Table 5
Job Vacancy Statistics estimates by industry, 3-month moving average ending in December 2011, compared with Workplace Survey estimates for December 2011, including coefficient of variation values and confidence intervals

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Table 5
Business Payrolls Survey Job Vacancy estimates by industry, 3-month moving average ending in December 2011, compared with Workplace Survey estimates for December 2011, including coefficient of variation values and confidence intervals
Table summary
This table displays the results of Business Payrolls Survey Job Vacancy estimates by industry. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Business Payrolls Survey Job Vacancy and Workplace Survey (appearing as column headers).
Industry Job Vacancy Statistics Workplace Survey  
Job vacancy rate (%) Coefficient of variation (%) 95% Confidence interval Job vacancy rate (%) Coefficient of variation (%) 95% Confidence interval Significant difference
Total 1.5 5.2 (1.3, 1.7) 2.7 2.3 (2.6, 2.8) Yes
Forestry, logging and support activities for forestry Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 70.3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 5.1 44.2 (0.7, 9.5) Note ...: not applicable
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 2.9 21.8 (1.7, 4.1) 6.4 7.0 (5.5, 7.3) Yes
Utilities Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 56.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.2 7.3 (0.2, 0.2) Note ...: not applicable
Construction 1.3 17.0 (0.9, 1.7) 3.0 11.3 (2.3, 3.7) Yes
Manufacturing 1.2 11.2 (0.9, 1.5) 2.0 6.8 (1.7, 2.3) Yes
Wholesale trade 2.0 25.2 (1.0, 3.0) 2.3 13.9 (1.7, 2.9) No
Retail trade 1.4 14.7 (1.0, 1.8) 1.4 8.0 (1.2, 1.6) No
Transportation and warehousing 1.1 19.1 (0.7, 1.5) 3.0 7.3 (2.6, 3.4) Yes
Information and cultural industries 1.0 25.0 (0.5, 1.5) 2.9 9.9 (2.3, 3.5) Yes
Finance and insurance 1.3 16.4 (0.9, 1.7) 1.7 9.8 (1.4, 2.0) No
Real estate and rental and leasing 1.0 29.6 (0.4, 1.6) 2.2 16.3 (1.5, 2.9) No
Professional, scientific and technical services 2.1 28.4 (0.9, 3.3) 4.2 5.8 (3.7, 4.7) Yes
Management of companies and enterprises Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 38.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 3.2 11.5 (2.5, 3.9) Note ...: not applicable
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 1.9 18.6 (1.2, 2.6) 3.4 15.9 (2.3, 4.5) No
Educational services 0.9 32.8 (0.3, 1.5) 1.6 2.4 (1.5, 1.7) Yes
Health care and social assistance 1.7 10.8 (1.3, 2.1) 4.3 2.4 (4.1, 4.5) Yes
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.5 18.4 (1.0, 2.0) 2.5 18.0 (1.6, 3.4) No
Accommodation and food services 1.8 13.4 (1.3, 2.3) 2.6 10.2 (2.1, 3.1) No
Other services 2.1 17.1 (1.4, 2.8) 3.1 15.2 (2.2, 4.0) No
Public administration 1.6 23.4 (0.9, 2.3) 2.4 4.2 (2.2, 2.6) No
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