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Australia Employment Level Planned 2026-10-15 11:30 Australia/Sydney: data, chart, and analysis

Australia Employment Level came in at 14,782,700 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 14,836,600 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
14,782,700
Previous
14,836,600
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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Australia Employment Level release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Australia Employment Level chart through 2026-09-30
AUD Employment Level readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 14,782,700.

Employment Level release read

Australia Employment Level came in at 14,782,700 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 14,836,600 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

The parent Employment Level page shows the full time series for Australia. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For AUD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
4,351 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 15 Oct 2026
14,887 ms after the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 4,351 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 4,351 ms after it was published.

See the pickup record for every recent release

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID aud_employment_2026-10-15
API announcement ID aud_employment_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 14,782,700
Previous value 14,836,600
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1792024200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Australia Employment Level history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

Analysis and guides connected to Australia Employment Level.

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More Australia Employment Level releases

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Older release

2026-09-24 11:30 Australia/Sydney · 14,836,600

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Average Weekly Earnings / Wages

Measures nominal wage growth.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Australia Employment Level.

What did Australia Employment Level come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Australia Employment Level was 14,782,700 Persons in September 2026. The previous reading was 14,836,600 Persons.

When was this Australia Employment Level release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 15, 2026 at 11:30 Australia/Sydney. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next Australia Employment Level release?

The next Australia Employment Level release is scheduled for Nov 19, 2026.

What is the official source for Australia Employment Level?

ABS publishes the official Employment Level series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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  "announcement_id": "aud_employment_2026-09-30",
  "announcement_source_url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/release-calendar/future-releases-calendar/202610",
  "available_at_iso": "2026-10-15T00:30:15.350801Z",
  "available_at_ns": 1792024215350801080,
  "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-10-15T00:30:14.888366Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1792024214888366563,
  "date": "2026-09-30",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 14888.367,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
  "observed_at_ns": 1792024214888366563,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1792024200,
  "previous_value": 14836600.0,
  "publication_time_basis": "official_schedule",
  "publication_time_precision": "minute",
  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
  "revisions": [
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      "ingestion_latency_ms": 14792.124,
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      "is_first_release": false,
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      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1792024200,
      "publication_time_precision": "minute",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "source_published_after_ns": 1792024211000000000,
      "source_published_after_surface": "primary",
      "source_published_by_ns": 1792024214790702915,
      "source_published_by_surface": "primary",
      "source_published_window_basis": "last_modified",
      "val": 14782700.0,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "announcement_source_url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/release-calendar/future-releases-calendar/202610",
      "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1792024200,
      "ingestion_latency_ms": 14888.367,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1792024214888366563,
      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1792024200,
      "publication_time_precision": "minute",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
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      "source_published_after_surface": "primary",
      "source_published_by_ns": 1792024214887892783,
      "source_published_by_surface": "primary",
      "source_published_window_basis": "last_modified",
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  ],
  "source_published_after_ns": 1792024211000000000,
  "source_published_after_surface": "primary",
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  "source_published_by_surface": "primary",
  "source_published_window_basis": "last_modified",
  "val": 14782700.0
}