Australia’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.8 Percent

The total number of full-time employees increased to 9.9 million as 27,900 full-time jobs were added.

Two men unload a new dishwasher off a delivery truck in Albany, Western Australia, on March 25, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent in March 2024, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on April 18.

This is 0.1 percent higher than February’s rate, and 0.1 percent below what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Treasury predicted last month.