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Australia Employment Change 19 February 2026

Australia Employment Change 19 February 2026: 17.8K for January 2026, below the 20K forecast and against 65.2K in October 2025 (first reported as 42.2K). 8 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Feb 2026 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
17.8K
January 2026
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
65.2K
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 19 February 2026: 17.8K for January 2026 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Feb 2026Jan17.8K20K65.2K
13 Nov 2025Oct42.2K20K12.7K
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
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