Highlights
- Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 26,000 to 2,169,000.
- The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent.
- The seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate increased to 68.6 percent.
- Seasonally adjusted total actual hours worked per week increased 2.3 percent.
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June 2008 quarter |
Quarterly change |
Annual change |
| Unemployment rate |
3.9% |
+0.2 |
+0.3 |
| Unemployed |
89,000 |
+8.7% |
+10.1% |
| Employed |
2,169,000 |
+1.2% |
+0.7% |
| Not in the labour force |
1,034,000 |
-2.5% |
+1.4% |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.6% |
+0.9 |
-0.1 |
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
7 August 2008
ISSN 1178-0487 |
There is a companion Media Release published – Household Labour Force Survey: June 2008 quarter.
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