Employment Indicators: March 2025

Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 11:05 am
Press Release: Stats NZ

29 April 2025

Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market.

Key facts
Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the March 2025 month (compared with the February 2025 month) were:

all industries – up 0.2 percent (3,548 jobs) to 2.36 million filled jobs
primary industries – up 0.4 percent (462 jobs)
goods-producing industries – up 0.1 percent (453 jobs)
service industries – up 0.2 percent (2,762 jobs).

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