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The Guardian’s Greg Jericho has published interesting data on the number of people in Australia holding down second jobs.
As shown in the next chart, there was a record 6.4% of Australian workers holding second jobs in the December quarter of 2021:
Moreover, there has been a whopping 34.9% jump in secondary jobs over the pandemic – far outstripping the 6.8% rise in main jobs:
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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