Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.1 Employment
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Number employed (a) – '000
July	9 658.9	10 001.4	10 226.5	10 480.2	10 729.7
August	9 648.7	10 036.5	10 239.0	10 507.2	10 744.3
September	9 711.7	10 014.7	10 267.5	10 521.9
October	9 761.9	10 016.4	10 251.1	10 531.9
November	9 785.0	10 046.0	10 282.9	10 585.3
December	9 805.6	10 038.1	10 342.3	10 605.4
January	9 852.0	10 036.0	10 350.0	10 635.3
February	9 877.9	10 063.2	10 364.4	10 670.8
March	9 917.7	10 100.1	10 386.8	10 673.6
April	9 963.3	10 110.0	10 414.7	10 712.0
May	9 951.7	10 149.1	10 460.5	10 689.6
June	9 988.4	10 175.9	10 459.2	10 711.0
Annual average	9 826.4	10 064.3	10 334.6	10 612.4
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	2.4	3.5	2.3	2.5	2.4
August	1.7	4.0	2.0	2.6	2.3
September	2.3	3.1	2.5	2.5
October	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.7
November	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.9
December	2.6	2.4	3.0	2.5
January	3.2	1.9	3.1	2.8
February	3.3	1.9	3.0	3.0
March	3.3	1.8	2.8	2.8
April	3.5	1.5	3.0	2.9
May	3.2	2.0	3.1	2.2
June	3.6	1.9	2.8	2.4
Annual average	2.8	2.4	2.7	2.7
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0
								Update
								9 October 2008