Tasmania's jobs recovery remains on track, but Labor is warning of problems ahead.
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A further 2300 Tasmanians gained jobs between July and August in net terms, according to seasonally adjusted estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Tasmanian employment crashed by 21,900 between February and May as the coronavirus crisis intensified.
The latest figures suggested 15,800 Tasmanians had either regained or found work since then in net terms, leaving employment down by 6100 at 255,300.
August was a third successive month of growth from the trough of 239,500 in May.
State Labor welcomed the improvement, but said the worst was to come.
Shadow Treasurer David O'Byrne said many Tasmanians would lose access to the JobKeeper payment in less than two weeks as payment thresholds changed.
"That's not just bad news for workers, it's bad news for the broader economy.," Mr O'Byrne said.
"At the moment, there's billions of dollars coming into the state from JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments.
"We heard last month that 63,000 Tasmanians are receiving JobKeeper.
"That's a massive segment of the Tasmanian workforce.
"It shows how vulnerable we are as a state to the federal Liberal government walking away from Tasmanian jobs."
Mr O'Byrne said Premier and Treasurer Peter Gutwein should lobby his federal colleagues to ensure JobKeeper remained available to the greatest number of businesses and workers where jobs continued to be at risk.
"The extension of JobKeeper will give the Tasmanian economy time to rebuild, given our current restrictions," Mr O'Byrne said.
Mr Gutwein said the data showed there were now more Tasmanians employed than this time last year, "despite the pandemic's devastating impact on jobs".
He said that demonstrated the government's "sensible and measured recovery plan."
"Our unemployment rate also remains the lowest of any state which is more evidence of our cautious optimism in Tasmania," Mr Gutwein said.
"Our construction blitz of $3.1 billion is stimulating demand and supporting confidence and the August NAB Business Survey found Tasmania continues to have the best business conditions in the nation.
"We know a strong construction sector builds confidence and flows over into other parts of our economy, but we know that more needs to be done.
"That's why we have invested $7.5 million into our Make Yourself at Home campaign and, earlier this week, announced $60 million in low-interest loans to support business recovery and growth.
"Tasmanians can be assured we will work harder every day to restore business confidence, and to grow our state to be the economic powerhouse it was before the pandemic."
An estimated 1700 Tasmanian males and 700 females gained employment during the month.
Employed females had decreased by 4500 and employed males by 1600 since February.
Full-time employment fell by 100 to 154,000 in August, leaving it down by 4000 since February.
The unemployment rate rose from 6 per cent to 6.3 per cent as more Tasmanians started looking for work.
The ABS estimated employment increased by 111,000 nationally.
An estimated 1700 Tasmanian males and 700 females gained employment during the month.
Employed females had decreased by 4500 and employed males by 1600 since February.
Full-time employment fell by 100 to 154,000 in August, leaving it down by 4000 since February.
The unemployment rate rose from 6 per cent to 6.3 per cent as more Tasmanians started looking for work.
The ABS estimated employment increased by 111,000 nationally.