Australia posted a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.4 percent in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
That was unchanged from the previous month, and it also beat forecasts for 5.5 percent.
The Australian economy created 10,400 jobs in January - well ahead of forecasts for an increase of 6,000 jobs after 5,500 jobs were lost in the previous month.
Full-time employment decreased 9,800 to 8,098,400 and part-time employment increased 20,200 to 3,450,700.
The participation rate was 65.0 percent, missing forecasts for 65.1 percent, which would have been unchanged from the previous month.
Unemployment increased 2,000 (0.3 percent) to 659,600. The number of persons looking for full-time work decreased 5,800 to 470,800 and the number of persons looking for part-time work increased 7,700 to 188,700.
Aggregate monthly hours worked decreased 3.9 million hours to 1,619.7 million hours.
For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com
Economic News
What parts of the world are seeing the best (and worst) economic performances lately? Click here to check out our Econ Scorecard and find out! See up-to-the-moment rankings for the best and worst performers in GDP, unemployment rate, inflation and much more.
June 05, 2026 16:18 ET A busy week for economic news flow saw a slew of reports being released that reflected the trends in the U.S. labor market. In Europe, economic growth and inflation data gained attention as the European Central Bank and Bank of England head for policy session later in the month. In Asia, the monetary policy session of the Indian central bank was in focus as the country, a major oil importer, reels under the pressures of a weaker rupee and rising inflation.