Source: Statistics New Zealand
Business employment data: March 2026 quarter – information release
9 June 2026
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 March 2026 quarter were 2.26 million.
In the March 2026 quarter, compared with the December 2025 quarter:
- total seasonally adjusted filled jobs were up 0.1 percent (2,452 jobs).
For the year ended March 2026, compared with the year ended March 2025:
- total gross earnings were up 2.7 percent ($4.8 billion).
An annual comparison is used for earnings to account for payroll timing differences between quarters.
