PAYROLL JOBS UP

PAYROLL jobs rose 0.8 per cent in the fortnight to February 12, and were 1.8 per cent higher than the same period a year earlier, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

“The latest data shows payroll jobs continued to rise in late January and early February 2022 but at a slower pace than in early 2020 and early 2021,” ABS head of Labour Statistics Bjorn Jarvis said.

“Annual growth in payroll jobs (1.8 per cent to 12 February 2022) was just over half of that seen in the previous year (3.2 per cent to 13 February 2021), reflecting the slower start to 2022.”