Australia Employment Rate 1978-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Australia increased to 62.20 percent in August from 62.10 percent in July of 2018. Employment Rate in Australia averaged 58.94 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	5.30	5.30	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12631.28	12587.28	12631.28	5997.91	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	708.77	703.00	959.95	364.59	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	10250.00	-24350.00	73432.00	-73084.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	33700.00	20100.00	80400.00	-81000.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	44000.00	-4300.00	99100.00	-75000.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.70	65.60	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.70	11.10	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.80	100.90	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	100.60	101.10	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	240.90	234.20	240.90	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	175554.51	176989.78	258085.00	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1207.40	1191.50	1207.40	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.10	2.10	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1304.50	1309.40	1309.40	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
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	3420.00	3440.00	3460.00	3420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	2420.00	2430.00	2440.00	2420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2440.00	2660.00	2660.00	2440.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6110.00	6250.00	6250.00	6110.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.20	62.10	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

Australia Employment Rate

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 October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.20	62.10	62.90	54.00	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Mexico	96.53	Aug/18	96.52	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
Switzerland	79.90	Jun/18	79.4	81.3	76.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	77.00	Jun/18	76.2	77.6	63.5	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.50	Jul/18	75.5	75.7	65.6	%	Monthly
Germany	75.40	Jun/18	75.4	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
France	65.80	Jun/18	65.7	65.8	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	63.53	Jun/18	62.07	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	62.20	Aug/18	62.1	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.50	Sep/18	61.4	63.7	56	%	Monthly
South Korea	61.20	Sep/18	60.9	61.6	56.1	%	Monthly
Russia	60.50	Aug/18	59.9	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
United States	60.40	Sep/18	60.3	64.7	55	%	Monthly
Japan	60.20	Aug/18	60	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Italy	59.00	Aug/18	58.8	59	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	54.10	Aug/18	53.9	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
Turkey	47.40	Jul/18	47.4	47.9	38.9	%	Monthly
South Africa	43.10	Jun/18	43.5	46.17	41	%	Quarterly
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4	36.3	%	Quarterly