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Australia Employment Change 20 February 2025

Australia Employment Change 20 February 2025: 44K for January 2025, above the 20K forecast and against 60.0K in December 2024 (first reported as 56.3K). It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Feb 2025 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
44K
January 2025
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
60.0K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A strong employment gain can support the Australian dollar as markets see less reason for the RBA to cut rates, especially if full-time jobs also rise.

Australia Employment Change 20 February 2025: 44K for January 2025 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Feb 2025Jan44K20K60.0K
16 Jan 2025Dec56.3K15K28.2K
12 Dec 2024Nov35.6K25K12.2K
14 Nov 2024Oct15.9K25K61.3K
17 Oct 2024Sep64.1K25K42.6K
19 Sep 2024Aug47.5K25K48.9K
15 Aug 2024Jul58.2K20K52.2K
18 Jul 2024Jun50.2K20K39.5K
13 Jun 2024May39.7K30K37.4K
16 May 2024Apr38.5K23.7K-5.9K
18 Apr 2024Mar-6.6K7.2K117.6K
21 Mar 2024Feb116.5K40K15.3K
The release before:Australia Employment Change 16 January 2025The release after:Australia Employment Change 20 March 2025Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar