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Employment indicators: November 2024

Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.

Key facts

Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the November 2024 month (compared with the October 2024 month) were:

  • all industries – up 0.3 percent (5,980 jobs) to 2.36 million filled jobs
  • primary industries – down 0.4 percent (436 jobs)
  • goods-producing industries – down 0.2 percent (836 jobs)
  • service industries – up 0.3 percent (6,230 jobs).
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Percentage change in the number of seasonally adjusted filled jobs, all industries, monthly, November 2021–November 2024

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MonthPercentage change
Nov-210.4
Dec-210.1
Jan-220.3
Feb-22-0.4
Mar-22-0.4
Apr-220.3
May-220.1
Jun-220.3
Jul-220.5
Aug-220.4
Sep-220.3
Oct-220.1
Nov-220.3
Dec-22-0.4
Jan-230.7
Feb-230.5
Mar-230.3
Apr-230.5
May-230.1
Jun-230.3
Jul-230.2
Aug-230
Sep-230.2
Oct-230.4
Nov-23-0.2
Dec-23-0.1
Jan-240.3
Feb-240
Mar-240.1
Apr-24-0.2
May-24-0.4
Jun-24-0.4
Jul-24-0.2
Aug-24-0.1
Sep-24-0.1
Oct-24-0.2
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The following figures are actual values for November 2024 and are compared with November 2023.

  • Filled jobs were 2.38 million, down 29,895 (1.2 percent).

Filled jobs changes by industry

By industry, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with November 2023 were in:

  • construction – down 5.8 percent (12,137 jobs)
  • health care and social assistance – up 2.9 percent (8,048 jobs)
  • administrative and support services – down 6.6 percent (6,869 jobs)
  • manufacturing – down 2.4 percent (5,823 jobs)
  • retail trade – down 2.4 percent (5,445 jobs).

Filled jobs changes by region

By region, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with November 2023 were in:

  • Auckland – down 1.6 percent (13,423 jobs)
  • Wellington – down 1.9 percent (4,921 jobs)
  • Waikato – down 0.7 percent (1,627 jobs)
  • Bay of Plenty – down 0.9 percent (1,334 jobs)
  • Hawke’s Bay – down 1.5 percent (1,268 jobs).

Filled jobs changes for men and women

In November 2024 compared with November 2023, the number of filled jobs fell by 2.1 percent (24,936 jobs) for men and fell by 1.2 percent (14,187 jobs) for women.

Filled jobs by age group

By age group, the largest changes in the number of filled jobs compared with November 2023 were in:

  • 15–19 years – down 11.2 percent (16,418 jobs)
  • 25–29 years – down 4.8 percent (12,865 jobs)
  • 20–24 years – down 3.5 percent (8,173 jobs)
  • 35–39 years – up 2.9 percent (7,978 jobs)
  • 30–34 years – down 2.1 percent (6,271 jobs).

Gross earnings

Actual gross earnings on an accrual basis for the November 2024 month were $15.5 billion, compared with $15.4 billion for the November 2023 month.

About the data

The actual gross earnings in this release were calculated on an accrual basis, where earnings are allocated proportionally to the period in which they are 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.

Due to the shorter time series and minor revisions to data in the actual gross earnings series, the data is not directly comparable to calculations for monthly earnings on a cash basis (which covers the amount paid in the reference month).

Gross earnings on a cash basis can still be accessed on Infoshare.

More data

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Employment indicators

Subject category: Work, income, and spending
Group: Employment indicators – MEI

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.

Next release

Employment indicators: December 2024 will be released on 28 January 2025.

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