The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series.

Key facts

The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than 7 days, while the 20-day series covers jobs with pay periods of 14 days or fewer. The 34-day series includes all jobs regardless of their pay period.

The 34-day series indicated that for the latest week, the week ended 23 January 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,293,520 total paid jobs (up 15,940 or 0.70 percent)
  • 113,130 paid jobs in primary industries (up 260 or 0.23 percent)
  • 445,380 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 5,810 or 1.32 percent)
  • 1,677,580 paid jobs in services industries (up 9,010 or 0.54 percent)
  • 57,430 paid jobs in unclassified industries (up 860 or 1.52 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,139.50 (up $0.60 or 0.05 percent).

Visit our website to read this information release and to download CSV files:

• Employment indicators: Weekly as at 28 February 2022
• CSV files for download

© Scoop Media