Source: Statistics New Zealand
Business employment data: December 2024 quarter – 11 March 2025 – 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 December 2024 quarter were 2.28 million.
In the December 2024 quarter (compared with September 2024 quarter):
- total seasonally adjusted filled jobs were down 0.3 percent (6,248 jobs).
For the year ended December 2024 compared with the year ended December 2023:
- total gross earnings were up 4.5 percent ($7.68 billion).
An annual comparison is used for earnings to account for payroll timing differences between quarters.
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