Australia July 2025 Unemployment rate 4.2% (vs. 4.2% expected) | investingLive

Employment report from Australia for July 2025

Employment Change a slight miss at +24.5K

• expected 25K, prior 2K

Unemployment Rate 4.2%

• expected 4.2%, prior 4.3%

Full-Time Employment +60.5K, cracking good result, the best in 17 months

• prior
  -38.2K

Part-Time Employment -36K

• prior 40.2K

Participation rate 67.0%

• expected 67.1%, prior 67.0%

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Underemployment rate 5.9%

• prior 6.0%

Underutilisation rate 10.1%

• prior 10.3%