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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

March 2022

Released

8/06/2022

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Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022:

Total jobs increased 0.6% to 15.0 million.
Filled jobs increased 0.4% to 14.6 million.
Secondary jobs decreased 0.4% to 951,900.
Proportion of vacant jobs increased to 2.8%.
Multiple job holders decreased 1.3% to 857,900.
Hours worked decreased 0.9%.


	Mar-22	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Jobs
Total jobs	15,023,200	82,800	0.6%	536,600	3.7%
Filled jobs	14,603,000	64,200	0.4%	403,700	2.8%
Job vacancies	420,200	18,700	4.6%	132,800	46.2%
Main jobs	13,651,100	68,100	0.5%	348,600	2.6%
Secondary jobs	951,900	-3,900	-0.4%	55,100	6.1%
Proportion of vacant jobs	2.8%	0.1 pts	na	0.8 pts	na
People
Employed people	13,703,700	103,400	0.8%	351,700	2.6%
Multiple job holders	857,900	-10,900	-1.3%	51,600	6.4%
Multiple job holding rate	6.3%	-0.1 pts	na	0.2 pts	na
Hours
Hours actually worked	5,322.5 million	-48.2 million	-0.9%	28.4 million	0.5%
Payments
Average income per employed person	$21,195.90	$124.70	0.6%	$678.60	3.3%

All data are shown in seasonally adjusted terms

Data impacts and changes

Accounting for Omicron impacts on hours worked in the March quarter 2022

Labour themes and navigation on the ABS website changed in March 2022

Jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022:

Filled jobs increased by 0.4% following a 3.5% rise in the December quarter 2021. Filled jobs grew by 2.8% through the year.
The number of main jobs increased by 68,100 (or 0.5%).
The number of multiple job holders decreased by 1.3%.
The proportion of vacant jobs increased to 2.8% from the 2.7% recorded in the December quarter 2021.
The number of public sector jobs decreased by 0.6%, while the number of private sector jobs increased by 0.5%.

Total jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022, the total number of jobs increased by 82,800 (or 0.6%). This consisted of an increase of 18,700 job vacancies and an increase of 64,200 filled jobs.

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 ('000)	Mar-2022 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	451.5	438.0
Mining (B)	214.7	216.6
Manufacturing (C)	950.8	960.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	126.1	133.1
Construction (E)	1,199.2	1,241.6
Wholesale trade (F)	568.6	577.8
Retail trade (G)	1,478.3	1,468.4
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,229.6	1,251.1
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	674.4	684.4
Information media and telecommunications (J)	185.9	188.1
Financial and insurance services (K)	494.2	481.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	303.0	307.3
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,203.8	1,250.4
Administrative and support services (N)	1,093.1	1,078.0
Public administration and safety (O)	791.5	776.4
Education and training (P)	1,053.9	1,083.9
Health care and social assistance (Q)	2,065.5	2,047.1
Arts and recreation services (R)	281.7	299.8
Other services (S)	574.6	539.7

Total jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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Filled jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022, the number of filled jobs increased by 64,200 to 14.6 million.

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Filled jobs ('000)	Quarterly change (%)
Mar-17	13,212.1	0.4
Jun-17	13,374.6	1.2
Sep-17	13,530.4	1.2
Dec-17	13,604.2	0.5
Mar-18	13,642.5	0.3
Jun-18	13,791.9	1.1
Sep-18	13,857.4	0.5
Dec-18	13,987.9	0.9
Mar-19	13,994.5	0.0
Jun-19	14,108.0	0.8
Sep-19	14,225.3	0.8
Dec-19	14,229.3	0.0
Mar-20	14,187.4	-0.3
Jun-20	13,397.8	-5.6
Sep-20	13,721.2	2.4
Dec-20	14,074.1	2.6
Mar-21	14,199.3	0.9
Jun-21	14,423.1	1.6
Sep-21	14,043.4	-2.6
Dec-21	14,538.8	3.5
Mar-22	14,603.0	0.4

Filled jobs, seasonally adjusted

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

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Filled jobs, by industry, March quarter 2022, seasonally adjusted
	Filled jobs ('000)	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change (%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	434.7	-3.0	1.2
Mining (B)	206.3	0.6	10.4
Manufacturing (C)	929.9	1.0	7.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	129.2	5.6	4.7
Construction (E)	1,208.4	3.5	7.4
Wholesale trade (F)	556.8	0.8	-6.7
Retail trade (G)	1,438.6	-0.6	6.0
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,209.2	1.9	5.4
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	670.4	1.4	2.0
Information media and telecommunications (J)	184.0	1.5	-2.2
Financial and insurance services (K)	463.2	-2.8	-3.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	297.6	1.2	6.0
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,210.4	3.9	1.3
Administrative and support services (N)	1,037.6	-1.6	6.8
Public administration and safety (O)	754.1	-2.5	0.6
Education and training (P)	1,072.8	2.8	1.2
Health care and social assistance (Q)	1,986.7	-0.9	-1.2
Arts and recreation services (R)	293.1	6.6	14.1
Other services (S)	519.9	-7.0	0.7
Total all industries	14,603.0	0.4	2.8

Main and secondary jobs

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022:

Main jobs increased by 68,100 (or 0.5%).
Secondary jobs decreased by 3,900 (or 0.4%).
The proportion of secondary jobs to filled jobs was 6.5%, compared to 6.6% in the previous quarter.

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

Main and secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Main jobs ('000)	Secondary jobs ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	408.7	26.0
Mining (B)	202.0	4.3
Manufacturing (C)	903.6	26.3
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	126.7	2.6
Construction (E)	1,169.2	39.2
Wholesale trade (F)	536.8	20.0
Retail trade (G)	1,366.5	72.1
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,116.9	92.3
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	650.2	20.1
Information media and telecommunications (J)	170.0	14.0
Financial and insurance services (K)	434.0	29.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	280.7	16.9
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,148.4	62.0
Administrative and support services (N)	902.6	134.9
Public administration and safety (O)	681.2	72.9
Education and training (P)	960.9	111.9
Health care and social assistance (Q)	1,847.2	139.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	257.3	35.8
Other services (S)	488.0	32.0

Main and secondary jobs, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Main jobs","Secondary jobs"]

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Secondary jobs can be held by people who have their main job in the same or a different industry.

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". The household estimates of filled jobs are considered the best measure of labour market activity total economy level, while business sources are considered more reliable estimating the distribution of jobs across industries. As a result, the Labour Account filled jobs estimates are constrained (equivalent) to the household side.

The discrepancy between the two sources is reduced to zero through the balancing processes of the Labour Account, producing a single harmonised or "balanced" number of filled jobs. The balanced estimate of filled jobs incorporates the advantage of the industry distribution derived from business side data, whilst constraining to a total economy estimate sourced from household side data. In original terms the discrepancy between household sources and business sources was 994,200 jobs in the March quarter 2022, or 6.8% of the household estimate.

While the business sources have been showing stronger jobs growth over the COVID period, this hasn't impacted on overall Labour Accounts aggregates given the Labour Account jobs estimates are constrained to the household side.

Filled jobs discrepancy, original
Quarter	Discrepancy (business sources less household sources) ('000)	Filled jobs (business sources) ('000)	Filled jobs (household sources) ('000)
Mar-19	-343.6	13,669.9	14,013.5
Jun-19	-97.9	13,965.2	14,063.0
Sep-19	-142.8	14,015.3	14,158.1
Dec-19	-40.5	14,282.6	14,323.0
Mar-20	-60.5	14,151.8	14,212.2
Jun-20	494.2	13,842.3	13,348.1
Sep-20	650.8	14,301.2	13,650.5
Dec-20	476.6	14,648.8	14,172.2
Mar-21	888.2	15,116.9	14,228.7
Jun-21	991.4	15,354.5	14,363.1
Sep-21	1,402.3	15,369.3	13,967.0
Dec-21	803.0	15,446.5	14,643.5
Mar-22	994.2	15,630.1	14,635.9

Filled jobs discrepancy, original

["Quarter","Discrepancy (business sources less household sources)","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 March quarter 2022:

The total number of employed people increased by 0.8% to 13.7 million.
The number of multiple job holders decreased by 1.3%.
Unemployed people decreased by 26,600 people to 543,700.

Employed people and multiple job holders, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Employed people ('000)	Multiple job holders (Quarterly change %)
Mar-17	12,495.7	-1.6
Jun-17	12,605.6	4.4
Sep-17	12,734.7	1.7
Dec-17	12,822.8	-1.6
Mar-18	12,877.1	3.4
Jun-18	12,965.3	1.7
Sep-18	13,023.6	0.2
Dec-18	13,102.4	7.0
Mar-19	13,191.9	-2.6
Jun-19	13,256.6	-2.5
Sep-19	13,355.2	3.2
Dec-19	13,369.4	1.0
Mar-20	13,354.2	0.9
Jun-20	12,664.2	-18.5
Sep-20	12,880.2	12.8
Dec-20	13,206.8	10.0
Mar-21	13,352.0	0.5
Jun-21	13,463.5	3.2
Sep-21	13,151.4	-7.8
Dec-21	13,600.3	13.2
Mar-22	13,703.7	-1.3

Employed people and multiple job holders, seasonally adjusted

["Quarter","Employed people","Multiple job holders"]

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The three industries with the highest number of employed people in the March quarter 2022 were Health care and social assistance, Retail trade and Construction.

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 ('000)	Mar-2022 ('000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	437.4	421.2
Mining (B)	203.7	205.3
Manufacturing (C)	916.1	925.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	122.1	128.9
Construction (E)	1,157.6	1,200.1
Wholesale trade (F)	550.5	555.2
Retail trade (G)	1,431.3	1,423.4
Accommodation and food services (H)	1,159.4	1,178.9
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	657.1	665.4
Information media and telecommunications (J)	179.2	182.7
Financial and insurance services (K)	474.7	461.1
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	292.5	294.4
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	1,148.7	1,192.7
Administrative and support services (N)	1,038.0	1,019.4
Public administration and safety (O)	765.6	749.0
Education and training (P)	1,027.4	1,050.3
Health care and social assistance (Q)	1,946.9	1,948.5
Arts and recreation services (R)	267.6	285.6
Other services (S)	551.9	516.1

Employed people, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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Hours

In seasonally adjusted terms for the March quarter 2022, the total number of hours actually worked decreased by 48.2 million hours (or 0.9%) to 5.3 billion hours.

Hours actually worked, seasonally adjusted
Quarter	Hours actually worked (million)	Quarterly change (%)
Mar-17	5,040.6	-0.3
Jun-17	5,157.7	2.3
Sep-17	5,169.6	0.2
Dec-17	5,227.5	1.1
Mar-18	5,205.8	-0.4
Jun-18	5,219.8	0.3
Sep-18	5,277.8	1.1
Dec-18	5,301.7	0.5
Mar-19	5,346.7	0.8
Jun-19	5,357.5	0.2
Sep-19	5,396.3	0.7
Dec-19	5,404.9	0.2
Mar-20	5,335.8	-1.3
Jun-20	4,820.0	-9.7
Sep-20	5,081.6	5.4
Dec-20	5,244.4	3.2
Mar-21	5,294.1	0.9
Jun-21	5,398.6	2.0
Sep-21	5,142.9	-4.7
Dec-21	5,370.7	4.4
Mar-22	5,322.5	-0.9

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 March quarter 2022 were Health care and social assistance, Construction and Professional, scientific and technical services.

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 (million)	Mar-2022 (million)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	185.3	187.0
Mining (B)	101.4	101.5
Manufacturing (C)	393.2	391.4
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	56.3	57.8
Construction (E)	507.2	520.9
Wholesale trade (F)	246.0	229.6
Retail trade (G)	459.8	453.0
Accommodation and food services (H)	306.1	317.2
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	274.8	281.3
Information media and telecommunications (J)	71.9	70.8
Financial and insurance services (K)	209.6	195.6
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	120.7	119.3
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	478.6	492.7
Administrative and support services (N)	297.5	280.8
Public administration and safety (O)	309.0	294.5
Education and training (P)	382.0	378.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	680.3	673.7
Arts and recreation services (R)	81.5	84.1
Other services (S)	209.5	192.8

Hours actually worked, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 (hours)	Mar-2022 (hours)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	413.3	430.1
Mining (B)	494.2	491.9
Manufacturing (C)	427.1	420.9
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	459.8	446.9
Construction (E)	434.3	431.0
Wholesale trade (F)	445.5	412.4
Retail trade (G)	317.7	314.9
Accommodation and food services (H)	258.0	262.3
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	415.6	419.6
Information media and telecommunications (J)	396.9	385.0
Financial and insurance services (K)	440.1	422.2
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	410.3	400.8
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	410.7	407.0
Administrative and support services (N)	282.2	270.6
Public administration and safety (O)	399.5	390.6
Education and training (P)	366.2	352.9
Health care and social assistance (Q)	339.2	339.1
Arts and recreation services (R)	296.4	286.8
Other services (S)	374.8	370.8

Quarterly hours worked per job, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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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 March quarter 2022:

Total labour income increased by $3,888 million (or 1.4%) to $290,463 million.
The average labour income per employed person increased by 0.6% to $21,196.
Total compensation of employees increased by 1.6% to $261,455 million.
Labour income from self-employment decreased by 1.0% to $29,008 million.
Total labour costs increased by $5,425 million (1.8%) to $313,786 million.

The three industries with the highest total labour income in the March quarter 2022 were Health care and social assistance, Professional, scientific and technical services and Construction.

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 ($billion)	Mar-2022 ($billion)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	9.3	9.5
Mining (B)	9.0	9.0
Manufacturing (C)	19.4	19.5
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	4.1	4.2
Construction (E)	24.9	25.5
Wholesale trade (F)	12.9	13.1
Retail trade (G)	14.3	14.4
Accommodation and food services (H)	7.7	7.9
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	13.0	13.9
Information media and telecommunications (J)	4.6	4.8
Financial and insurance services (K)	13.7	13.5
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	5.8	5.6
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	34.6	35.1
Administrative and support services (N)	18.0	18.0
Public administration and safety (O)	23.5	23.4
Education and training (P)	23.2	23.7
Health care and social assistance (Q)	39.1	39.4
Arts and recreation services (R)	2.6	3.0
Other services (S)	7.0	6.9

Total labour income, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted
	Dec-2021 ($'000)	Mar-2022 ($'000)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A)	21.2	22.5
Mining (B)	44.0	44.0
Manufacturing (C)	21.1	21.0
Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D)	33.4	32.6
Construction (E)	21.5	21.2
Wholesale trade (F)	23.4	23.7
Retail trade (G)	10.0	10.1
Accommodation and food services (H)	6.6	6.7
Transport, postal and warehousing (I)	19.7	20.8
Information media and telecommunications (J)	25.8	26.3
Financial and insurance services (K)	28.9	29.3
Rental, hiring and real estate services (L)	19.7	18.9
Professional, scientific and technical services (M)	30.1	29.4
Administrative and support services (N)	17.4	17.6
Public administration and safety (O)	30.7	31.3
Education and training (P)	22.6	22.6
Health care and social assistance (Q)	20.1	20.2
Arts and recreation services (R)	9.8	10.5
Other services (S)	12.7	13.5

Average income per employed person, by industry, seasonally adjusted

["","Dec-2021","Mar-2022"]

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Quarterly estimates for Jobs, People, Hours and Payments by Industry Division and Total All Industries.

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Industry summary table
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Table 1. Total all industries - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 2. Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 3. Mining (B) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 4. Manufacturing (C) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 5. Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 6. Construction (E) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 7. Wholesale trade (F) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 8. Retail trade (G) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 9. Accommodation and food services (H) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 10. Transport, postal and warehousing (I) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 11. Information media and telecommunications (J) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 12. Financial and insurance services (K) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 13. Rental, hiring and real estate services (L) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 14. Professional, scientific and technical services (M) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 15. Administrative and support services (N) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 16. Public administration and safety (O) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 17. Education and training (P) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 18. Health care and social assistance (Q) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 19. Arts and recreation services (R) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 20. Other services (S) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original
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Table 21. Unbalanced: total all industries - original
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Table 22. Quarterly revisions
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Jobs

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Main and secondary jobs

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People

Hours

Payments

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Industry summary table

Table 1. Total all industries - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 2. Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 3. Mining (B) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 4. Manufacturing (C) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 5. Electricity, gas, water and waste services (D) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 6. Construction (E) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 7. Wholesale trade (F) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 8. Retail trade (G) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 9. Accommodation and food services (H) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 10. Transport, postal and warehousing (I) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 11. Information media and telecommunications (J) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 12. Financial and insurance services (K) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 13. Rental, hiring and real estate services (L) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 14. Professional, scientific and technical services (M) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 15. Administrative and support services (N) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 16. Public administration and safety (O) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 17. Education and training (P) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 18. Health care and social assistance (Q) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 19. Arts and recreation services (R) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 20. Other services (S) - trend, seasonally adjusted and original

Table 21. Unbalanced: total all industries - original

Table 22. Quarterly revisions

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