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Australia Employment Change 16 October 2025

Australia Employment Change 16 October 2025: 14.9K for September 2025, below the 17K forecast and against -11.8K in August 2025 (first reported as -5.4K). It is the fifth release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Oct 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
14.9K
September 2025
Forecast
17K
The market consensus
Previous
-11.8K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A weak or negative result can weigh on the currency by increasing concern about labour-market cooling and possible rate cuts.

Australia Employment Change 16 October 2025: 14.9K for September 2025 against a 17K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Oct 2025Sep14.9K17K-11.8K
18 Sep 2025Aug-5.4K22K26.5K
14 Aug 2025Jul24.5K25K1K
17 Jul 2025Jun2.0K20K-1.1K
19 Jun 2025May-2.5K25K87.6K
15 May 2025Apr89.0K20K36.4K
17 Apr 2025Mar32.2K40K-57.4K
20 Mar 2025Feb-52.8K30K30.5K
20 Feb 2025Jan44K20K60.0K
16 Jan 2025Dec56.3K15K28.2K
12 Dec 2024Nov35.6K25K12.2K
14 Nov 2024Oct15.9K25K61.3K
The release before:Australia Employment Change 18 September 2025The release after:Australia Employment Change 13 November 2025Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar