Western Australia’s employment rates have recorded a 5,000 person increase, making it the only state in Australia to record an increase in February 2025, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.
The recent ABS data shows a record of 1.64 million people in Western Australia are employed.
This takes the total number of jobs created under the Western Australian Labor Government since 2017 to 345,000.
In the 2023-24 financial year, Western Australia’s resource sector delivered record levels of employment with 134,871 full-time positions.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti says more people from interstate and overseas are coming to work and live in Western Australia.
“Another month and another record for the Western Australian job market and our economy,” Saffioti says.
“We continue to outperform the rest of the country with a record number of Western Australians in jobs, historically low unemployment for over three years now and massive population growth.”
In February 2025, Western Australia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, down from 3.6% in January, the lowest of the states and below the national rate of 4.1%.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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