Hobart dominated Tasmania's jobs growth in the past year, but the North and North-West managed gains, new figures suggest.
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Greater Hobart averaged 1200 more jobs per month in the year to the end of February than in the previous 12 months in original terms, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated.
Launceston and the North-East gained 200 jobs on the same measure, as did the North-West and the West Coast.
Launceston and the North-East averaged 68,000 jobs per month during the year, but the outcomes for men and women were very different.
The ABS estimated the monthly average of employed males in the North climbed by 700 to 35,300.
The average number of employed females decreased by 600 to 32,700.
The number of unemployed people increased by 200 to 4400.
The jobless rate in the North climbed from 5.9 per cent to 6.1 per cent.
The ABS estimated the combined North-West and West averaged 50,200 jobs per month during the year.
Male employment was steady at 26,800 and female employment increased by 100 to 23,400.
The number of technically unemployed residents increased by 200 to 3300, with the unemployment rate up from 5.9 per cent to 6.2 per cent.
In Greater Hobart, female employment increased by 700 and male employment by 400, with total employment up to 113,500.
The number of unemployed people increased by 600 to 7400.
That would have been a factor in the Greater Hobart unemployment rate climbing from 5.7 per cent to 6.2 per cent despite the jobs growth.
Tasmania shed a net 1100 jobs in the year to the end of February in trend terms, the ABS estimated.
Full-time employment weakened by 1400 for the year.
The ABS estimated total Tasmanian employment was stable at 248,100 in February.
However, full-time jobs dropped by 500 to 154,600.
