Jobless rate holds at 3.9 pct in April

The ABS jobless rate was 3.9 per cent in April, in line with a revised 3.9 per cent in March. (AAP)

A sub-four per cent unemployment rate and only a modest rise in the number of people employed suggests record levels of job vacancies will go unfilled for now, economists say.

The April labour force report showed the jobless rate was 3.9 per cent in April, unchanged from a downwardly revised result for March.