Quarterly Employment Survey: June 2012 quarter

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Wage rates grow 2.0 percent

Key facts

In the June 2012 quarter compared with the March 2012 quarter:

  • The seasonally adjusted number of filled jobs rose 0.7 percent.
  • The seasonally adjusted number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) rose 1.1 percent.
  • Average ordinary time hourly earnings remained relatively unchanged (up 0.1 percent).

In the June 2012 quarter compared with the June 2011 quarter:

  • The seasonally adjusted number of filled jobs rose 1.9 percent.
  • The seasonally adjusted number of FTEs rose 2.0 percent.
  • Average ordinary time hourly earnings rose 2.9 percent.

Graph, Employment, quarterly change, June 2009 quarter to June 2012 quarter.

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

7 August 2012
ISSN 1178-0649