LABOUR FORCE DATA FOR MAY
* Unemployment rate - 3.9 per cent, unchanged from April
* Underemployment rate (employed people seeking additional work) - 5.7 per cent versus 6.1 per cent
* Employment - rose by 60,600
* Full-time positions - rose by 69,400
* Part-time employment - rose by 8700
* Participation rate (people working or looking for work) - 66.7 per cent versus 66.4 per cent in April
* Monthly hours worked in all jobs - rose by 0.9 per cent or 17 million hours
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES:
NSW - 4.0 per cent in May versus 3.5 per cent in April
VIC - 3.7 per cent versus 4.2 per cent
QLD - 4.0 per cent versus 4.5 per cent
SA - 4.6 per cent versus 4.5 per cent
WA - 3.1 per cent versus 2.9 per cent
TAS - 4.5 per cent versus 3.8 per cent
NT - 4.1 per cent, unchanged from April
ACT - 3.3 per cent versus 3.1 per cent
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)