TASMANIA'S unemployment rate took a 0.6 per cent horror jump to 7.3 per cent in December as a result of a large loss of full-time jobs particularly among men.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics seasonally adjusted figures showed a jump from 16,700 to 18,200 unemployed persons from November to December.
The loss of nearly 3000 full-time jobs, from 147,700 to 144,800, was chiefly a result of the fall from 98,400 to 96,200 male full-time jobs.
Male unemployment rose from 6.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, but female unemployment was steady at 7.0 per cent.
Jobs have been lost in the forestry industry following the collapse of Gunns Limited and in manufacturing and mining.
The number of people working or actively looking for work increased marginally to 60.2 per cent. However, Tasmania remained the state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation with the national rate rising by 0.1 per cent to 5.4 per cent.
The poor figures follow recent ABS job data that showed there were 8.1 people applying for each job vacancy in Tasmania.
Bank of America economist Saul Eslake said he believed Tasmania had come out of recession in the second half of 2012.
"If that is the case, there has been a weak upturn in terms of jobs," he said.
Mr Eslake said the strong Australian dollar, which made Tasmanian exports more expensive to their overseas importers, was hurting industries such as horticulture and agriculture, including wine and vegetable, as well as manufacturing.
Mr Eslake said Tasmania was the only state which had not "made good" the jobs lost during the global financial crisis.
Premier Lara Giddings said there were clear signs the labour market had begun to stabilise but the unemployment rate was still too high.
The data also revealed a hidden army of low-paid workers in part-time "junk jobs" is keeping a lid on Australia's unemployment rate.
More than 1.5 million Australians are hunting for a job or want to work longer hours.
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