New Zealand - Labor Force

New Zealand: Labor Force

Mnemonic	LBF.INZL
Unit	Ths. #, SA
Adjustments	Seasonally Adjusted
	Quarterly	0.2 %
Data	2022 Q4	2,954
	2022 Q3	2,948

Series Information

Source	Statistics New Zealand
Release	Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS)
Frequency	Quarterly
Start Date	3/31/1986
End Date	12/31/2022

New Zealand: Labor

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Labor Force	2022 Q4	2,954	2,948	Ths. #, SA	Quarterly
Labor Force Employment	2022 Q4	2,855	2,851	Ths. #, SA	Quarterly
Tertiary Industries Employment	2022	1,391,200	1,344,600	#	Annual
Total Employment	2022	2,392,500	2,314,900	#	Annual
Unemployment	2022 Q4	99	97	Ths. #, SA	Quarterly
Unemployment Rate	2022 Q4	3.4	3.3	%, SA	Quarterly
Wage & Salaries	2022 Q4	2,773,613,470	2,705,458,260	NZD, SA	Quarterly
Agriculture Employment	2017	176,765	169,705	#	Annual

Release Information

Description

For New Zealand, survey-based labor status (labor force, employment, unemployment rate, etc.), employment by industry, and hours worked; for the country, regional councils and districts; annual.

Properties

Measurement: Percentage (%)
Adjustment: Not applicable
Native frequency: Annual
Start date: As early as 2006
Geo coverage:

Country (1)
Regional council (15)
Territorial authority (40)

Do all concept-geo pairs exist: No

Methodology

The unemployment rate is the figure given when amount of unemployed people are divided by the labour force, this is expressed as a percentage.

These are annual average figures. Data may be suppressed for some regions for some of the reported years. Results are subject to large sample errors, especially in the smaller regions.

Moody's Analytics supplements

We produce seasonally adjusted versions of the LFS quartet at the regional council geo level.

Revisions

Yes.

HLFS estimates are benchmarked to the results ("estimated resident population") of the national census, conducted every five years.