djprlabourdash: DJSIR Jobs Dashboard

Apologies! Please disregard the previous DJPR Jobs Briefing email, as it contained last month’s dot points. See below for the updated version for October 2022:

The ABS released the latest Labour Force figures at 11:30am today. This data was collected for the period 2nd October to 15th October 2022.

Victoria's unemployment rate rose from 3.5 to 3.6 per cent;
The number of people employed in Victoria rose from 3.516m to 3.518m, a rise of 2,200 workers;
- Full-time employment fell by 1,200 workers (-0.1%);
- Part-time employment rose by 3,300 workers (0.3%);
The number of unemployed people in Victoria rose from 126,400 to 133,000, a rise of 6,600 people;
Victoria's participation rate rose from 66.7 to 66.8 per cent, a rise of 0.1 percentage points;
The total number of hours worked in Victoria rose by 1.7%;
Victoria's underemployment rate remained at 5.7 per cent percentage points;
The youth unemployment rate in Victoria fell from 9.6 to 9 per cent, a fall of 0.6 percentage points (smoothed using a 12-month rolling average);
The unsmoothed, original youth unemployment rate is 8.2 percent, compared to 7.6 percent a month earlier.