Economic calendar / Australia jobs report (Labour Force)
Next Australia jobs report (Labour Force)
How many jobs Australia added last month and the unemployment rate.
8:30 p.m. ET, 00:30 UTC. Your time zone: shown in US Eastern time.
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Who watches it
AUD pairs (AUD/USD), ASX 200.
Official schedule
Dates and times come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. See the source.
Prop firm news rules for this release
- FTMO: on FTMO's restricted list (Employment Change / Unemployment Rate). On a funded Standard account, no opening or closing on forex pairs with AUD from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after; stop loss and take profit fills count. Challenge, Verification and Swing accounts: no restriction.
- FundingPips (2-Step Standard, funded): listed in its AUD announcements reference. When its dashboard calendar tags the release Restricted, profits of AUD trades opened or closed from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after are deducted, unless opened 5 hours or more before.
- FundedNext (funded): if it is a listed high-impact release, only 40% of the profit from AUD-correlated trades executed 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after counts.
- The5ers (High Stakes): if it is high-impact (red folder) on Forex Factory, no order in the related currency or index may execute from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after.
The four firms' news rules, quoted from their own pages (read October 9, 2026).
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Every scheduled date
| Date | Time (ET) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Oct 14, 2026 | 8:30 p.m. | |
| Wed, Nov 18, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Wed, Dec 16, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Wed, Jan 20, 2027 | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Wed, Feb 17, 2027 | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Wed, Mar 24, 2027 | 8:30 p.m. |
Questions
When is the next Australia jobs report (Labour Force)?
The next Australia jobs report (Labour Force) is on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET (00:30 UTC), according to the official schedule published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
What time is the AU Jobs released?
8:30 p.m. ET, which is 00:30 UTC.