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Payroll jobs are on continuous recovery, rising 0.4 per cent across the fortnight ending 28 November, 2020. The total wages paid rose 0.7 per cent, as against 1 per cent in the previous fortnight ending 14 November 2020.
On the other hand, payroll jobs fell by 2 per cent and the total wages by 2.6 per cent between the week ending 14 March 2020, and the week ending 28 November 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday. Coronavirus pandemic-induced restrictions negatively impacted the economy and the job sector.
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Over three quarters of the payroll jobs lost to mid-April have been regained by November-end. Even as 76 per cent of the payroll jobs have been recovered, they still remain 2 per cent lower than mid-March, said Bjorn Javis, Head of Labour Statistics, ABS. As per the data, a rise was seen nationally in both the Accommodation and food services (1.2 per cent) and Arts and recreation services industries across the fortnight ending 28 November 2020.
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However, the payroll jobs saw a decline in the Accommodation and food services (4 per cent) and Arts and recreation services industries (7) in South Australia. The period also concurred with the short reintroduction of additional coronavirus-related restrictions.
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States and territories
Javis also said that the largest rise in these jobs within states and territories were recorded in Tasmania (1.1 per cent), New South Wales (0.6 per cent), Victoria (0.4 per cent) and Western Australia (0.4 per cent) across the fortnight ending 28 November 2020. The variation in payroll jobs which were lost since 14 March 2020, has contracted across states and territories by the end of November, according to the ABS data.
Percentage change by states and territories
Source: ABS update, 15 December 2020
Percentage change by sex
Payroll jobs that were taken by females surged 0.4 per cent and those by males rose 0.2 per cent between the week ending 14 Novembe 2020, and the week ending 28 November 2020.
Source: ABS update, 15 December 2020
