Employment in New Zealand increased by 0.50 in June of 2026. Employment Change in New Zealand averaged 0.37 percent from 1986 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 2.60 percent in the second quarter of 2016 and a record low of -1.80 percent in the first quarter of 2009. source: Statistics New Zealand
Employment Change in New Zealand is expected to be -0.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the New Zealand Employment Change is projected to trend around 0.30 percent in 2027 and 0.20 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.