February sees seasonal rise in payroll jobs

ABS has noticed a 2% rise in payroll jobs within the month to Feb. 17.

Bjorn Jarvis (pictured above), ABS head of labour statistics, attributed the expansion to the everyday seasonal sample of enterprise exercise resuming post-summer break.

“The rise… adopted the common seasonal sample of enterprise exercise growing as individuals return to work after their summer season break,” Jarvis mentioned.

Training and coaching spearhead job development

This yr’s job market development, per the patterns noticed since 2020, owed a lot to the training and coaching sector. Regardless of the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this sector has constantly offered a powerful seasonal contribution.

“The training and coaching trade accounted for round 44% of the whole rise in payroll jobs as college students returned to research throughout the nation, and staff within the trade began or returned to their jobs,” Jarvis mentioned in a media launch.

State and territory breakdown of payroll will increase

Important payroll job will increase have been recorded throughout all Australian states and territories, with notable rises in Northern Territory (3.1%), Victoria (2.5%), and South Australia (2.3%).

Annual development developments within the Australian job market

Whereas the payroll jobs development from 2023 to 2024 mirrored a continuation of seasonal developments, annual development has decelerated in comparison with the 2022-23 interval, ABS knowledge confirmed.

“We proceed to see decrease annual development in payroll jobs via 2023-24 than via 2022-23,” Jarvissaid.

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