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

Key facts

Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the May 2025 month (compared with the April 2025 month) were:

• all industries – up 0.1 percent (1,689 jobs) to 2.35 million filled jobs
• primary industries – up 0.4 percent (439 jobs)
• goods-producing industries – down 0.2 percent (787 jobs)
• service industries – up 0.1 percent (1,990 jobs).

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• Employment indicators: May 2025: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/employment-indicators-may-2025/
• CSV files for download: https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/

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