Business employment data includes filled jobs and gross earnings, with breakdowns by industry, sex, age, region, and territorial authority area, using a combination of data from two different Inland Revenue sources: the employer monthly schedule (EMS) and payday filing. Both are associated with PAYE (pay as you earn) tax data.
Key facts
Total actual filled jobs in the June 2025 quarter were 2.26 million.
In the June 2025 quarter (compared with the March 2025 quarter):
- total seasonally adjusted filled jobs were down 0.5 percent (10,560 jobs).
For the year ended June 2025 (compared with the year ended June 2024):
- total gross earnings were up 1.5 percent ($2.6 billion).
An annual comparison is used for earnings to account for payroll timing differences between quarters.
Filled jobs changes by industry
At an industry level, the largest changes in seasonally adjusted filled jobs in the June 2025 quarter, compared with the March 2025 quarter, were in:
- construction - down 1.3 percent (2,315 jobs)
- health care and social assistance - up 0.7 percent (1,885 jobs)
- accommodation and food services - down 1.2 percent (1,869 jobs)
- administrative and support services - down 1.4 percent (1,337 jobs)
- professional, scientific, and technical services - down 0.7 percent (1,225 jobs).
Filled jobs changes by region
At a regional level, the largest changes in seasonally adjusted filled jobs in the June 2025 quarter, compared with the March 2025 quarter, were in:
- Auckland - down 0.6 percent (4,828 jobs)
- Wellington - down 0.5 percent (1,342 jobs)
- Hawke's Bay - down 1.1 percent (837 jobs)
- Waikato - down 0.3 percent (709 jobs)
- Bay of Plenty - down 0.5 percent (683 jobs).
Filled jobs changes for men and women
In actual terms, from the June 2024 quarter to the June 2025 quarter, the number of filled jobs fell by 2.1 percent (24,608 jobs) for men and fell by 1.3 percent (14,895 jobs) for women.
Earnings by industry
In actual terms and at an industry level, the largest increases in total annual gross earnings for the year ended June 2025, compared with the year ended June 2024, were in:
- public administration and safety - up 3.6 percent ($567 million)
- education and training - up 4.0 percent ($554 million)
- financial and insurance services - up 5.0 percent ($444 million).
Gross earnings
Gross earnings correspond to the amount paid to all employees in the reference quarter. They exclude retirement payments, redundancy payments, and employee benefits. The length of an employee's pay period can cause variability in the number of pay days in the quarter - for example, a fortnightly pay normally occurs twice a month but, on some occasions, can occur three times a month. This can cause volatility in the monthly series.
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Employment indicators
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Subject category: Industry sectors
Group: Business data collection - BDC
Note that due to a small portion of uncoded data, there will be small differences in the sum for filled jobs by region, age, sex, and the value for total New Zealand.
Monthly enterprise counts, entries, and exits
Subject category: Industry sectors
Group: Business data collection - BDC
Table: Enterprise counts - New Zealand (monthly)
Definitions and metadata
Employment indicators - DataInfo+ provides general methodology and definitions relevant for employment statistics.
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Next release
Business employment data: September 2025 quarter will be released on 11 December 2025.
