Jobs

In the week ending 14 December 2024, payroll jobs:

• decreased by 0.2% in the month from 16 November 2024
• increased by 0.3% in the year from 16 December 2023

Month change periods represent the index change between the reference week and four weeks prior, whereas annual change represents the index change from 52 weeks prior.

Estimates of change throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded index values. They may differ from, though are more accurate than, change calculated from rounded values.

Seasonally adjusted estimates for February 2025:

• Total job vacancies were 328,900, a decrease of 4.5% from November 2024.
• Private sector vacancies were 291,700, a decrease of 5.4% from November 2024.
• Public sector vacancies were 37,200, an increase of 3.0% from November 2024.

For December 2024:

• There were 1.0 million multiple job-holders (6.7% of employed people)
• 7.6% of employed women were multiple job-holders, compared to 6.0% of employed men
• Workers aged 20-24 years old were most likely to be working multiple jobs (9.0%)
• People who were a Community and personal service worker in their main job were most likely to be a multiple job-holder (9.9%).

During 2021-22:

• There were 22.7 million jobs, up 9.1% on 2020-21
• The LGA with the highest number of jobs was Brisbane, with 1,201,000 jobs
• 6.2 million jobs were held by migrants (who have arrived in Australia since 2000)

During the year ending February 2024:

• Job mobility decreased to 8%
• Younger workers are more mobile than older workers, with 13% of people aged 15 to 24 years changing jobs
• 2.1 million people left or lost a job
• The annual retrenchment rate was 1.7%.

Payroll jobs:

• up 0.3% in the fortnight up to 27 November 2021
• up 0.5% in the previous fortnight (to 13 November 2021)