Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.
Key facts
Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the May 2025 month (compared with the April 2025 month) were:
- all industries - up 0.1 percent (1,689 jobs) to 2.35 million filled jobs
- primary industries - up 0.4 percent (439 jobs)
- goods-producing industries - down 0.2 percent (787 jobs)
- service industries - up 0.1 percent (1,990 jobs).
| "Month" | "Percentage change" |
| "May-22" | "0.2" |
| "Jun-22" | "0.3" |
| "Jul-22" | "0.4" |
| "Aug-22" | "0.4" |
| "Sep-22" | "0.3" |
| "Oct-22" | "0.1" |
| "Nov-22" | "0.2" |
| "Dec-22" | "-0.4" |
| "Jan-23" | "0.6" |
| "Feb-23" | "0.5" |
| "Mar-23" | "0.2" |
| "Apr-23" | "0.6" |
| "May-23" | "0.1" |
| "Jun-23" | "0.3" |
| "Jul-23" | "0.2" |
| "Aug-23" | "0" |
| "Sep-23" | "0.1" |
| "Oct-23" | "0.4" |
| "Nov-23" | "-0.2" |
| "Dec-23" | "0" |
| "Jan-24" | "0.2" |
| "Feb-24" | "0" |
| "Mar-24" | "0.1" |
| "Apr-24" | "-0.1" |
| "May-24" | "-0.4" |
| "Jun-24" | "-0.4" |
| "Jul-24" | "-0.3" |
| "Aug-24" | "-0.2" |
| "Sep-24" | "-0.1" |
| "Oct-24" | "-0.3" |
| "Nov-24" | "0.1" |
| "Dec-24" | "-0.2" |
| "Jan-25" | "0.1" |
| "Feb-25" | "-0.1" |
| "Mar-25" | "0" |
| "Apr-25" | "-0.3" |
| "May-25" | "0.1" |
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Employment indicators
Subject category: Work, income, and spending
Group: Employment indicators - MEI
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.
Definitions and metadata
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Next release
Employment indicators: June 2025 will be released on 28 July 2025.
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