Labour Cost Index (All Labour Costs): June 2011 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  21 October 2011

Key facts

From the June 2010 quarter to the June 2011 quarter:

  • Surveyed labour costs increased 2.4 percent.
  • Non-wage labour costs increased 4.9 percent.
  • Annual leave and statutory holiday costs increased 2.1 percent.
  • Superannuation costs increased 11.3 percent.
  • Workplace accident insurance costs increased 27.5 percent.
  • Other non-wage labour costs (vehicles, medical insurance, and low-interest loans) increased 0.9 percent.
Graph, all labour costs, all sectors combined, percentage change from June quarter of previous year, June 2005 to June 2011. Graph, all non-wage labour costs, all sectors combined, percentage change from June quarter of previous year, June 2005 to June 2011.

 

Geoff Bascand 21 October 2011
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0517