Key findings: P0277 - Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES), June 2018
Employment and earnings for the quarter ending June 2018
Employment decreased by 69 000 quarter-on-quarter, from 9 817 000 in March 2018 to 9 748 000 in June 2018. This was largely due to decreases in the following industries: community services (-67 000 or -2,5%), manufacturing (-13 000 or -1,1%), mining and quarrying (-2 000 or -0,4%) and transport (-2 000 or -0,4%).
The electricity industry remained unchanged.
However there were increases in the following industries: trade (7 000 or 0,3%), business services (7 000 or 0,3%), and construction (1 000 or 0,2%).
Employment increased by 13 000 or 0,1% year-on-year between June 2017 and June 2018. These increases were reported by: trade (24 000 or 1,1%), community services (22 000 or 0,8%) , and business services (18 000 or 0,8%).