Tasmania's faltering jobs market showed no improvement in the latest figures.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated Tasmanian payroll jobs declined by 0.8 per cent in the month to May 14.
"Tasmania was the only jurisdiction where payroll jobs fell over the month to mid-May ... reflecting the later timing of their school holidays (between April 15 and May 1),: the ABS said.
It estimated the payroll jobs drop came in the first fortnight of the period, and they were stable in the second fortnight.
The payroll figures covered a more recent period than the ABS' last set of monthly labour force figures, covering the month to mid-April.
They estimated total employment in Tasmania decreased by 1200 people in that month, in seasonally adjusted terms.
Male employment was estimated to have fallen by 300 and female employment by 900.
The good news was that full-time employment increased by 3100 females and 100 males.
The overall job losses were because of bigger drops in part-time employment for both sexes, including by 4000 for females.
The ABS said payroll jobs were above pre-coronavirus pandemic levels in all states and territories.
Nationally, it estimated payroll jobs increased by 0.1 per cent in each of the two fortnights leading up to May 14.
"The growth in payroll jobs during the first half of 2022 continues to be slower than the first half of 2021, when the labour market was recovering from the shocks that occurred in the first year of the pandemic," ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said.
"The 2022 estimates continue to reflect tightening labour market conditions, together with ongoing disruption from Omicron-related employee absences."
The biggest national increases in payroll jobs during the month were in education and training as schooling resumed, and accommodation and food services.