Source: https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/australia-employment Summary: Australian employment release time: mid-month, on a Thursday, usually 11:30 AM Canberra time. The symbols it moves and the WhitePips rules. Last updated: 2026-10-29 # Australian employment: release time and what it moves Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before, with no fixed time. What it is, what traders watch and how the WhitePips rules treat trading around it. - **Monthly** how often - **11:30 AM** Canberra time - **Red** usual calendar rating ### AU jobs on this week's calendar Loading this week's calendar… Times in your own time zone and in New York; releases already out are dimmed. Red is high impact, Amber medium; the ratings are the calendar feed's. ## What AU jobs is ### Australian employment The Labour Force survey counts how many jobs Australia added or lost in the month and the unemployment rate. Full employment is half of the Reserve Bank of Australia's job, so a surprise moves rate expectations and the Australian dollar. The monthly figures are noisy, so traders look at full-time against part-time jobs and at the participation rate, not only the headline. ### When it comes out - **Published by**: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Labour Force survey - **How often**: Monthly - **Usual day**: Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before - **Usual time**: 11:30 AM Canberra time: 00:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 01:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the evening before in New York - **On the calendar as**: Employment Change , Unemployment Rate - **Usual rating**: Red ### What traders watch ### Employment change against the forecast The headline surprise. ### The unemployment rate The figure the RBA's forecasts are built around. ### Full-time against part-time Full-time jobs are the stronger sign. ## Symbols AU jobs moves The WhitePips symbols that usually react most to AU jobs. Each page has the pip or point value, a lot-size example and the commission on every plan. [**AUDUSD** (Australian dollar / US dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audusd) [**AUDJPY** (Australian dollar / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audjpy) [**AUDNZD** (Australian dollar / New Zealand dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audnzd) [**EURAUD** (Euro / Australian dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/euraud) [**AUS200** (Australia 200)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/aus200) Futures on Volumetrica: [**6A** Australian dollar](https://whitepips.com/symbols#futures) ## Trading AU jobs at WhitePips ### CFD plans Every plan, every stage **News trading is permitted on every CFD plan.** You may open, hold and close positions before, during and after economic releases on every CFD plan, in the evaluation and once funded. There is no restricted window around a release on a CFD account, and no profit is removed because a trade was placed around news. **News straddling is not permitted.** On every CFD plan, you may not open straddled, offsetting or hedged exposure on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes before or after a scheduled Red or Amber (high or medium impact) economic event, a company earnings release, or a major geopolitical announcement, where the purpose is to capture the volatility of the event rather than to take a view on its outcome. Placing a buy and a sell (or a buy stop and a sell stop) on the same instrument, or opposite positions on correlated instruments such as EURUSD and USDCHF, so that whichever way the price jumps one side profits, is straddling. A single position, or positions in one direction, taken on your own view of the release is not. Trading Rules, sections 11.1 and 11.2. Each straddle is detected and referred to the risk desk, never penalised automatically. ### Futures plans One Step funded, Instant **Futures plans.** On the futures plans news trading is permitted during the One Step evaluation. On a funded futures account (One Step funded and Instant) no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release; a position opened before the window may be held through it. Profit from such a trade is removed and the loss stays. The first and second violations are warnings, and the third is referred for compliance review. A news trading violation never ends an account automatically. The releases are those marked as high impact in the economic calendar shown in the dashboard or notified to you. Trading Rules, section 11.4. **CFD plans: no straddling** (−15 min to +15 min) **Funded futures: no trade opened or closed** (−2 min to +2 min) AU jobs −20 min −15 −2 +2 +15 +20 min A single position taken on your own view, before or after the release, is fine on every CFD plan. On a funded futures account a position opened before the two-minute window may be held through it. [Section 11 of the Trading Rules](https://whitepips.com/legal/trading-rules#news-trading) [News trading, explained](https://whitepips.com/rules#rule-cfd-news-trading) ## AU jobs: questions **What time is AU jobs released?** 11:30 AM Canberra time: 00:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 01:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the evening before in New York. Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before. **How often is AU jobs released?** Monthly. Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before. The exact dates are set by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); the dashboard's economic calendar shows the coming week. **Can I trade AU jobs on a WhitePips account?** On every CFD plan, yes: news trading is allowed in the evaluation and once funded. What is not allowed is straddling, opening both directions (or offsetting positions on correlated instruments) within 15 minutes either side of a Red or Amber release to catch the spike; the risk desk reviews it. On a funded futures account, no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release. **Which markets move most on AU jobs?** On the WhitePips platforms: AUDUSD, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, EURAUD, AUS200, and on futures 6A. **What time are Australian jobs released in New York?** 11:30 AM Canberra time is the evening before in New York, around 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM depending on the time of year. ## More releases [Central bank · AUD **RBA rate decision** Eight a year, on a Tuesday, 2:30 PM Sydney time. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/rba-rate-decision) [Jobs · USD **Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)** First Friday of the month, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/non-farm-payrolls) [Jobs · USD **US jobless claims** Every Thursday, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/jobless-claims) [Jobs · USD **JOLTS job openings** Early in the month, 10:00 AM New York. 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