Employer Bulletin | 3 June
- Jun 3, 2025
- 1 min read
Here's what is leading the news for employers this week:
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.
Key facts:
Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the April 2025 month (compared with the March 2025 month) were:
all industries – down 0.1% (2,246 jobs) to 2.35 million filled jobs
primary industries – up 0.1% (108 jobs)
goods-producing industries – down 0.3% (1,393 jobs)
service industries – down 0.1% (1,081 jobs).
The following figures compare April 2025 actual values with April 2024:
Filled jobs were 2.36 million, down 38,463 (1.6%).
Filled jobs changes by industry:
By industry, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with April 2024 were in:
construction – down 6.5% (13,522 jobs)
administrative and support services – down 6.7% (7,547 jobs)
professional, scientific, and technical services – down 3.3% (6,257 jobs)
manufacturing – down 2.3% (5,475 jobs)
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