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Unemployment Rate At 5.3 Percent In The September 2025 Quarter

Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 10:56 am
Press Release: Stats NZ

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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Labour market statistics: September 2025 quarter: https://comms.communications.stats.govt.nz/ch/122749/1cn3w/356/45CG0O0lEJGO0CvkN6_vkUzcoHI0TQyiAAYS3TuJ.html
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