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Unemployment rate at 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter – news story
5 November 2025
New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
In the September 2025 quarter:
- the unemployment rate was 5.3 percent
- the employment rate was 66.6 percent
- annual wage inflation was 2.1 percent
- average ordinary time hourly earnings were $43.60.
“The unemployment rate has been over 5 percent for the last four quarters. The last time that the unemployment rate was 5.3 percent was in the December 2016 quarter,” labour market spokesperson Jason Attewell said.
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