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Jobs back ‘around the same level as last year’, ABS payroll data shows – ABC News
Payroll jobs are back near pre-pandemic levels, after a seasonal surge in employment late in January.
Payroll jobs have recovered to the same level as they were a year ago, according to new data.
Key points:
- Payroll jobs are back near pre-pandemic levels
- ‘Virus free’ states have seen more jobs growth
- However, wages have fallen 3.4 per cent nationally since mid-March
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that in the last fortnight of January the number of payroll jobs increased by 1.3 per cent nationally with almost every industry benefiting.
It means the number of payroll jobs are back to…
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