Which regions saw the biggest gains?
Payroll jobs saw an increase in February, according to a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
This rise followed the regular seasonal pattern of increasing business activity due to people coming back to work after summer break, said ABS Head of Labour Statistics Bjorn Jarvis.
“The growth in payroll jobs from mid-January to mid-February in 2024 was broadly consistent with what we've seen at this time of the year since 2020. The seasonal contribution from Education and training jobs is always strong at this time of year, even through the COVID-19 pandemic, and which we again saw this year,” said Jarvis.
There was a lower annual growth seen in payroll jobs from 2023-2024 compared to 2022-2023. Jarvis said that the slower rise this time around followed a strong period of growth from 2022-2023.
The report further found that the Northern Territory, Victoria, and South Australia saw the strongest rises in the increase of payroll jobs all over the country with 3.1%, 2.5%, and 2.3% respectively.
About 44% of the total rise in payroll jobs were attributed to the industry of education and training, which was likely due to students going back to study and workers returning to their jobs, said the ABS report.
Payroll jobs mostly involve employee jobs that were paid through payrolls.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is a government agency that is concerned with collecting and analysing the statistics of the economy, population, environment, and social issues in order to properly advise the government.
