The end of JobKeeper has not killed Tasmania's jobs recovery.
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Jobs in the state increased by 0.2 per cent between April 10 and 24, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures based on payrolls.
Every other state and territory recorded jobs growth during the period, with jobs increasing by 0.4 per cent nationally.
They are the first ABS figures to give a picture of whether the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy in late March caused jobs to crash, which was widely feared.
Payroll figures from earlier in April would have been affected by seasonal factors involving Easter, the ABS noted when it released them on April 28.
Those figures estimated jobs declined by 1 per cent in Tasmania and 1 per cent nationally in the fortnight to April 10.
The latest figures had payroll jobs ahead of their pre-pandemic levels (March 2020) in every state and territory.
Tasmania had 1.1 per cent more payroll jobs and the nation 1.9 per cent, comparing March 14, 2020, and April 24 this year.
Total wages paid in Tasmania increased by 2.2 per cent and they grew by 2.8 per cent nationally.
They increased by 0.8 per cent in Tasmania in the fortnight to April 24.
"The payroll jobs data seems to suggest that the ending of JobKeeper hasn't had a significant impact on employment in Tasmania, or anywhere else," economist Saul Eslake said.
"The number of payroll jobs in Tasmania did fall by 1.3 per cent over the first three weeks after JobKeeper ended, slightly less than the 1.7 per cent fall in the national total - a fair bit, though impossible to know how much, could have been due to the Easter long weekend impact - but then rose 0.5 per cent in the week ended April 24 (the same as nationally).
"So, on net since the end of JobKeeper, the number of payroll jobs in Tasmania is down 0.8 per cent, which is actually the smallest decline of any state or territory except the Northern Territory and less than the national average decline of 1.2 per cent.
"However by comparison with the beginning of the pandemic in the week ended March 14 last year, Tasmania's overall position is the weakest of any state or territory, with the number of payroll jobs only 1.1 per cent higher than it was then ...
"Combined with what we also know from Department of Social Services data on the number of people receiving JobKeeper and Youth Allowance (other) benefits over the first three weeks of April, it would seem that the end of JobKeeper hasn't resulted in anywhere near as many job losses as initially feared, either nationally or in Tasmania."
Today's ABS data shows that payroll jobs in Tasmania grew 0.5 per cent over the last week to 24 April 2021, which is the equal fastest growth rate of the states.
Premier Peter Gutwein said: "Payroll jobs are now 1.1 per cent higher than before the pandemic, demonstrating that our recovery is well under way and that the end of temporary federal government supports such as JobKeeper has not stood in the way of continued jobs growth."
"This follows yesterday's preliminary job vacancy data for April released by the National Skills Commission which showed that job vacancies in Tasmania are 71 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels, which is the biggest rise in the country.
"This clearly demonstrates that our plan is working, with businesses confident and looking to hire more people.
"Employment is back to near-record levels, and since coming to office (in 2014) 26,800 jobs have been created in Tasmania."