Employment indicators: March 2022
Correction to regional series for filled jobs
An error has occurred that impacts the regional series for filled jobs in the West Coast and Canterbury regions from the start of the series in May 2019. A postcode was incorrectly allocated to Westland when it should have been allocated to Selwyn. This error has been corrected and the revised data published in this release.
The revision has resulted in fewer filled jobs in the West Coast region and more in the Canterbury region. The table below shows the impact of the correction on the March 2022 month as an example.
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Monthly employment indicators: March 2022 – Filled jobs |
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Before revision |
After revision |
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West Coast |
17,997 |
14,837 |
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Canterbury |
297,229 |
300,389 |
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New Zealand |
2,290,029 |
2,290,029 |
See the revisions section under methodology in DataInfo+ for information about this revision and details of the effect on other releases.
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Key facts
Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the March 2022 month (compared with the February 2022 month) were:
- all industries – down 0.1 percent (3,262 jobs) to 2.28 million filled jobs
- primary industries – down 0.3 percent (351 jobs)
- goods-producing industries – up 0.3 percent (1,404 jobs)
- service industries – down 0.4 percent (6,084 jobs).
The following figures compare March 2022 actual values with March 2021.
Filled jobs changes by industry
By industry, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with March 2021 were in:
- professional, scientific, and technical services – up 8.3 percent (14,477 jobs)
- construction – up 7.0 percent (13,225 jobs)
- health care and social assistance – up 4.0 percent (10,132 jobs)
- retail trade – up 3.7 percent (7,559 jobs)
- public administration and safety – up 4.6 percent (6,727 jobs).
Filled jobs changes by region
By region, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with March 2021 were in:
- Auckland – up 3.4 percent (25,339 jobs)
- Canterbury – up 2.9 percent (8,530 jobs)
- Waikato – up 3.6 percent (7,613 jobs)
- Wellington – up 2.6 percent (6,488 jobs)
- Bay of Plenty – up 2.5 percent (3,485 jobs).
Filled jobs changes for men and women
In March 2022 compared with March 2021, the number of filled jobs rose by 2.7 percent (30,046 jobs) for men and rose by 2.9 percent (31,848 jobs) for women.
Filled jobs by age group
By age group, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with March 2021 were in:
- 15–19 years – up 16.4 percent (18,026 jobs)
- 30–34 years – up 3.6 percent (9,553 jobs)
- 35–39 years – up 4.0 percent (9,255 jobs)
- 60–64 years – up 4.8 percent (7,256 jobs)
- 40–44 years – up 3.4 percent (7,254 jobs).
Gross earnings
Actual gross earnings on an accrual basis for the March 2022 month were $13.7 billion, compared with $13.0 billion for the March 2021 month.
There are two different ways of calculating total monthly earnings. The first is with earnings paid on a cash basis. It covers the amount paid in the reference month. The second is calculated on an accrual basis where earnings are allocated proportionally to the period in which it was earned. The accrual method removes the volatility of monthly data, for example a fortnightly pay period might occur twice in some months and three times in other months. This series will not be directly comparable to the cash basis due to a shorter time series and minor revisions in the back data.
Gross earnings on a cash basis can still be accessed with Infoshare.
Enterprise counts fell 0.2 percent in March
The number of enterprises on the Stats NZ business register (a register of all economically significant enterprises in New Zealand) fell by 1,080 (0.2 percent) to 566,337 in March 2022 from February 2022. There were 11,205 entries within the month, with 12,288 exits.
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Employment indicators
Subject category: Work, income, and spending Group: Employment indicators – MEI
Tables:
- Age and region by variable (monthly)
- High level industry by variable (monthly)
- High level industry by variable (qrtly-Feb/May/Aug/Nov)
- High level industry by variable (qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
- High level industry by variable (qrtly-Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct)
- Industry by variable (monthly)
- Region by variable (monthly)
- Sex and age by variable (monthly)
- Sex and region by variable (monthly).
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.
Monthly enterprise counts, entries, and exits:
Subject category: Industry sectors Group: Business data collection – BDC Table:
Enterprise counts – New Zealand (monthly).
Definitions and metadata
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Employment indicators: April 2022 will be released on 27 May 2022.
