Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.1 Employment
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Number employed (a) – '000
July	10 023.0	10 295.1	10 545.1	10 790.2	10 791.2
August	10 060.7	10 309.5	10 572.2	10 800.3	10 765.0
September	10 051.5	10 357.5	10 605.3	10 794.7	10 805.6
October	10 050.1	10 325.9	10 600.8	10 816.4
November	10 087.4	10 355.5	10 648.3	10 804.5
December	10 082.9	10 409.7	10 665.3	10 801.0
January	10 088.4	10 419.7	10 702.5	10 803.6
February	10 121.4	10 432.0	10 734.6	10 805.3
March	10 164.6	10 457.7	10 743.6	10 766.5
April	10 175.1	10 485.2	10 780.0	10 793.2
May	10 213.1	10 525.6	10 748.0	10 783.1
June	10 246.0	10 532.9	10 782.9	10 757.2
Annual average	10 112.2	10 406.1	10 679.2	10 793.5
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	3.9	2.7	2.4	2.3	0.0
August	4.4	2.5	2.5	2.2	-0.3
September	3.6	3.0	2.4	1.8	0.1
October	3.1	2.7	2.7	2.0
November	3.2	2.7	2.8	1.5
December	2.9	3.2	2.5	1.3
January	2.4	3.3	2.7	0.9
February	2.4	3.1	2.9	0.7
March	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.2
April	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.1
May	2.5	3.1	2.1	0.3
June	2.4	2.8	2.4	-0.2
Annual average	2.9	2.9	2.6	1.1
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0
								Update
								12 November 2009