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Unemployment Rate At 5.3 Percent In The September 2025 Quarter
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.
Visit our website to read this news story and information release and to download CSV files:
- Unemployment rate at 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter: https://comms.communications.stats.govt.nz/ch/122749/1cn3w/355/45CG0O0lEJGO0CvkN6_vEkSEeInbuEROyj7wtzAv.html
- Labour market statistics: September 2025 quarter: https://comms.communications.stats.govt.nz/ch/122749/1cn3w/356/45CG0O0lEJGO0CvkN6_vkUzcoHI0TQyiAAYS3TuJ.html
- CSV files for download: https://comms.communications.stats.govt.nz/ch/122749/1cn3w/42/45CG0O0lEJGO0CvkN6_v9v643hvO.SyUzn2vjSlE.html
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