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Labour Account Australia

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The Australian Labour Account provides quarterly and annual time series for four quadrants: Jobs, People, Hours and Payments

Reference period

June 2021

Released

8/09/2021

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Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021:

Total jobs increased 262,200 (1.8%).
Filled jobs increased 167,300 (1.2%) to 14.4 million.
Multiple job holders increased 5.7%.
Secondary jobs increased 15,100 (1.4%).
Hours worked increased 1.8%.
Employed people increased 0.7% to 13.3 million.

	Seasonally Adjusted
	Mar qtr 2021 to Jun qtr 2021 % change	Jun qtr 2020 to Jun qtr 2021 % change
Total Jobs	1.8	7.4
Filled Jobs	1.2	5.6
Main Jobs	1.2	3.9
Secondary Jobs	1.4	32.6
Job Vacancies	33.4	189.0
Hours Actually Worked	1.8	10.2
Average Hours Actually Worked Per Job	0.6	4.3
Average Income Per Employed Person	0.6	1.4

Data impacts and changes

Improving the estimation of short-term non-residents in the Labour Account

Continued suspension of public and private sector estimates

Review of seasonally adjusted series

Revisions this quarter and upcoming revisions

New summary spreadsheet and changes to file naming conventions

Jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021:

Filled jobs increased by 1.2%, following a 0.4% rise in the March quarter 2021. Filled jobs grew 5.6% through the year.
The number of main jobs increased by 152,200 (or 1.2%).
The number of multiple job holders increased by 5.7%.
The proportion of vacant jobs increased to 2.6%, from the 2.0% recorded in the March quarter 2021.

Total jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021, the total number of jobs increased by 262,200 (or 1.8%), made up of an increase of 94,900 job vacancies and an increase of 167,300 filled jobs.

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 ('000)	Jun-2021 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	462.4	460.9
Mining (B)	187.2	189.8
Manufacturing (C)	921.1	928.8
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	126.7	129.7
Construction (E)	1,179.7	1,217.4
Wholesale trade (F)	610.3	622.8
Retail trade (G)	1,387.5	1,473.1
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,100.2	1,139.9
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	644.8	648.1
Information media and telecommunications (J)	180.0	177.3
Financial and insurance services (K)	498.0	513.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	287.1	300.9
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,300.4	1,301.7
Administrative and support services (N)	984.5	1,002.3
Public administration and safety (O)	756.0	761.0
Education and training (P)	1,016.2	1,026.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,122.1	2,095.1
Arts and recreation services (R)	204.6	218.5
Other services (S)	535.5	559.6

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Filled jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021, the number of filled jobs increased by 167,300 to 14.4 million.

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Filled jobs ('000)	Quarterly change (%)
Jun-16	13,277.0	0.2
Sep-16	13,264.3	-0.1
Dec-16	13,381.5	0.9
Mar-17	13,421.6	0.3
Jun-17	13,581.6	1.2
Sep-17	13,728.0	1.1
Dec-17	13,840.5	0.8
Mar-18	13,870.7	0.2
Jun-18	14,013.7	1.0
Sep-18	14,076.5	0.4
Dec-18	14,244.7	1.2
Mar-19	14,232.1	-0.1
Jun-19	14,332.5	0.7
Sep-19	14,432.8	0.7
Dec-19	14,494.0	0.4
Mar-20	14,464.9	-0.2
Jun-20	13,622.8	-5.8
Sep-20	13,863.2	1.8
Dec-20	14,165.8	2.2
Mar-21	14,220.2	0.4
Jun-21	14,387.5	1.2

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Filled jobs","Quarterly change"]

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Filled jobs, by industry, Jun qtr 2021, seasonally adjusted
	Filled Jobs ('000)	Proportion of all Industries (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	457.9	3.2
Mining (B)	181.2	1.3
Manufacturing (C)	907.9	6.3
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	126.8	0.9
Construction (E)	1,186.8	8.2
Wholesale trade (F)	604.5	4.2
Retail trade (G)	1,433.6	10.0
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,095.4	7.6
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	637.4	4.4
Information media and telecommunications (J)	173.5	1.2
Financial and insurance services (K)	495.2	3.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	292.6	2.0
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,270.4	8.8
Administrative and support services (N)	964.6	6.7
Public administration and safety (O)	743.6	5.2
Education and training (P)	1,015.9	7.1
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,046.1	14.2
Arts and recreation services (R)	212.1	1.5
Other services (S)	541.8	3.8
Total All Industries	14,387.5	100.0

Change in filled jobs, by industry, Jun qtr 2021, seasonally adjusted
	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	-0.4	-3.0
Mining (B)	0.7	0.3
Manufacturing (C)	0.3	2.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	2.1	5.1
Construction (E)	2.7	4.7
Wholesale trade (F)	1.3	9.1
Retail trade (G)	5.3	3.6
Accommodation and food services (H)	1.9	17.2
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	0.2	6.3
Information media and telecommunications (J)	-1.7	4.1
Financial and insurance services (K)	2.4	0.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	3.5	2.6
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	0.0	4.8
Administrative and support services (N)	0.8	14.5
Public administration and safety (O)	0.4	-1.5
Education and training (P)	0.8	-1.5
Health care and social assistance (Q)	-1.8	7.6
Arts and recreation services (R)	5.1	23.2
Other services (S)	3.7	10.0
Total All Industries	1.2	5.6

Secondary jobs

Secondary jobs are where a person is working more than one job at the same time, and may consist of one or more additional jobs. These jobs can be held by people who have their main job in the same or a different industry.

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021:

Secondary jobs increased by 15,100 (or 1.4%).
The proportion of secondary jobs to filled jobs was 7.5% for both the March quarter 2021 and June quarter 2021.

The three industries with the highest number of secondary jobs were Administrative and support services, Health care and social assistance and Education and training.

Secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 ('000)	Jun-2021 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	32.9	36.0
Mining (B)	2.3	2.0
Manufacturing (C)	25.9	24.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	1.8	1.8
Construction (E)	39.9	37.5
Wholesale trade (F)	30.7	31.8
Retail trade (G)	68.0	74.5
Accommodation and food services (H)	91.4	91.4
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	20.5	21.6
Information media and telecommunications (J)	14.2	15.7
Financial and insurance services (K)	23.8	24.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	21.7	23.7
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	62.0	62.4
Administrative and support services (N)	303.3	291.5
Public administration and safety (O)	32.6	35.2
Education and training (P)	101.0	105.1
Health care and social assistance (Q)	132.4	138.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	25.5	26.7
Other services (S)	32.0	33.4

Secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Statistical discrepancy - Filled jobs

The Labour Account compiles independent estimates of the number of filled jobs from both a household and business perspective. The difference between these two estimates is referred to as the "statistical discrepancy". This discrepancy is reduced to zero through the balancing processes of the Labour Account, through producing a single harmonised or "balanced" number of filled jobs for each industry and the total economy.

In original terms the discrepancy between household sources and business sources was 873,600 jobs, or 6.1% of the household estimate, in the June quarter 2021.

Filled jobs discrepancy, original
Quarter	Discrepency ('000)	Filled jobs (business sources) ('000)	Filled jobs (household sources) ('000)
Jun-18	388.8	13,608.1	13,996.9
Sep-18	476.4	13,553.1	14,029.5
Dec-18	606.0	13,715.4	14,321.4
Mar-19	526.6	13,700.2	14,226.9
Jun-19	307.8	14,002.1	14,309.9
Sep-19	383.5	13,991.7	14,375.2
Dec-19	366.6	14,212.8	14,579.4
Mar-20	409.0	14,053.1	14,462.1
Jun-20	169.7	13,768.6	13,598.8
Sep-20	389.8	14,194.6	13,804.8
Dec-20	270.1	14,520.6	14,250.5
Mar-21	742.4	14,960.9	14,218.5
Jun-21	873.6	15,228.2	14,354.5

Filled jobs discrepancy, original

["Quarter","Discrepency","Filled jobs (business sources)","Filled jobs (household sources)"]

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Balancing decisions for Rental, hiring and real estate services and Other services were mostly based on household survey sources. All other industries were mostly based on business survey sources.

People

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021:

The total number of employed people increased by 0.7% to 13.3 million.
There were 674,300 unemployed people, a decrease of 111,100 people from March quarter 2021.
There were 1,015,100 underemployed people, a decrease of 158,500 people from March quarter 2021.

Employed people, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Employed people ('000)
Jun-16	12,439.0
Sep-16	12,452.4
Dec-16	12,510.8
Mar-17	12,606.8
Jun-17	12,704.2
Sep-17	12,821.2
Dec-17	12,912.2
Mar-18	12,971.1
Jun-18	13,067.2
Sep-18	13,110.5
Dec-18	13,207.4
Mar-19	13,307.2
Jun-19	13,394.5
Sep-19	13,460.5
Dec-19	13,482.0
Mar-20	13,515.5
Jun-20	12,803.2
Sep-20	12,904.9
Dec-20	13,131.1
Mar-21	13,202.1
Jun-21	13,296.4

Employed people, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Employed people"]

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The Labour Account produces the number of people employed from an industry perspective. As a result, the sum of employed people for each industry division does not equal the total number of people employed in the whole economy, given some people are employed in multiple industries.

The three industries with the highest number of employed people in the June quarter 2021 were Health care and social assistance, Retail trade and Professional, scientific and technical services.

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 ('000)	Jun-2021 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	448.0	445.8
Mining (B)	179.6	180.8
Manufacturing (C)	903.4	905.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	123.9	126.7
Construction (E)	1,147.2	1,180.6
Wholesale trade (F)	595.8	603.2
Retail trade (G)	1,346.6	1,419.1
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,062.3	1,064.0
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	632.4	634.1
Information media and telecommunications (J)	175.3	170.9
Financial and insurance services (K)	482.6	494.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	279.9	291.0
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,255.8	1,251.0
Administrative and support services (N)	936.7	948.0
Public administration and safety (O)	734.9	740.6
Education and training (P)	992.3	985.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,015.7	2,003.9
Arts and recreation services (R)	200.0	208.8
Other services (S)	517.9	536.2

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Hours

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021, the total number of hours actually worked increased by 94.2 million hours (or 1.8%) to 5.4 billion hours.

Hours actually worked, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Hours actually worked (million)	Quarterly change (%)
Jun-16	4,990.2	-0.6
Sep-16	5,034.6	0.9
Dec-16	5,036.0	0.0
Mar-17	5,045.1	0.2
Jun-17	5,135.2	1.8
Sep-17	5,169.3	0.7
Dec-17	5,209.4	0.8
Mar-18	5,186.5	-0.4
Jun-18	5,207.7	0.4
Sep-18	5,273.2	1.3
Dec-18	5,304.8	0.6
Mar-19	5,335.7	0.6
Jun-19	5,357.9	0.4
Sep-19	5,419.9	1.2
Dec-19	5,422.5	0.0
Mar-20	5,378.4	-0.8
Jun-20	4,891.2	-9.1
Sep-20	5,083.2	3.9
Dec-20	5,252.5	3.3
Mar-21	5,296.0	0.8
Jun-21	5,390.2	1.8

Hours actually worked, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Hours actually worked","Quarterly change"]

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The three industries with the highest number of hours actually worked in the June quarter 2021 were Health care and social assistance, Professional, scientific and technical services and Construction.

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 (million)	Jun-2021 (million)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	206.0	205.2
Mining (B)	97.8	98.1
Manufacturing (C)	406.9	408.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	58.5	59.7
Construction (E)	509.2	530.9
Wholesale trade (F)	264.9	266.9
Retail trade (G)	431.3	460.3
Accommodation and food services (H)	255.8	266.5
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	267.4	273.9
Information media and telecommunications (J)	72.2	72.4
Financial and insurance services (K)	200.6	202.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	109.0	111.3
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	543.2	539.5
Administrative and support services (N)	278.5	283.7
Public administration and safety (O)	282.6	279.6
Education and training (P)	355.0	362.7
Health care and social assistance (Q)	698.2	700.8
Arts and recreation services (R)	59.2	61.1
Other services (S)	199.4	207.3

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Average hours worked per job is the hours actually worked divided by all filled jobs.

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021, average hours worked per job increased by 0.6% to 375 hours.

Quarterly hours worked per job, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Quarterly hours worked per job (hours)
Jun-16	375.9
Sep-16	379.6
Dec-16	376.3
Mar-17	375.9
Jun-17	378.1
Sep-17	376.5
Dec-17	376.4
Mar-18	373.9
Jun-18	371.6
Sep-18	374.6
Dec-18	372.4
Mar-19	374.9
Jun-19	373.8
Sep-19	375.5
Dec-19	374.1
Mar-20	371.8
Jun-20	359.0
Sep-20	366.7
Dec-20	370.8
Mar-21	372.4
Jun-21	374.6

Quarterly hours worked per job, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Quarterly hours worked per job"]

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Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 (hours)	Jun-2021 (hours)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	448.2	448.1
Mining (B)	543.5	541.4
Manufacturing (C)	449.5	449.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	471.6	471.2
Construction (E)	440.8	447.3
Wholesale trade (F)	443.7	441.6
Retail trade (G)	316.7	321.1
Accommodation and food services (H)	238.0	243.3
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	420.3	429.7
Information media and telecommunications (J)	409.1	417.5
Financial and insurance services (K)	414.8	408.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	385.8	380.4
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	427.6	424.6
Administrative and support services (N)	291.2	294.1
Public administration and safety (O)	381.7	376.0
Education and training (P)	352.1	357.1
Health care and social assistance (Q)	335.1	342.5
Arts and recreation services (R)	293.4	287.9
Other services (S)	381.7	382.6

Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Payments

The Labour Account Payments quadrant presents the costs incurred by enterprises in employing labour, and the income received by people from its provision. Total income consists of compensation of employees and labour income from self-employment. The addition of other related costs to employers to total income will derive total labour costs.

In seasonally adjusted terms for the June quarter 2021:

Total labour income increased by $3,606 million (or 1.3%) to $275,287 million.
The average labour income per employed person increased by 0.6% to $20,704.
Total compensation of employees increased by 1.8% to $251,044 million.
Labour income from self-employment decreased by 2.9% to $24,243 million.
Total labour costs increased by $11,755 million (4.1%) to $295,373 million.

The three industries with the highest total labour income in the June quarter 2021 were Health care and social assistance, Professional, scientific and technical services and Construction.

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 ($billion)	Jun-2021 ($billion)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	6.6	6.5
Mining (B)	7.9	8.2
Manufacturing (C)	18.8	19.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	3.8	3.8
Construction (E)	23.3	24.3
Wholesale trade (F)	12.8	13.2
Retail trade (G)	14.4	15.0
Accommodation and food services (H)	8.1	8.5
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	13.7	13.4
Information media and telecommunications (J)	4.7	4.6
Financial and insurance services (K)	13.6	13.9
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	5.3	5.6
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	32.1	31.7
Administrative and support services (N)	15.5	15.8
Public administration and safety (O)	22.4	22.5
Education and training (P)	22.5	22.5
Health care and social assistance (Q)	36.7	36.9
Arts and recreation services (R)	2.7	2.7
Other services (S)	6.7	6.9

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Mar-2021 ($'000)	Jun-2021 ($'000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	14.8	14.7
Mining (B)	44.2	45.6
Manufacturing (C)	20.8	21.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	30.6	30.1
Construction (E)	20.3	20.6
Wholesale trade (F)	21.5	21.8
Retail trade (G)	10.7	10.6
Accommodation and food services (H)	7.7	8.0
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	21.6	21.2
Information media and telecommunications (J)	26.8	27.1
Financial and insurance services (K)	28.2	28.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	19.0	19.2
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	25.6	25.4
Administrative and support services (N)	16.6	16.7
Public administration and safety (O)	30.5	30.4
Education and training (P)	22.7	22.9
Health care and social assistance (Q)	18.2	18.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	13.4	12.9
Other services (S)	13.0	12.9

Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Mar-2021","Jun-2021"]

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