Quarterly Employment Survey: March 2012 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  01 May 2012
Media release  – 
Wage rates grow 2.0 percent

Key facts

All figures are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated.

In the March 2012 quarter compared with the December 2011 quarter:

  • The number of filled jobs was unchanged.
  • The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) rose 0.1 percent.

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

  • The number of filled jobs rose 1.2 percent.
  • The number of FTEs rose 1.1 percent.

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

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

1 May 2012
ISSN 1178-0649