This quarterly report series combines our labour market monitoring programme with the latest developments in the labour market to provide a summary of New Zealand labour market trends.
As well as presenting an assessment of the overall state of the labour market, the Quarterly Labour Market Report:
We release this quarterly report each December, March, June and September, drawing on the latest findings from MBIE’s labour market monitoring programme, Stats NZ and other key research for the previous quarter.
MBIE’s assessment of the overall state of the labour market. This report includes: the effect of COVID-19 and the changing Alert Levels on both businesses and workers.
PDF, 1.1MB, 21 pages
June 2020 - March Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 1.2 MB]
This report includes: Implications of the potential impacts of COVID-19
Released June 2020, data for March 2020 quarter.
Note: This report is labelled according to the June release date but it covers the March quarter. From now on all reports will be labelled according to the quarter, not the release date.
February 2020 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 1.2 MB]
This report includes A spotlight on: Women in the labour market.
Released March 2020, data for December 2019 quarter.
November 2019 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 1.2 MB]
This report includes A spotlight on: Taranaki.
Released December 2019, data for September 2019 quarter.
August 2019 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 966 KB]
This report includes A spotlight on: Changes in real earnings and income levels over time.
Released September 2019, data for the June 2019 quarter. Republished October 2019.
The HLFS and QES labels were switched in Figure 1 in the original release.
May 2019 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 639 KB]
Released June 2019, data for March 2019 quarter.
March 2019 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 863 KB]
Released April 2019, data for December 2018 quarter.
November 2018 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Released November 2018, data for September 2018 quarter.
August 2018 - Quarterly Labour Market Report [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Released August 2018, data for June 2018 quarter.
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