Labour Market Statistics (disability): December 2020 Quarter
Labour market statistics (disability) provides comparisons between labour market measures for disabled and non-disabled people in New Zealand. Information includes labour market participation and employment rates as well as differences in wages and salaries received.
Key facts
In the December 2020
quarter:
- 38.7 percent of disabled people aged 15–64 years were employed, compared with 78.3 percent of non-disabled people in the same age group
- the unemployment rate for disabled people aged 15–64 years was 11.4 percent, compared with 5.0 percent for non-disabled people.