Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.1 Employment
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Number employed (a) – '000
July	10 586.4	10 897.0	10 949.8	11 251.7	11 439.1
August	10 619.2	10 917.2	10 932.0	11 286.2	11 425.9
September	10 652.4	10 909.8	10 963.7	11 323.7	11 443.1
October	10 650.9	10 933.6	10 985.4	11 362.1	11 458.2
November	10 703.1	10 916.3	11 011.9	11 411.6	11 450.6
December	10 726.2	10 920.2	11 055.7	11 421.4	11 421.3
January	10 751.1	10 904.1	11 097.1	11 425.8
February	10 798.5	10 928.3	11 111.6	11 413.3
March	10 822.3	10 911.2	11 139.5	11 458.3
April	10 864.0	10 939.2	11 160.4	11 425.9
May	10 835.8	10 928.0	11 171.3	11 427.4
June	10 883.9	10 911.8	11 225.0	11 444.8
Annual average	10 743.1	10 918.7	11 066.7	11 386.9
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	2.8	2.9	0.5	2.8	1.7
August	3.0	2.8	0.1	3.2	1.2
September	2.8	2.4	0.5	3.3	1.1
October	3.1	2.7	0.5	3.4	0.8
November	3.3	2.0	0.9	3.6	0.3
December	2.9	1.8	1.2	3.3	0.0
January	3.1	1.4	1.8	3.0
February	3.4	1.2	1.7	2.7
March	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.9
April	3.3	0.7	2.0	2.4
May	2.7	0.9	2.2	2.3
June	3.0	0.3	2.9	2.0
Annual average	3.1	1.6	1.4	2.9
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0
								Update
								16 February 2012