The new data released by Labour Force, shows that unemployment rate in Western Australia has fallen from 7 percent in August to 6.7 percent. Which means that the state has one of the lowest jobless rates in Australia. According to Premier Mark McGowan, Western Australia has created over 72,000 in the last four months.

Economists had expected the unemployment rate to spike to 7.1 percent after the surprise fall to 6.8 percent in August. Based on the data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, full-time employment fell by 20,100 while part-time employment decreased by 9400.

Below is a report on the rate of unemployment of different states.

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
NSW – 7.2 per cent in vs 6.7 per cent in July
Vic – 6.7 per cent vs 7.1 per cent
Qld – 7.7 per cent vs 7.4 per cent
SA – 7.1 per cent vs 8.1 per cent
WA – 6.7 per cent vs 7.0 per cent
Tas – 7.6 per cent vs 6.4 per cent
NT – 4.8 per cent vs 4.2 per cent
ACT – 3.8 per cent vs 4.0 per cent

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Published: 15 October 2020