Unemployment rate | Labour force | Average hourly earnings | |||||||||||||
(% s.a.) | Employed (000s s.a.) | Employed (y/y%) | Unemployed (000s s.a.) | Unemployed (y/y%) | ($) | (y/y%) | |||||||||
Previous Years: | |||||||||||||||
Jun 2012 | 6.8 | 2,229 | 0.5 | 162 | 4.3 | 27.00 | 2.8 | ||||||||
Jun 2013 | 6.4 | 2,246 | 0.7 | 154 | -5.2 | 27.55 | 2.0 | ||||||||
Quarterly: | |||||||||||||||
Sep 2013 | 6.1 | 2,273 | 2.4 | 149 | -12.8 | 27.99 | 2.5 | ||||||||
Dec 2013 | 6.0 | 2,297 | 4.8 | 147 | -9.3 | 28.03 | 2.7 | ||||||||
Mar 2014 | 5.9 | 2,318 | 3.8 | 146 | -1.2 | 28.20 | 2.5 | ||||||||
Jun 2014 | 5.6 | 2,328 | 3.7 | 137 | -10.9 | 28.25 | 2.5 | ||||||||
Last updated 06 August 2014 |
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Source: Statistics New Zealand |
The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness |
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Coverage characteristics |
Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) The HLFS provides New Zealand’s official employment and unemployment statistics. The target population is the civilian, usually resident, non-institutionalised population aged 15 years and over. The labour force category (employed, unemployed, not in the labour force) to which a person is assigned depends on their actual activity during a survey reference week. Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) The QES provides statistics on average hourly earnings. The target population is economically significant enterprises in surveyed industries. QES data relates to a single reference week, which is the week ending on, or immediately before, the 20th of the middle month of the quarter. Labour Cost Index (LCI) The Labour Cost Index (LCI) measures changes in salary and wage rates for a fixed quantity and quality of labour input. Service increments, merit promotions, and increases (or decreases) relating to performance of the individual employee are not included in the index. The LCI covers jobs filled by paid employees in all occupations and in all industries except private households employing staff. |
Periodicity |
Quarterly |
Timeliness |
The HLFS, QES and LCI are published within six weeks after the end of the reference quarter. |
Access by the public |
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Statistics release calendar |
The Statistics Release Calendar is updated monthly and provides releases dates up to six-months ahead. |
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Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics |
Data is sourced from Statistics New Zealand. |
Notes
Invdividual figures may not sum to the totals due to rounding
Percentage changes are calculated on unrounded numbers
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