Payroll jobs rose 0.7 per cent in the month to 12 November 2022, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said: “The pace of growth in payroll jobs seen during 2022 continued into November. The slower growth rate this year continues to point to tightness in the labour market, coupled with disruptions from people being sick and the impact of major weather events.
“With almost three full years of payroll jobs data, we can see some of the recurring weekly seasonal changes in the labour market. The most recent changes in 2022 are more like 2020 than 2021, given the labour market was recovering from the Delta period lockdowns at this time last year.”
The latest data covers the period before the labour market hits its seasonal peak in payroll jobs every year, which is usually around the first half of December. That period will be covered in the next release.
| 2020 (pts) | 2021 (pts) | 2022 (pts) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| week 0 | 92.8 | 96.1 | 99.4 |
| week 1 | 95.2 | 97.4 | 100.0 |
| week 2 | 96.7 | 99.5 | 102.3 |
| week 3 | 97.6 | 100.5 | 103.7 |
| week 4 | 98.1 | 101.1 | 104.5 |
| week 5 | 98.7 | 101.6 | 105.0 |
| week 6 | 99.2 | 102.3 | 105.6 |
| week 7 | 99.5 | 102.6 | 105.4 |
| week 8 | 99.5 | 103.0 | 105.2 |
| week 9 | 99.9 | 103.3 | 105.6 |
| week 10 | 100.0 | 103.6 | 106.6 |
| week 11 | 99.1 | 103.8 | 106.9 |
| week 12 | 95.6 | 103.6 | 106.9 |
| week 13 | 93.1 | 102.8 | 106.7 |
| week 14 | 91.8 | 102.4 | 106.8 |
| week 15 | 91.7 | 102.6 | 106.2 |
| week 16 | 92.3 | 102.9 | 105.8 |
| week 17 | 92.8 | 103.3 | 106.4 |
| week 18 | 93.5 | 103.7 | 106.9 |
| week 19 | 94.1 | 104.0 | 107.2 |
| week 20 | 94.5 | 104.1 | 107.5 |
| week 21 | 94.8 | 103.8 | 107.6 |
| week 22 | 95.8 | 103.4 | 107.5 |
| week 23 | 96.2 | 103.6 | 107.9 |
| week 24 | 96.3 | 103.8 | 108.2 |
| week 25 | 96.2 | 103.4 | 107.9 |
| week 26 | 97.5 | 103.4 | 107.3 |
| week 27 | 98.6 | 104.2 | 107.4 |
| week 28 | 98.7 | 104.0 | 107.2 |
| week 29 | 98.9 | 102.8 | 107.2 |
| week 30 | 99.2 | 103.0 | 107.5 |
| week 31 | 99.2 | 102.8 | 107.3 |
| week 32 | 99.1 | 102.7 | 107.6 |
| week 33 | 99.2 | 102.0 | 108.4 |
| week 34 | 99.3 | 101.5 | 108.9 |
| week 35 | 99.6 | 101.6 | 109.0 |
| week 36 | 100.1 | 102.2 | 109.3 |
| week 37 | 100.2 | 102.6 | 109.2 |
| week 38 | 100.1 | 102.4 | 108.7 |
| week 39 | 99.3 | 102.1 | 108.1 |
| week 40 | 99.5 | 102.5 | 108.0 |
| week 41 | 100.4 | 104.2 | 108.4 |
| week 42 | 100.7 | 105.3 | 108.6 |
| week 43 | 100.9 | 106.2 | 108.7 |
| week 44 | 101.3 | 106.8 | 108.8 |
| week 45 | 102.0 | 107.3 | 109.2 |
| week 46 | 102.4 | 107.8 | |
| week 47 | 102.7 | 108.0 | |
| week 48 | 103.2 | 108.4 | |
| week 49 | 103.4 | 108.3 | |
| week 50 | 102.6 | 107.5 | |
| week 51 | 98.9 | 103.8 |
Week 0 represents the week ending 4 January 2020, 2 January 2021 and 1 January 2022. Week 45 represents the week ending 14 November 2020, 13 November 2021 and 12 November 2022.
States and territories
Payroll jobs rose in all states and territories between mid-October and mid-November 2022, with the largest increase in South Australia (up 1.2 per cent) and the smallest in Queensland (up 0.2 per cent).
South Australia’s increase partly reflected the slightly later school term start, with payroll jobs in the Education and training industry accounting for over 40 per cent of the increase over the month.
Industries
Nationally, 10 out of 19 industries saw a rise in payroll jobs in the month to mid-November 2022. The Education and training industry rose 3.5 per cent and accounted for more than a third (42.7 per cent) of payroll job increases in the month to mid-November 2022.
The rise in payroll jobs in the Education and training industry in this period aligns with the seasonal pattern seen in previous years.
| 2020 (pts) | 2021 (pts) | 2022 (pts) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | 83.0 | 86.0 | 87.3 |
| Week 1 | 83.1 | 84.6 | 85.3 |
| Week 2 | 83.0 | 85.5 | 85.3 |
| Week 3 | 85.2 | 87.4 | 87.1 |
| Week 4 | 88.6 | 89.9 | 89.8 |
| Week 5 | 92.0 | 93.7 | 93.7 |
| Week 6 | 94.5 | 96.0 | 96.1 |
| Week 7 | 96.2 | 97.8 | 97.6 |
| Week 8 | 97.4 | 99.4 | 98.9 |
| Week 9 | 99.2 | 101.1 | 101.1 |
| Week 10 | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.1 |
| Week 11 | 100.2 | 102.6 | 102.8 |
| Week 12 | 98.4 | 102.7 | 103.3 |
| Week 13 | 95.4 | 102.0 | 103.4 |
| Week 14 | 92.3 | 100.1 | 103.0 |
| Week 15 | 90.4 | 97.5 | 100.4 |
| Week 16 | 90.3 | 98.2 | 98.5 |
| Week 17 | 91.4 | 101.1 | 100.1 |
| Week 18 | 93.0 | 102.7 | 103.1 |
| Week 19 | 94.0 | 103.2 | 104.5 |
| Week 20 | 94.4 | 103.4 | 104.5 |
| Week 21 | 94.6 | 103.5 | 104.5 |
| Week 22 | 95.1 | 103.2 | 104.5 |
| Week 23 | 95.5 | 102.7 | 104.3 |
| Week 24 | 96.3 | 103.0 | 104.7 |
| Week 25 | 96.8 | 102.9 | 104.8 |
| Week 26 | 96.4 | 101.1 | 103.6 |
| Week 27 | 94.4 | 98.2 | 101.4 |
| Week 28 | 92.8 | 97.0 | 99.9 |
| Week 29 | 95.0 | 98.4 | 100.7 |
| Week 30 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 102.8 |
| Week 31 | 97.2 | 100.6 | 103.8 |
| Week 32 | 97.5 | 100.8 | 104.3 |
| Week 33 | 97.7 | 100.1 | 105.9 |
| Week 34 | 98.5 | 100.0 | 106.8 |
| Week 35 | 98.9 | 99.9 | 106.8 |
| Week 36 | 99.4 | 100.3 | 107.0 |
| Week 37 | 99.7 | 100.0 | 107.4 |
| Week 38 | 99.0 | 98.5 | 105.9 |
| Week 39 | 96.2 | 97.1 | 103.6 |
| Week 40 | 94.9 | 95.6 | 103.0 |
| Week 41 | 97.8 | 98.0 | 104.5 |
| Week 42 | 99.6 | 101.2 | 106.5 |
| Week 43 | 100.3 | 102.2 | 107.6 |
| Week 44 | 100.3 | 102.7 | 107.7 |
| Week 45 | 100.4 | 102.8 | 108.1 |
| Week 46 | 100.8 | 103.3 | |
| Week 47 | 101.6 | 104.5 | |
| Week 48 | 100.6 | 103.8 | |
| Week 49 | 99.0 | 101.0 | |
| Week 50 | 96.2 | 96.8 | |
| Week 51 | 89.9 | 90.7 |
Week 0 represents the week ending 4 January 2020, 2 January 2021 and 1 January 2022. Outside of the Summer break, school holidays usually fall between Weeks 12-16 in Autumn, Weeks 25-29 in Winter, and Weeks 37-42 in Spring.
The ABS acknowledges the continued support of the Australian Taxation Office in enabling the ABS to produce weekly insights into the Australian labour market from Single Touch Payroll data.
