The ABS has released its weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages data, which reveals that total payroll jobs fell by 7.3% in the seven weeks from mid-March to early May, with Victoria leading the decline (-8.4%):

The next chart shows that jobs (-7.3%) have fallen more sharply than wages (-5.4%):

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Wages have fallen most sharply in WA (-7.0%) followed by VIC (-6.7%):
