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.
Please note that we will be changing the
dissemination method of this release from October 2022.
Further information is available on this week's release
page.
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 14 August
2022:
the number of paid jobs (compared with the
previous week) were:
2,332,460 total paid jobs (up
7,400 or 0.32 percent)
99,300 paid jobs in primary
industries (up 630 or 0.64 percent)
442,600 paid
jobs in goods-producing industries (up 1,350 or 0.31
percent)
1,733,320 paid jobs in services industries
(up 9,960 or 0.58 percent)
57,230 paid jobs in
unclassified industries (down 4,550 or 7.36
percent)
the median income (compared with
the previous week) was:
$1,175.58 (down $0.42 or 0.04
percent).
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