Election drives fall in Roy Morgan unemployment

Tuesday 14 June 2022

Roy Morgan Research has released its May unemployment estimate, with the unemployment rate falling 1.6% to 8.1% on the back of a surge in part-time work as Australians worked the election.

However, underemployment in May increased by 0.2% points to 8.6%:

According to Michele Levine, CEO of Roy Morgan:

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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.