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Mackay is on the way to recovery according to employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The ABS figures show employment in Mackay rose to 97.3 per cent to the end of November, up from 92.2 per cent at the beginning of the year.
Employment in the Isaac region rose from 91.1 per cent to 98.2 per cent by the end of November while the Whitsundays region grew from 93.2 per cent to 94.8 per cent.
ABS indicates payroll jobs rose 0.4 per cent in the fortnight to November 28.
A payroll job is defined by the ABS as a relationship between an employee and their employing enterprise that is paid in the week through single touch payroll-enabled accounting software reported to the ATO.