Slight decline in local employment
Submitted 16/06/2011
Migration for Business Growth
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in May 2011 declined 0.1 percentage point to 5.4 per cent.
Statistics show the national unemployment rate for May remained steady at 4.9 per cent.
Nationwide the participation rate remained at 65.6 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate decreased 0.3 percentage points to 63.5 per cent.


