This series counts the number of unique employer-employee relationships present in payday filing 6, 13, and 27 days
after the end of the reference week. These counts are published as they are, and no work has been done to adjust for
seasonality or data flow issues.Latest week
For the week ended 2 August 2020 the most accurate measure, number of paid jobs – 27 days, indicated the numbers of paid
jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
2,206,140 total paid jobs (up 14,430 or 0.66 percent)99,830 paid jobs in primary industries (up 1,410 or 1.43 percent)410,820 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 370 or 0.09 percent)1,640,840 in services industries (up 11,570 or 0.71 percent).
Not all enterprises can be matched to an industry, so total paid jobs can differ from the sum of paid jobs of the three
industries.More data
presents the data in graphical format.For technical enquiries contact:
Jasmine Ludwig, Wellington, 04 931 4592,
info@stats.govt.nzFor media enquiries contact:
James Weir, Wellington, 021 285 9191,
The Government Statistician authorises all statistics and data we publish.For more information about these statistics:Visit Employment indicators: Paid jobs week ended 2 August 2020See CSV files for download