of this release on Friday 18 December 2020.

Interactive maps presenting change in payroll jobs by sub-state regions (SA4 and SA3) up to the week ending 28 November 2020 are found in this link. The interactive maps are updated in alternate fortnightly releases, to coincide with the update of sub-state region estimates.

How to use:

Select: Geographical area can be selected using the Statistical Area 3 (SA3) or Statistical Area 4 (SA4) upper tabs.
Search: the magnifying glass icon opens the search function. It is set to look for locations such as addresses, suburbs and postcodes contained within an SA4 or SA3 region.
Reference week: the date slider at the bottom of the map can be moved to select a particular week of interest, or see changes over time.
Data: on the relevant map, an SA4 or SA3 can be selected to view the underlying data. The time series index estimates for SA4 and SA3s can be found in Table 5 of the Data downloads.
If the maps do not load successfully, please try refreshing the page.

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

Sub-state - payroll jobs

Estimates of payroll jobs by sub-state regions were updated through to the week ending 28 November 2020, as part of this release on Wednesday 16 December 2020.

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 28 November 2020 in Table 5 of the Data downloads.

SA4 regions are specifically designed to reflect labour markets within each state and territory within population limits. In regional areas, SA4s tend to have lower populations (100,000 to 300,000), while in metropolitan areas, SA4s tend to have larger populations (300,000 to 500,000).

SA3 regions generally have populations between 30,000 and 130,000 persons. They are often the functional areas of regional towns and cities with a population in excess of 20,000, or clusters of related suburbs around urban commercial and transport hubs within the major urban areas.

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.

Sex and age group

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 2.2%
Total wages : Payments to males decreased by 4.9% and payments to females decreased by 0.1%

Between the week ending 14 November 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by females increased by 0.4% and those worked by males increased by 0.2%
Total wages : Payments to females increased by 1.3% and payments to males increased by 0.3%

Table 2 - Percentage change by sex
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November
Males	0.2%	-3.8%	0.3%	-4.9%
Females	0.4%	-2.2%	1.3%	-0.1%
All persons	0.4%	-2.0%	0.7%	-2.6%

Graph 3 - 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	99.3	99.2
28-Mar-20	97.0	95.8
04-Apr-20	95.1	92.7
11-Apr-20	93.8	90.8
18-Apr-20	93.5	90.3
25-Apr-20	93.7	90.8
02-May-20	93.9	91.3
09-May-20	94.3	92.1
16-May-20	94.7	92.7
23-May-20	94.8	93.2
30-May-20	95.1	93.7
06-Jun-20	95.7	94.8
13-Jun-20	96.0	95.4
20-Jun-20	95.7	95.8
27-Jun-20	95.1	96.1
04-Jul-20	96.1	96.8
11-Jul-20	96.9	96.9
18-Jul-20	96.9	96.7
25-Jul-20	96.9	96.8
01-Aug-20	96.9	97.0
08-Aug-20	96.8	96.8
15-Aug-20	96.7	96.6
22-Aug-20	96.8	96.6
29-Aug-20	96.7	96.7
05-Sep-20	96.8	96.8
12-Sep-20	97.0	97.2
19-Sep-20	97.1	97.3
26-Sep-20	96.9	97.1
03-Oct-20	96.4	96.2
10-Oct-20	96.1	96.1
17-Oct-20	96.4	96.6
24-Oct-20	96.3	96.9
31-Oct-20	96.1	97.0
07-Nov-20	95.9	97.2
14-Nov-20	96.1	97.4
21-Nov-20	95.8	97.5
28-Nov-20	96.2	97.8

Graph 3 - 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

Estimates for the under 20s age group exclude persons aged under 15 years. For more information, see the Week on week revisions section in Data limitations and revisions.

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

Payroll jobs : Those worked by people aged under 20 increased by 21.0% and those worked by people aged 70 years and over decreased by 11.7%
Total wages : Payments to people aged under 20 increased by 51.3% and payments to people aged 70 years and over decreased by 12.3%

Between the week ending 14 November 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020 the largest changes across age groups were:

Payroll jobs : Those worked by people aged under 20 increased by 4.0% and those worked by people aged 20-29 increased by 0.6%
Total wages : Payments to people aged under 20 increased by 5.6% and payments to people aged 20-29 increased by 1.4%

Table 3 - Percentage change by age group
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November
Aged under 20	4.0%	21.0%	5.6%	51.3%
20-29 year olds	0.6%	-2.2%	1.4%	5.3%
30-39 year olds	0.1%	-2.4%	0.5%	-2.0%
40-49 year olds	0.3%	-1.6%	0.7%	-4.4%
50-59 year olds	0.3%	-2.2%	0.9%	-5.4%
60-69 year olds	0.1%	-6.7%	0.4%	-8.8%
Aged 70 years and over	0.4%	-11.7%	0.5%	-12.3%
All persons	0.4%	-2.0%	0.7%	-2.6%

Industry

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

Payroll jobs : Accommodation and food services decreased by 12.8% and Information media and telecommunications decreased by 11.6%
Total wages : Mining decreased by 19.6% and Accommodation and food services decreased by 11.3%

Between the week ending 14 November 2020 and the week ending 28 November 2020 the largest changes across industry were:

Payroll jobs : Retail trade increased by 2.3% and Electricity, gas, water and waste services increased by 1.7%
Total wages : Financial and insurance services increased by 5.2% and both Education and training and Electricity, gas, water and waste services increased by 2.9%

Table 4 - Percentage change by industry
	Payroll jobs		Total wages
	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November	Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-1.4%	-4.5%	-1.5%	1.6%
Mining (b)	1.3%	-1.3%	1.8%	-19.6%
Manufacturing	0.6%	-2.9%	0.8%	-5.0%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.7%	1.0%	2.9%	2.3%
Construction	-0.6%	-4.9%	-1.2%	-4.5%
Wholesale trade	1.2%	-2.2%	1.6%	-8.0%
Retail trade	2.3%	2.1%	0.5%	1.5%
Accommodation and food services	1.2%	-12.8%	0.8%	-11.3%
Transport, postal and warehousing	0.1%	-5.0%	-0.2%	-9.2%
Information media and telecommunications	0.1%	-11.6%	1.0%	-7.3%
Financial and insurance services	1.6%	4.5%	5.2%	-1.4%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	0.6%	-4.9%	1.3%	-3.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services	-0.3%	-2.8%	-0.8%	-2.9%
Administrative and support services	0.0%	-2.4%	0.0%	-0.2%
Public administration and safety	-0.5%	3.1%	0.2%	1.0%
Education and training	0.2%	-1.8%	2.9%	2.9%
Health care and social assistance	-0.3%	1.6%	0.3%	3.1%
Arts and recreation services	0.4%	-9.0%	2.1%	-6.8%
Other services	-0.6%	-3.8%	-0.2%	2.1%
All industries	0.4%	-2.0%	0.7%	-2.6%

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.

Graph 4 - Percentage change in payroll jobs by Industry between 14 March 2020 and 28 November 2020
	Percentage Change (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-4.5
Mining	-1.3
Manufacturing	-2.9
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.0
Construction	-4.9
Wholesale trade	-2.2
Retail trade	2.1
Accommodation and food services	-12.8
Transport, postal and warehousing	-5.0
Information media and telecommunications	-11.6
Financial and insurance services	4.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services	-4.9
Professional, scientific and technical services	-2.8
Administrative and support services	-2.4
Public administration and safety	3.1
Education and training	-1.8
Health care and social assistance	1.6
Arts and recreation services	-9.0
Other services	-3.8

Graph 4 - Percentage change in payroll jobs by Industry between 14 March 2020 and 28 November 2020

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Industry sub-division - Payroll jobs

Time series estimates of payroll jobs by industry subdivision (presented as index values) up to the week ending 14 November 2020 (as updated on 2 December 2020) are available in Table 6 of the Data downloads.

The sub-division level is the second broadest grouping of industries within the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification. Industry sub-divisions 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 28 November 2020.

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. The ABS is currently investigating underlying data to identify the cause and establish a method to reduce the future level of revisions in this series.

Graph 5 - 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	99.2	99.2	98.7	99.5
28-Mar-20	96.2	95.2	94.0	97.8
04-Apr-20	93.6	91.9	90.4	96.0
11-Apr-20	92.0	89.4	88.4	94.9
18-Apr-20	91.5	88.7	87.7	94.7
25-Apr-20	91.9	89.2	88.3	94.9
02-May-20	92.3	90.3	88.8	94.9
09-May-20	92.9	91.4	89.3	95.2
16-May-20	93.4	92.5	89.9	95.5
23-May-20	93.7	93.1	90.2	95.7
30-May-20	94.2	93.6	90.6	96.2
06-Jun-20	95.1	94.9	91.5	96.9
13-Jun-20	95.6	95.4	92.3	97.3
20-Jun-20	95.8	96.0	92.6	97.1
27-Jun-20	95.7	97.2	92.5	96.3
04-Jul-20	96.6	99.2	93.2	96.8
11-Jul-20	97.0	99.2	93.4	97.6
18-Jul-20	96.9	99.1	93.4	97.5
25-Jul-20	97.0	99.5	93.8	97.3
01-Aug-20	97.1	99.5	93.9	97.5
08-Aug-20	97.0	99.4	93.7	97.4
15-Aug-20	96.9	99.3	93.6	97.3
22-Aug-20	96.9	99.3	93.6	97.3
29-Aug-20	97.0	99.5	93.7	97.2
05-Sep-20	97.1	99.8	94.0	97.2
12-Sep-20	97.5	100.3	94.5	97.5
19-Sep-20	97.6	100.4	94.6	97.7
26-Sep-20	97.5	100.3	94.5	97.5
03-Oct-20	96.8	99.5	93.9	96.9
10-Oct-20	96.7	98.6	94.0	97.0
17-Oct-20	97.1	98.5	94.7	97.6
24-Oct-20	97.2	98.4	95.0	97.7
31-Oct-20	97.3	98.3	95.2	97.8
07-Nov-20	97.3	97.5	95.5	98.1
14-Nov-20	97.6	97.2	95.8	98.7
21-Nov-20	97.6	96.5	95.8	98.9
28-Nov-20	98.0	96.3	96.0	99.7

Graph 5 - Payroll jobs by employment size, indexed to the week ending 14 March 2020 (a)

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a. 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
		Change between 14 November and 28 November (a)	Change between 14 March and 28 November
Under 20 employees		-0.9%	-3.7%
	New South Wales	-0.9%	-4.7%
	Victoria	-0.7%	-6.1%
	Queensland	-1.0%	-1.8%
	South Australia	-1.8%	-1.0%
	Western Australia	-0.8%	0.0%
	Tasmania	0.4%	-3.2%
	Northern Territory	-1.3%	-0.1%
	Australian Capital Territory	-1.1%	-2.8%
20-199 employees		0.2%	-4.0%
	New South Wales	0.6%	-3.6%
	Victoria	0.6%	-6.7%
	Queensland	-0.4%	-2.7%
	South Australia	-0.6%	-3.5%
	Western Australia	-0.4%	-0.9%
	Tasmania	0.9%	-6.2%
	Northern Territory	-0.1%	-1.4%
	Australian Capital Territory	0.3%	-3.6%
200 employees and over		1.0%	-0.3%
	New South Wales	1.4%	0.6%
	Victoria	0.9%	-2.1%
	Queensland	0.7%	-0.9%
	South Australia	0.5%	0.8%
	Western Australia	1.3%	1.6%
	Tasmania	1.7%	-0.5%
	Northern Territory	1.0%	2.1%
	Australian Capital Territory	0.9%	-2.0%

a. 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.

Employment size source

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Table 5: Sub-state - Payroll jobs indexes

Estimates of payroll jobs by Statistical Area 4 (SA4) and Statistical Area 3 (SA3) to the week ending 28 November 2020, as updated on Wednesday 16 December 2020.

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Table 6: Industry subdivision - Payroll jobs index

Estimates of payroll jobs by industry subdivision to the week ending 14 November 2020, as updated on Wednesday 2 December 2020.

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Table 7: Employment size - Payroll jobs index

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