Quarterly Employment Survey: December 2011 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  07 February 2012

Key facts

All figures are seasonally adjusted, unless otherwise stated.

In the December 2011 quarter compared with the September 2011 quarter:

  • The number of filled jobs rose 0.5 percent.
  • The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) rose 0.6 percent.

In the December 2011 quarter compared with the December 2010 quarter:

  • The number of filled jobs rose 1.9 percent.
  • The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) rose 2.1 percent.

Graph, Employment, quarterly change, December 2008 quarter to December 2011 quarter.

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

7 February 2012
ISSN 1178-0649

 

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