The education, arts, accommodation and agriculture sectors were the state's biggest job creators in the five years to November 2017, according to data recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Western Australian merchandise exports were up 22 per cent in the year to November compared with the previous corresponding period, despite the month being slightly softer, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Western Australia's unemployment rate rose to 6.6 per cent in November despite 8,500 jobs being created, while the national unemployment rate has remained unchanged even though the economy added far more jobs than expected in November.
Western Australia's adverse population trends have continued in the 12 months to June, with overall growth of just 0.8 per cent while less people are coming from interstate and overseas.
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The Australian economy expanded at a slower-than-expected rate in the three months to September, however WA's domestic economy appears to be on the mend, growing 0.9 per cent for the quarter.
Australia's inflation rate lifted at a lower-than-expected rate in the September quarter, after a collapse in fruit and vegetable prices offset an upward surge in electricity costs.
Western Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points last month, putting it among the top performing states for annual employment growth, according to new data.
Western Australia's exports are continuing to grow, with $122.5 billion shipped overseas in the past 12 months, up 22 per cent from the same period to August 2016, but retail sales data shows that it is too early to call a recovery.
Unemployment in Western Australia is at its lowest level in more than two years, with Treasurer Ben Wyatt saying it was pleasing to see the rise in employment driven by full-time work.
Western Australia recorded its lowest level of wages growth in the year to June since at least 1999, at 1.4 per cent, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australia's inflation rate has cooled in the June quarter, dragging the annual headline rate below the central bank's target in the 2 to 3 per cent range.
There are signs of recovery in the local economy, with employment and sales activity numbers showing improved performance in June and a major report predicting further recovery next year.
Western Australia's population grew by just 0.7 per cent for the 12 months to December, after only 400 people migrated from overseas, while nearly 11,000 moved interstate.
More than 13,000 Western Australians found jobs in April in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as unemployment in the state dropped 0.6 percentage points to 5.9 per cent.
Belgium and Luxembourg have been among the biggest contributors to growing overseas investment in Australia, as the level of foreign-owned assets in Australia doubled in the past 10 years to hit nearly $3.2 trillion at the end of calendar 2016.
Retail spending has slowed for a second consecutive month, official figures have shown, as consumers tighten their purse strings amid low wages growth.
Merchandise exports from Western Australia were up 35.4 per cent in March compared with that same month in 2016, as a clear trend emerges of improving trade figures for the state.
Rising fuel and home prices have helped lift headline inflation into the Reserve Bank of Australia's target band for the first time in more than two years.
Western Australian merchandise exports were up 36 per cent in February compared to the same month in 2016, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, while the national trade surplus reached the second highest level on record.
The number of people living in regional Western Australia fell last year for the first time in at least a decade, with mining towns such as Leinster, Meekatharra, Kambalda and Coolgardie driving the decline, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
The unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percentage points in Western Australia in February, to 6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, as the state jumped from last place on that metric to be better than Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
GDP has bounced back from a poor showing in the September quarter with December quarter seasonally adjusted growth of 1.1 per cent, while Western Australia snapped a five quarter streak of shrinking state demand to grow 0.4 per cent.
Australia's current account deficit was $3.85 billion in the December quarter down from a deficit of $10.2 billion the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
Higher fuel and domestic holiday travel costs have contributed to a 0.4 per cent rise in Perth prices in the December quarter, while national inflation remains below the Reserve Bank's target, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' most recent data.
A lift in Western Australia's merchandise exports to China of nearly $700 million from October to November helped Australia record its first trade surplus in three years, but more could be on the way this year.
Unemployment in Western Australia is now at its highest since 2002 with new figures today revealing a 0.4 percentage point increase to 6.9 per cent in November.
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The latest inflation figures won't eliminate the chance of another interest rate cut, but they do offer hope that the Reserve Bank won't feel compelled to go down that risky path.
September's national unemployment rate of 5.6 per cent was as low as it's been since February 2013, but that's about where the good news from the Australian Bureau of Statistics today ends.
Falling private sector investment in heavy industry and electricity generation were major contributors to a big drop-off in total construction and engineering work in Western Australia in June, down 21.7 per cent quarter on quarter to $6.75 billion.
Perth home prices fell 1.2 per cent in the three months to June, official figures released today have shown, while the average price across Australia's capital cities rose 2 per cent.
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The Australian dollar has fallen and economists say a Reserve Bank rate cut is more likely next Tuesday following the release of data showing annual inflation is at its lowest level since June 1999.
