* Unemployment rate - 3.9 per cent, unchanged from a revised March result

* Underemployment rate (employed people seeking additional work) - 6.1 per cent versus 6.3 per cent

* Employment - rose by 4000

* Full-time positions - rose by 92,400

* Part-time employment - rose by 88,400

* Participation rate (people working or looking for work) - 66.3 per cent versus 66.4 per cent in March

* Monthly hours worked in all jobs - rose by 1.3 per cent or 50 million hours

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES:

NSW - 3.5 per cent in April versus 3.9 per cent in March

VIC - 4.2 per cent versus 4.1 per cent

QLD - 4.5 per cent versus 4.0 per cent

SA - 4.5 per cent versus 4.9 per cent

WA - 2.9 per cent versus 3.4 per cent

TAS - 3.8 per cent versus 4.5 per cent

NT - 4.1 per cent versus 4.0 per cent

ACT - 3.1 per cent versus 3.4 per cent

(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

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