Australia Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Australia increased to 62.40 percent in December from 62.30 percent in November of 2018. Employment Rate in Australia averaged 58.97 percent from 1978 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 62.90 percent in April of 2008 and a record low of 54 percent in April of 1983.

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Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.00	5.00	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12747.70	12714.06	12747.70	5997.80	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	673.50	666.71	960.02	364.66	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	-26300.00	26400.00	72991.00	-73050.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	65400.00	-9500.00	81528.00	-80958.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	39100.00	16900.00	99080.00	-74987.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.70	65.60	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.50	11.20	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	100.70	101.80	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	102.20	100.60	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	242.90	240.90	242.90	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	171392.00	174281.00	258085.00	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1207.40	1191.50	1207.40	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1304.50	1309.40	1309.40	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.30	2.30	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	719.20	694.90	719.20	522.12	AUD/week	[+]
Population	24.70	24.13	24.70	10.39	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.50	65.50	62.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2790.00	2920.00	2920.00	2770.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1770.00	1820.00	1820.00	1750.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2710.00	2670.00	2710.00	2670.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6120.00	6250.00	6250.00	6120.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.40	62.30	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

In Australia, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Australia Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.40	62.30	62.90	54.00	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Mexico	96.65	Dec/18	96.74	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	75.80	Nov/18	75.8	75.8 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Dec/18	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.80	Jan/19	61.7	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.70	Jan/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Dec/18	60.4	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.90	Dec/18	59.9	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.80	Dec/18	58.7	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	Dec/18	54.7	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.00	Nov/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.50	Sep/18	41.9	43.4 : 36.3	%