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Business Employment Data: December 2025 Quarter
Business employment data includes filled jobs and gross earnings, with breakdowns by industry, sex, age, region, and territorial authority area, using a combination of data from two different Inland Revenue sources: the employer monthly schedule (EMS) and payday filing. Both are associated with PAYE (pay as you earn) tax data.
Key facts
Total actual filled jobs in the December 2025 quarter were 2.27 million.
In the December 2025 quarter, compared with the September 2025 quarter:
- total seasonally adjusted filled jobs were flat (up 946 jobs).
For the year ended December 2025, compared with the year ended December 2024:
- total gross earnings were up 1.4 percent ($2.4 billion).
An annual comparison is used for earnings to account for payroll timing differences between quarters.
Visit our website to read the full information release and to download CSV files:
- Business employment data: December 2025 quarter: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/business-employment-data-december-2025-quarter/
- CSV files for download: https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/
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